Allow me to introduce you to purple finch mama and papa bird, and their three little eggs – all sitting about five feet from me on the lantern right outside my office window as I type this post. If I have the species wrong, feel free to correct me. They come back every year, a sure sign that Spring has arrived, regardless of whether the weather concurs.
Meanwhile.. out on the back porch – the chicks look more like chickens now… and will soon be moved out to a sectioned off part of the coop I’ve arranged for them until they are full grown and can be turned out with the rest of the flock. They are quickly growing out of their two-box condo.
This past weekend we also put our first Horse show of the season in the books – It was a cold and mostly wet windy rainy weekend but K and Miss Leah did very well with their trail patterns which are no easy feat to memorize, let alone complete, and although they didn’t place in their other classes, they completed them without major errors and Leah was so well behaved, I just love this good minded mare. Proud of K for learning a new discipline so quickly and enjoying the process and her horse regardless of the placing. That’s what it’s all about.
One of the four days we saw the sun and with it, smiles everywhere…
Yesterday I brought the dogs down to Stella to plant some Zinnia in the tiny cottage garden and put the trash out for pick-up. Grass cutting didn’t happen, too wet. After chores we went for a long walk exploring the “island”. Although the skies were grey, there was plenty of Spring color…
Frasier is always the first of the season to go for a swim.
Meanwhile – back at Winterfell (if you’re a GOT fan but haven’t seen it yet, turn away)…. Holy cow – Season 8 Episode 3 – Winter finally arrived! And what a murky, epic battle – what we could see of it anyway. All my favorites are still standing (Sigh of relief!) and still so many questions – and more to come. All I want to say about that.. is this…
More grey skies for the coming week – not sure we’ve ever seen so many rainy days strung together in a row. The following picture is of our senior boys, Max 1 and Max 2, out grazing in the pasture this morning. Time to go bring them back in.
I hope all is well in your world – and thank you for stopping in …
Love the spring flowers and flowering bushes everywhere at Stella’s island home. Found this wonderful comment about daffodils. “Daffodils don’t close up at dark. They stand around grinning all night.” Karen’s mom
Those purple finch lay pretty eggs! Sending you wishes for sunny days ahead!
Hello, the eggs are pretty. Love the cute pups and horses. Love the pretty spring flowers and blossoms. Beautiful images. Enjoy your day! Happy new month of May to you!
oh good gravy I completely forgot about your new space and I checked tonight to see when last you posted and ta da! realized I was checking the wrong spot. damn I’ve been upside down lately. Ok I have it now. I do not think it is bland I think it is lovely. Wish I could get mine going : (
Look at that sweet nest! I am in love with your bird family!
And three cheers on the horse show too. Looks like all’s well in your world. I don’t dare put in my zinnias till mid-May but I have several packets, ready to roll and I’ll try for more up north but I doubt I’ll get there in time to have them do much good. Worth a try!