bobbie the bird

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For awhile now I have had near-death experiences whenever I water my flowers hanging on our front porch. It never fails. Right as I near the baskets a maniac bird flies out. It doesn’t just leave the basket, or at least that is the way it seems. It flies at me first, literally. I’ve been complaining about it taking residence up there to Adam, who finally checked it out yesterday. Look what he found!!

 

Six!! Yay! And, looking back at this picture from yesterday we can now see that the top left egg was already hatching! The next pic is from 24 hours later. Aren’t they the ugliest cutest baby birdies ever?!! Needless to say I have made peace with Bobbie the Mama bird. She now flies out of the basket as soon as we step on the porch, flies across the street and sits in the same tree in our neighbor’s yard every time. I have to say…I don’t think I’ve been this excited since discovering peanut butter! Doesn’t take much, that’s for sure!

goldfish with fur

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A few weeks ago while visiting my sister and her family my brother-in-law took several of the kids to a huge neighborhood garage sale. When they returned Madison proudly told us that she got a bunny….for only 10 bucks!! Imagine the look of disbelief on my sister’s face that a new pet was brought into the home without being discussed. If looks could kill! Rick’s response? A quick summary of what the lady told him before tricking him selling him the bunny…It’s breed is very easy to take care of…so easy in fact, it is just like a goldfish with fur! This was her major selling point. Needless to say, Butterscotch has been with them now for a couple of weeks and is not exactly LOW maintenance! It (as no one quite knows the gender) is so very soft and cute…I will say that!

birdie torture

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Our spinach is looking fan.tab.ulous! Popeye would be proud. But. The neighborhood birds are taking liberties with our produce! Last year I researched what to do to prevent them from utilizing our garden as a restroom and got the idea to use old cds. We hammered old cds shiny side up all along the top of our trellises and the reflection deterred the birds wonderfully. The cds dulled over the winter, not surprisingly, and my plan was to just replace with fresh cds. Adam had way more grandiose ideas, though. And, so far it is working great! Have not found a single bird pierced to the board thankfully and the neighbors haven’t asked if we are doing some sort of medieval torture experiment.

 

 

a little extra oomph

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Madison and Anna did awesome at the state junior high track meet last weekend. I especially like that they kept with the family tradition of using all of your assets to excel. When their older sisters Jordan and Rebecca were playing high school sports it never failed that we caught pics similar to these. Of course this specialty did not come from my sister’s side! There’s just something about their tongue that makes them go a lil’ faster or makes them a wee bit stronger.