Nature Walk

My walk around pasture to check the fence really turned into quite the nature walk. It started with the usual birds.

red-winged blackbird

Mrs. red-winged blackbird

Bluebird

Then it got a bit more interesting.   I did not mean to scare the turkey.

wild turkey

I don’t know why the raccoon was going into the tile.  But whatever.

raccoon

It’s only my second ever shed antler!

Then there were more birds.

Eastern kingbird

Savannah sparrow

red-bellied woodpecker

palm warbler

I love this bright yellow.

red-headed woodpecker

I’m going to have to try this again and see what other wild things I can find.

A Friday Photo Dump

Just a bunch of leftovers because last weekend was good weather for taking pictures.

The cats had colds last week; this is before Herbie’s eyes were back to normal

Sidney

Odie

Hilda and Rosie

a red-bellied woodpecker

Sky

Pretzel

Heidi

Rocky–those eyes!

Maybeline

Hope you have a great weekend!

This and That Notes

I am hoping to actually get outside with the camera this afternoon, but today you just get some notes of goings on around here. I never get tired of seeing my dog and cats snuggling.

Sky and Tiger

I purposely left a blank shelf on the new plant stand–for both Sky and the cats.

Salem looking out the window.

Of course, before Salem decided to just use the open shelf, he had to dump my poor plant on the shelf right above the empty one.  I’m trying to stop that.

plastic in front of the poor damaged plant

Otherwise, I think the plants like the new stand.

My Christmas cactus is getting some blooms

The airplane plants are also flowering.

Herbie was a good kitty.  He managed to catch his first mouse in the house.

Herbie with his mouse

He was not about to take his paw off that thing because he had quite the audience just hoping to take it from him.  I am quite happy to say that the mouse did not survive.

Sky checking out Herbie and his mouse

My family was here for Christmas Eve, and my crazy ADHD dog was really good.  I am grateful that at 6-years-old, he’s finally growing up.  At one point, he was wearing a big fake snake on his back.  The next day, I found the snake in my lemon tree.  I have a crazy, fun family.

Salem and Bob had vet appointments yesterday.  Salem was just his routine shots.

I’m trying to figure out what is going on with Bob, so they did blood work. The results were not good–most likely he has some sort of blood/bone cancer.  So I will baby him and keep him grumpy as long as I can.

Bob napping in the dining room.

Finally, a couple of birds outside because the birds still make me smile.

There were two blue jays in the maple tree

A red-bellied woodpecker in the oak tree

They are one of my favorites

We are really starting to warm up.  Hopefully, I’ll be able to get my winterizing done before we turn cold again.  And, I want to actually take my camera out for some pictures!