Baby Rabbit Update :)

It was 1 week ago today that we found the 6 little rabbits in our backyard. They have grown quite a bit in just 1 week and their eyes are opened now. They are also beginning to get a little hopping motion going on :) Doubt they will be around much longer :( But it has certainly been fun watching them this week. My grandkids have loved watching them too. I'm sure this might be one of those once-in-a-lifetime opportunies for them, I know it has been for me.

Raindrops

My Bleeding Heart plant after one of our many rains this past week.

Be sure to click on this picture to get the full effect. You can actually

see the raindrops hanging on the stems and blooms.

Birds of a Feather???

Okay, I filled my bird feeders and through out some bread and crackers on the ground for the birds yesterday. I love feeding the birds and other forms of wildlife...squirrels, deer, and raccoons. The bird feeders are in the backyard, the squirrels and deer a little farther back and the raccoons are in the west side yard. But on this day the raccoon came to "steal" from the birds...I believe we will name this one Bandit!!!!!

This little guy is quite use to all us humans. If we have not gone out to feed him by about 6:00pm...he will actually come to the back door. When he starts knocking on the back door... the house is his, I'm moving!!!! LOL

He has also been known to follow us back to the house if we don't leave food out for him. Yes, as soon as he hears anyone go to the garage he comes out to see if it's feeding time.

Wednesday, April 29, 2009

Today was my laundry day, and since we are finally having warmer weather I can hang my laundry outside :) It was a speed dry day, today. The winds were 25 - 30 mph, with some gusts up to 45mph!!!! It only took the jeans about 45 minutes to dry... the picture shows why :) I must say it was quite a challenge to get those clothes on the line; and the jeans could have easily become lethal weapons, the way they were whipping around in the wind!

And here is an updated picture of the baby bunnies :)

April DJ Secret Pal Gift :)

During this past week I received this awesome gift from my Dear Jane Secret Pal. I have never taken part in a Secret Pal exchange before, and I don't know if all Secret pals are like mine... but My Secret Pal is just the best!!!!!





She made me the wonderful Travel Sewing Kit, and sent me the beautiful spring colored Fat Qusters:) She is really spoiling me, and I love every minute of it!!!






Here is a picture of the inside of the sewing kit.
Complete with ziplock baggies sewn in to keep
all my little projects safe and sound. :)

Baby Bunnies

Last Sunday while we were mowing and gardening my husband came across this group of 6 baby bunnies. They are so cute and so very small. Their little "nest" is right out in our back yard! I will keep a check on them and see how they progress :)

This Year's Flower Bed

Our little flower bed is now all cleaned up, with some plants up and bloomimg. We also planted several packets of wild flower mix seeds. Hopefully these will all come up and attract the butterflies and hummingbirds. If it does, there will be many a picture coming to this little blog :).












My Bleeding Heart bush just keeps increasing and spreading. This is one of my favorite flowers.








This little angel and cherub look over my flower garden.

Sure would be nice if they could shoo away all the plant eating bugs!!!!

Garden Time :)

Last weekend we were finally able to get the garden turned over and everything planted!!!! That was an unbelievable feat for us...the whole garden in one weekend. I had lots of help, though. Two of my daughters, 1 daughter-in-law, 5 grandkids. I told everybody, that if they planned to eat out of this garden, they had to come help plant and take care of it (LOL). It worked for the planting part :)

We have planted corn, green beans, 3 kinds of potatoes, 3 kinds of tomatoes, 3 kinds of peppers, 2 kinds of lettuce , 1 type of spinach, canteloupe, 2 kinds of watermelon, zuchinni, and cucumbers.

The kids had the most fun planting the potatoes. They all thought that was the greatest thing!!!!