World Bird Wed.

Is it time already for world bird Wed.? Go to this link & see all the beautiful birds from all around the world,hosted by the Springman!http://thepineriverreview.blogspot.com/

This is a depressing time of year for me,watching the song birds fill up for their migrations.We have had alot fueling up going on the past few days.The adults leave first usually,I never understood why unless the little ones have to earn more flight feathers.There are still 2 remaining hummingbirds & the younger brown thrashers.I look for them to be gone this week.Of course,some birds will remain like the white breasted nuthatcher hanging upside down waiting for his turn at the suet cakes.Usually the evenning red breasted grosbeak stops in on their way through here,but I haven`t seen them yet.This poor female cardinal is growing in more feathers but looks rather rough right now.Have a wonderful week!

A Day Alone,well,not really when you count the various 4 legged critters

This is bike week in Gettysburg,Pa.Thurs.night the Charlie Daniels Band played at Granite Hill campground,& they had other things going on the weekend.The dh went & saw the band,said they were great,played for 1 1/2 hours.Today he left to go see what else was going on.Me-I get some time alone.I do not enjoy events with crowds.I`d just as soon sit with my pets & watch the birds or engage in some dirty dancing around the house.
Really what I did was bake some blueberry zucchini bread{recipe is in another post,go look at my labels},ate part of a loaf,and they are funny shaped loaves as I used parchment paper to line my loaf pans with.
I also made ham salad,deviled eggs,& finished up with getting the mohair out & flicking open the locks getting the hay & things out & seperating the good from the bad.The bad is hair I can`t get all the thistle seeds out of,so I still keep it as it`s cleaned other than that,& I`ll use it for stuffing dolls.

The goats fleece is still nice,except for Blackie`s.His was never really nice to begin with,he has dry skin.

The past 2 days I`ve been to the barn,I`ve been stung by yellow jackets.I was stung 3 times.I thought I had gotten rid of the nest,at least where I believed the nest to be,& ended up stepping on it again.I just removed a hornets nest last month from inside the barn.

Baby Brown Thrashers

The baby brown thrashers startled me when I was tending the garden yesterday.I am glad I took the camera with me.I put off weeding till today,& yet here I sit.There are 2 that I see,one was on the tomato plants & the other in the blue spruce tree.