Showing posts with label Cardinals. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Cardinals. Show all posts

Saturday, July 25, 2026

SATURDAY MORNING AT THE BIRD FEEDER....REALLY?


Build it and they will come they said, or in this case buy it and the same thing will happen. Really?

 





























This is for our overseas friends so they translate using the widget on the side bar.


Photo 1: 
"I don't know what this is over there but the squirrels seem very interested."

Photo 2:
"I am not going anywhere near it. It is too loud and gurgly."
"Scary!"

Photo 3:
Camera Lady is not happy we are not interested yet, but there is one thing she is happy about."
"What's that?"

Photo 4: 
"It has a live feed and a bump outside woke her up. She thought it was those naughty raccoons."

Photo 5:
"We heard it too. We were sleeping up in the trees."
"There was no one there but she noticed something else."

Photo 6:
"She saw that she had left the light on in the garage and turned it off right away. She is still patiently waiting for us to use the birdbath."

Photo 7:
"She says she is going to do cartwheels across the deck when that day arrives."
"That is definitely not a good idea."








Friday, May 16, 2025

A JIGSAW PUZZLE - IT’S BEEN A WHILE

 


This is from my iPad jigsaw puzzle app. I loved putting it together. Such a sweet photo of the male Cardinal.

Thanks for stopping by and I hope you have a great day and weekend ahead.




Saturday, July 20, 2024

SATURDAY MORNING AT THE BIRD FEEDER - BIG BUNNY IS BACK

 


















Hmmmm....I wonder who might do that?


Camera Lady says, though she would like to feed everyone, she is trying to protect you too, so that you won't tangle with the neighborhood pets. There's plenty of berries on the bushes, and the ground is soft, you can root for a ten-course meal.


Mr. Cardinal can affirm that those berries are very tasty, but the chipmunk is still stuffing his cheeks in his dreams. 


And so it goes on a Saturday morning at the bird feeder.

Happy weekend everyone, thanks for stopping by and sweet dreams.






Saturday, April 27, 2024

SATURDAY MORNING AT THE BIRD FEEDER - BUNNY ADDITIONS

Good luck with that Mr. Cardinal, I think this behavior is set in stone, at least in bronze! Welcome bunnies! 

The Now Outside Bunny continued: It's what Mrs. Camera Lady would like for the deck. It's giving her ideas. Lots of potted plants. Mr. Camera Man is smiling and looking at her sideways, but he's a good egg. He carried quite a few home today. They went to the flower nursery again. He is a patient man! You can tell Camera Lady I said so!


And so it goes on a Saturday Morning at the Birdfeeder.






Thursday, January 25, 2024

RUNNING A FEW ERRANDS - SNOW PICTURES IN OUR AREA


I was really taken with this tire cover, so of course had to take a couple of photos. 


At one of the local shopping areas.


I like the banners for obvious reasons.


Pretty!


Great cloud action!




We are looking at one of the main roads from where we parked our car.  I love taking photos of trees.


Back home and more trees!


I have mentioned this before but I want to plant one this year, to replace the tree we had to cut down for safety reasons. In its peak years it was very big and lush, with branches hanging over most of the deck, and it was a great shade tree.  In the summer it made me feel like we lived in a forest far away from everything. We were also closer to the birds and squirrels. When we sat outside we heard the constant chirps and chattering.  Looking up only a few feet from our heads, they were staring down from their respective perches.  They must have felt very safe with all that cover.  It was special! A great natural privacy fence that I'm sure our neighbors appreciated too, I hope. We probably won't see a new one grow that big, but maybe our son and daughter-in-law will live here one day and they will be able to sit under it, who knows. It's a nice pipe dream.


The squirrel made me smile.  The first day when it snowed, he seemed very comfortable having shelter over his head.  That's a benefit I hadn't thought about when we purchased this garden bench/feeding table.  He had already been at the top and rearranged the trays.  We have found them on the deck a few times, and sometimes he/she or they, because we have a family of four that visit, have pushed them through the space in the rail and we have found them in the dirt.  No breakages, they bounce well!


A hawk visited in the afternoon.  It landed on the rail but thankfully it didn't stay around for long.  I love these majestic birds even though I don't want them to stay for long.  No photos, way too fast and I was too slow reacting.  They don't visit often but I have seen them for several years now quite close, resting, searching.  The backyard residents know when to make themselves scarce.


The day ended with another pretty sunset.


And guess who paid us a visit?  Our male Cardinal.  He has been missing for a couple of months, and last week he did a quick flyby over a two-day time frame, even sat on the rail for a while just looking, and now he's back. He stayed much longer and I am hoping he will keep visiting.  No mate though, soon I hope.  It's a bit messy out there but the snow is disappearing fast.  On Friday it's supposed to be getting up to 72 degrees!!!   I shall be out with all my cleaning products to give everything a good wash down, and it will be clean and tidy again.  I am going to enjoy that weather!


Take good care of yourselves, thanks for visiting 
and have a great day!