We are having a blast watching the birds on our deck this summer. This is a baby oriel who loves to sit on the back of the chair and look into our house. Sometimes she flies right into the door! She started landing in the plant - it's a hibiscus - and when I saw her pecking at my first half opened blossom, I took the plant indoors. Luckily, there are 7-8 more buds, so I won't miss the ruined one.
The whole family come - mom, dad, and siblings and eat the grape jelly in the top feeder. Notice is is wiped clean. We also have finches, pine grossbeaks, red winged blackbirds, robins and the hated grackles. The parents started out feeding the babies, but now they all land on the feeder and fight over who gets to peck at the tasty treat next.
The bottom feeder is for humming birds only. Sometimes the other birds try to get at the nectar, but no luck. Last week after bedtime, I got up to go downstairs and shut off a light that got left on, and when I came back upstairs, something was glowing on the deck. I went over and turned on the deck light, and there was a raccoon on the railing!!! No wonder the grape jelly gets wiped clean sometimes. Now we take in the jelly when we go to bed. Hopefully, she won't be visiting us again.
On Monday, Jane and my cousin Sandy from Rochester met at Pat's house for brunch. Jane knew how to use her auto feature on her camera and took a picture of all of us. I, of course, had to try the same thing. I have two pictures that have only half of us before I figured it out. My photo even got Ellie, the dog. Matthew, Teddy's boy, spends Sunday night and Monday at Ted and Pat's every week. He added the entertainment for the day.
Don't you wish you could jump right in?
Matthew likes to give Eskimo kisses. When we left he said "I
wuv you" and waved. It was a lovely day, and yummy food, too. I'm still enjoying the loaf of bread Sandy made for all of us from Grandma
Linburg's famous raisin rye recipe! Too bad we can't get together more often. It's nice to have these blogs to keep caught up on each other.
The whole family come - mom, dad, and siblings and eat the grape jelly in the top feeder. Notice is is wiped clean. We also have finches, pine grossbeaks, red winged blackbirds, robins and the hated grackles. The parents started out feeding the babies, but now they all land on the feeder and fight over who gets to peck at the tasty treat next.
The bottom feeder is for humming birds only. Sometimes the other birds try to get at the nectar, but no luck. Last week after bedtime, I got up to go downstairs and shut off a light that got left on, and when I came back upstairs, something was glowing on the deck. I went over and turned on the deck light, and there was a raccoon on the railing!!! No wonder the grape jelly gets wiped clean sometimes. Now we take in the jelly when we go to bed. Hopefully, she won't be visiting us again.
On Monday, Jane and my cousin Sandy from Rochester met at Pat's house for brunch. Jane knew how to use her auto feature on her camera and took a picture of all of us. I, of course, had to try the same thing. I have two pictures that have only half of us before I figured it out. My photo even got Ellie, the dog. Matthew, Teddy's boy, spends Sunday night and Monday at Ted and Pat's every week. He added the entertainment for the day.
Don't you wish you could jump right in?
Matthew likes to give Eskimo kisses. When we left he said "I wuv you" and waved. It was a lovely day, and yummy food, too. I'm still enjoying the loaf of bread Sandy made for all of us from Grandma Linburg's famous raisin rye recipe! Too bad we can't get together more often. It's nice to have these blogs to keep caught up on each other.
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