Berries, Birds and Blooms...

I'm so glad that spring is here I could just sing. That's what the birds are doing!! I heard this bird singing with all her heart. She was sitting on the fence just outside our backdoor and then flew to the bird feeder to eat with her mate. What is this bird? I didn't get a good picture but I'd like to know what they are. He has red on his head and back. They are just a little bigger than the Gold Finch. Now that I'm posting these pictures I realize how bad they are so use your imagination. I should have changed the lens in the camera. In the background of this picture you see part of our shooting range, the milk jug hanging from the tree and part of a target that fell over.

JP went back to work yesterday after having a few days of vacation. They were vacation only in the sense that he wasn't at his paying job. He worked like a slave getting all of these chores done and had a good attitude I might add. He tilled, sharpened mower blades, changed the oil on the mower, mowed, tilled some more----you get the drift.

Yesterday I finished planting our strawberry bed. We've got 26 plants. As you can see we kind of over tilled but that's okay it's not like the grass and weeds won't grow right back. The bed next to the strawberries is the blueberry patch and it looks pitiful. I am ashamed at that and will crank up the weed-eater on the next sunny day. Inside the bed has been weeded but you can't see that for the two foot tall grass surrounding it. Yikes!! Okay, don't look at that anymore, look at our red-bud trees. Aren't they pretty? That's right, shameless diversion :O)

The oregano and sage is up and growing along with the weeds. We're going to have enough sage for the whole county because there are two more plants that aren't in this picture.

The daffodils are almost played out but still pretty.


Our garden spot, crab-apple tree and peach tree.


This is our hanging basket for the front porch. I think the humming birds will enjoy it too. Oh, JP, I need a new hook put up, plueeezzze! His "honey do" list is always full.