THANK YOU FOR THE "HEART" LEAF

THANK YOU FOR THE "HEART" LEAF

Four leaves left on my redbud tree.

Thank you for the "heart".

Redbud trees have leaves shaped like "hearts".

  Only four leaves left and this one really caught my eye.

TRANS-SIBERIAN ORCHESTRA ~ CHRISTMAS CANON

TRANS-SIBERIAN ORCHESTRA-CHRISTMAS CANON

"This night we pray

Our lives will show

This dream He had

Each child still knows"

BEAUTIFUL LITTLE LESSER GOLDFINCHES AT MY THISTLE FEEDERS

BEAUTIFUL LITTLE LESSER GOLDFINCHES AT MY THISTLE FEEDERS

Video of lesser goldfinches at my feeders

(for a larger view, click on "youtube" in lower right corner)

These wonderful little yellow birds are lesser goldfinches. 

They are native to this area, but I only have a few in the summertime.  I believe most of the ones at my feeders right now have migrated from somewhere up north and they'll stay here until spring. 

 The ones that are native always bring their babies back in the spring to show them a food source.  Those babies are really noisy, begging for food.

I have four feeders out right now.  When I look out of my kitchen window, I see a sea of gold and black.  You can see the black backed and the others are called green backed lesser goldfinches.  They're so tiny.

Up in the trees, they are always singing their sweet little songs.

It's such a joy to have them at my thistle feeders.

THINGS GOING BUMP IN THE NIGHT

THINGS GOING BUMP IN THE NIGHT

     Last night, I was was watching tv and kept hearing a popping sound out in my studio.  I turned off tv and every once in a while something would hit the window.  I panicked and couldn't breathe.  So, I thought, do I get a pistol?  No, everything is locked up so it can't be too big...whatever was in there.  Did a bat come through my a/c vents?  Can't shoot at a bat.  I would surely destroy something.  I picked up a blanket so I could shield myself.  I was really scared and stood in the door of the studio, light off, and kept hearing it at one side of the room.  I turned on the light, stood there, then slowly went over to that side of the room and looked.  Didn't see anything.  Made some noises to make it fly or run.  Nothing happened.  I pictured a bear or tiger at the window, trying to get in.  Then, I heard the wind.  A bird in the dark, big moth or something hanging from the tree must have been hitting the window.  Just in case, I blocked the doorway like I did when the baby squirrel was in there.  Af first, I was afraid to go to bed, picturing it jumping on my face.
It's morning, I'm fine.

Always, ALWAYS, when I hear wind blowing, especially a moaning wind, I always think of Catherine and Heathcliff  in Wuthering Heights.

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I posted this on my Facebook and my friend commented:

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 "Well, for heaven sakes, aren't you Miss Drama on a Friday night. Next time that happens just set the house on fire. It'll scare whatever it is away and it'll never bother you again. No, seriously, just call me and I'll whack it!!! Be there in 10 minutes, I promise!" · ·

NOW, I feel safer!

MY MARTHA GONZALES ANTIQUE ROSE IS BLOOMING RIGHT NOW...SO PRETTY!

MY MARTHA GONZALES ANTIQUE ROSE IS BLOOMING RIGHT NOW...SO PRETTY!

My Martha Gonzales antique rose is blooming beautifully right now.
It's December!!

 It really appreciated all of the rain, recently.  Oh, and the chicken manure fertilizer.

BIG ANIMALS HAVE THEIR STUFFED FRIENDS, TOO

BIG ANIMALS HAVE THEIR STUFFED FRIENDS, TOO

"Augustin, a Race Horse, and his stuffed crocodile. Doesn't go anywhere without it. 

Big animals have their stuffed friends too. Too cute. : )"   

              

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