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Not much catching up to do here.  The swallowtails are back, which is always a joy.  AND my hardy hibiscus is blooming. I know. I know. Just too, too much excitement.  

So, what's going on in your neck of the woods?

 

To give you an idea of size

 

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Critter pics:

Massie

 

It's hard to get a picture of Louie, because he is always right at your feet.

 

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From California.

Thanks, Denise

 

 

 

 

 Bye, bye, June.

Have a grand one, Blogger Buds. 

 

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 I'm going to be offline for a week or two. So save up your news and catch me up when I get back.

Leaving you with a few Eternal Garden pics. See ya soon, Blogger Buds.

The frogs seem to like this spot almost as well as the birds.

Frank.

 The grapes are growing.

As are the blackberries.

👋 

 

 

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How are you? Are you having torrential storms or, like us, in an extreme drought?  We had a little rain Saturday and the birds were literally dancing in the street.

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 More Eternal Garden pics

 

The baby Robin has already flown the nest.  I saw a Robin yesterday carrying building materials. I don't know if it was Mom or Dad or a different Robin. If it was Mom, that bird needs a vacation.

 Little black (green) berries. 

 

The squirrel must have got interrupted burying his nuts since he left a couple behind and an unfilled hole. 
 

Not the usual  visitor to the bird bath.

 

 

 

 And last but not least, a gift from the HH. 

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Critter pics 

Maisy 

Louie
 

Callie

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Another Poem for the April Challenge from the HH. The prompt: Dog-eared.

Dog Ears

Dogs come with all manner of ears

Long and floppy

Short and erect

Ones that tip

 

My dog’s ears are

The short tippy kind

Usually forward and tipped

But sometimes flopped back

 

She can also extend them sideways

Looking like Dumbo about to take off

She can also do one flap down

Sometimes the right, sometimes the left

 

I am guessing there is

Some meaning to that

One thing is certain

She hears what she wants to

 

Kind of like people

 

That's it for now, Blogger Buds.

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How are you? Is Mother Nature being kind?  We've had about 5.5" of rain over the past couple of weeks which we can definitely use. And I'm hoping we've seen the last of the 100 degree days. The butterflies continue to delight.  There's been about a dozen or so hanging around the butterfly bushes, but I can't get a good group pic of them with my phone. They refuse to cluster together and smile or say cheese.

 

We celebrated friends' birthdays this month.  The garden is between blooms and wouldn't cooperate on floral arrangements so I had to get creative.   And now you know what kind of wine I like:)

 

 Has anyone tried the cake bites? We've all decided this is our new go to for bday cakes. They come in a tray with a mix of lemon, strawberry, chocolate and vanilla bites. We found them at at Lowes Foods.

 

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Louie and Maisy

 

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That's it for our excitement for the week. Butterflies and cake bites.    What about you, blogger bud? What have you been up too?

 

 

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How are you? How is your week going?

Okay, I'm going to start out with playing the blatant grandparent bragging card:)  The eleven-year-olds participated in an entrepreneurship camp last week at ECU. They were some of the youngest members there, most of the participants being high school students.  They had to develop an idea for a product, create a proposal and make a presentation.  The winner getting a thousand dollars.  The little girl won  😀 The HH and I are so thrilled. (I was also pleased with her brother's proposal. I thought it was a good one:)

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 I finished my latest garden project: get rid of the grass and weeds around the grapevine and lay down mulch and pavers. 

 

 Let me tell ya, it was hard to get out of this chair, lots of obstacles in my way, but I managed:)

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Beautiful Canada.

Thank you, Ralph.

 

 

That's it from here. What's going on in your neck of the woods, friends?

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How are you?  

I'm pleased to say we've had over five and a half inches of rain in the past week or so. The plants are happy.

AND speaking of plants.  I got a honey mandarin orange tree for Mother's Day. My daughter grew a lemon tree from seed and I said I wanted to try that, though possibly with orange seeds. She pointed out that all things consider, i.e. age, maybe I should get a sapling. 😆-

AND There's all kinds of blackberries on the bush this year.  Looks like the birds and I will be going toe to toe when they ripen.  

 Frank had the guy-sprawl thing going and took up his piece of the couch as well as half of Callie's.

 Oh by the way, if you haven't read this post, I highly recommend it. It's got an unexpected twist that I just loved and sure didn't see coming.

 https://cowboykisses.blogspot.com/2025/05/the-stories-we-share-d-k-deters.html 

That's it for now, Blogger Buds. Enjoy the rest of your week. 

Addendum 

Whoops. I didn't preset my date when I did my Wed and Thursday post, shown below.  I should be back on track Friday. 

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I don't know about you, but I'm more than ready to see flowers blooming.  A show of hands if you feel the same.

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Here's this month's calendar pictures before January is completely gone :)

 

What have you been doing for fun this month, Blogger Buds? 

I've been watching my outdoor live feed.  It's a hoot. It's set up on the porch near the cat food I set out for strays.  So far the visitors are: a Carolina Wren that hops in the bowl and gets himself a few pieces of cat food to eat, a possum and about four cats.  The HH says we need to start taking reservations since it's currently first come first served.

What about you? Do you have an outdoor live feed?

 Stay warm....