Ketch-up Day

 

How are you? Is your week going well?

Here, there's a lot going on in the garden. 

I went outside the other day and saw this:

That little dark spot beneath the tree is another baby Fox Sparrow. I went back in the house, came back out and he was gone.  I went over and there he was under the grapevine, griping at me the whole time I was weeding, so I gave up and went to the flower area and started weeding again and he followed me over and started griping at me again...or so I thought. Turns out there's two of them.  One is shy and one's an explorer. Hops all over the yard, following mom, falls down between the bricks then hops out. Then tries to hop up on the little fences I have around some of the flowers but no can do.  Their wings are really short and again they have stubs for tails. They literally keep their parents hopping. In fact, the explorer may have popped under the fence. I haven't seen him today. I think I MAY have seen the original Baby all grown up.  It was a fully developed young Fox Sparrow, but it still had a spot of gray on his wing.

The Robin is also nesting again, or another, very near the old nest. We've got frogs, chipmunks, squirrels and, of course, birds. Never a dull moment in the garden. Much entertainment for the cats on the porch.

 

 

  

AND

My brother, who lives in FL, encountered this guy on his bike ride the other day.

AND

Last but not least.

  That's it for me, Blogger Buds.  Ketch me up on you. 

Ketch-Up Tuesday

 

 

How is your week shaping up?

Nothing too news worthy here. Haven't made the NY Times Best Seller list. Haven't won the lottery. 😆

Momma, Poppa, Sibling Fox Sparrow and Mike and I have been keeping an eye on the baby.  It looks like the only thing keeping him from flying is very short tail feathers.  He hops and flutters around the backyard like a fiend.  He's very vocal when he's hungry and mom is still feeding him so maybe he's not as old as he looks.

As far as I can tell we've got baby bluebirds too.  Mom keeps sticking her head into the bird house with worms de jour dangling from her beak.  And though I've never seen birds going in or out, there's stuffing coming out of the birdhouse out front.   The little birdies have been busy:)

Totally off topic, has anyone tried Asiago rolls to make their toast with? It pairs well with pb and j 😏 

AND

May's calendar pictures.

 

AND

The month long poetry challenge is over.   Here's one last rendition from the HH.

Backwards

 

Paleontologists tell us 

That birds descended

From small feathered dinosaurs

If that is so,

What grisly creatures

(Ones before the humanoids)

Did we emerge from?

Then again,

Considering the damage done,

Maybe there is reverse

Evolution at work

And we are the grisly monsters

 Take special care, Blogger Buds.  Inquiring minds want to know how you are doing.

 

Ketch-Up Day

 

How was your weekend and first day of the week?

Not too much going on here. We currently have Fox Sparrow hatchlings  in the garden area. They are not impressed when I try to water or weed.

This was their nest:

 I just don't understand the appeal of building your home in a thorny rosebush, but I guess it keeps predators away.

 

We now have pathways strewn with rose petals. Grin.

 AND

Berries coming:)

 I fixed sixteen bean soup for the first time in the crock pot. Wasn't too bad.

These are such a hoot. One of my bro's, SIL, and I had the digital concept on line action figures made. Have you done that yet? We did ours at ChatGPT.  I was very relieved when the HH said that my action figure didn't look like me. Heh.  Mine is not particularly attractive but fun. 

 That's it here, blogger buds. 

Have you had your online action figures done yet? Fixed bean soup lately?  How's your garden?  And last but not least, YOU have a grand week.