So Day By Day

No! It does not look like this yet...just wish it did.

The weather goes back and forth...warm to cold.

I want to sit outside everyday and not have to be busy

to stay warm...I want to sit in the swing and read!

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I'm being a little impatient...but I want to see the

orange of the poppies and the purple of the iris.

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Although I admit...Saturday's sunrise was beautiful

with it's own shades of orange and purple.

At least there are the golden daffodils...but they look lonely!

Even the green of the Naked Ladies behind them will fade

before actually blooming...they flower later in the season!

All of the lillies have a lot of growing to do before they bloom...

Below are some that were a gift from my Mother.

They need to be sprayed with this 'vile concoction'

to keep from being eaten by deer.

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That's what I have been doing very carefully...

you don't want to get any on you...not a drop!

I finally managed to pot the gift of pansy flowers also.

This is the wicked plant spray...it isn't harmful...
has garlic and eggs listed as the ingredients...smells like
rotten potatoes are in there too...no lasting odor
to the area...but deer must pick up the smell.



Before we used this vile spray...the deer would even eat
the very tough and sharp Yucca plants. The fibrous
leaves were left very ugly after their snack!




Around noon I picked up Alivia for a small visit.
Alivia is son Rick's youngest daughter.
She was going to help me cook lunch.



She has this thing for olives...just wanted a few first...



So she ate green olives...while I added black olives to
the bulgar wheat.



Then she did some taste testing before we plated the food.



She also sampled the frozen peas before they were cooked.

Lunch is the main meal of the day for us!

On Sunday...when I went outside...I noticed the sky

was already busy with heavy traffic...

and in the field...and later the front yard

was our son Steve...with his metal detector.

Within the hour...

Grant and Andrew came over to ride their dirt bikes.

Grant is daughter Annette's youngest son...

and Andrew is son Steve's oldest son.

Grant on left...Andrew on right.

We feed the birds sunflower seeds...year round.

I had 6 feeders to fill...

The Red-Bellied and the Downey Woodpeckers take

their seeds to a nearby tree to eat.

while the Chickadees and Cardinals stay put...

until the upside down Nut-hatch and Goldfinch take over.

So while the birds ate their sunflower seeds...

we ate a lunch of cheesy tuna macaroni.

So day by day...
...I check on the flowers...feed the birds ...and spray

twice a week with that vile concoction that seems to work.

The flowers are just growing too slow for me...

...but they are growing!

Forgot to mention I finally saw the movie "Twilight"

Annette gave me one to watch!

Make the Day Better

Yesterday, St. Patrick's Day, was a little hazy!

We were out early to do some yard work.

"Herhusband" managed to rake the drive with the tractor...

"Herhusband" is my husband!"

and I managed to rake some leaves...and

we both managed to place them in the trailer

and Herhusband hauled them to a compost pile.

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By the afternoon the haze faded and some things


were looking a little greener...


like the grass in the field by the barn...

and the tree in which this Tufted Titmouse sat...

as he watched me ! Can you see him?
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Our lunch had a little extra green in it too yesterday!
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This morning however...started differently with a beautiful

"Golden Sunrise"
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What could possibly make the day better?
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Maybe...a clear blue sky with
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wispy...feathery...white clouds... .

that were changing as fast as I could

snap the camera!

Maybe...the day could be made better...


with the yellow gold...


of the blooming daffodils...

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you can see here very close up!

click most photos to enlarge


Maybe...these Canadian Geese in the bright blue sky

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above these golden lit trees would make the day better...
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But...what would really make my day "better".....

...is what I have been watching for.....

...the Bluebirds to return!

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As you can see they did...and my day did get.....better!
click photos to enlarge



A Hazy Bluebird!!!
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These days

Saturday morning's sky was bright blue with countless white clouds.

It became a warm balmy day with a high of 75.....
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.....with no sign of Canadian Geese this time.......

but I did capture this jet leaving it's vapor trail through the trees...

Also through the trees, I spied this odd place where a squirrel

had taken advantage of a storm damaged tree and made a home...

...right at the top!
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Squirrels must like to be on top of things.....

...as here...on top of my small "inuksuk".....

...and here.....relaxing on top of a hanging pot on the back porch. .

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I guess squirrels also were enjoying the day.....

with all the beautifully shaped clouds and nice weather!







It was warm enough to have our spaghetti lunch.....

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...on the front porch!




But then...

Sunday morning...was a different story...with it's dark stormy clouds.


These days do change quickly!


But at least...it wasn't a snow storm I was looking at....


.... like this time last year.....through my front door.



Still...snow or not...what a difference a day makes...


.....even my walk in the woods.....


.....seemed less "springy".....
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with the overcast and autumn's leaves still clinging to young Beech trees!









This old dark decaying tree seemed to fit right in with the day's

threatening weather of a tornado watch!
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Then on my walk back toward home.....

a pair of Robins just sitting there...

waiting for spring too.....

.....another reminder that the Daffodils will bloom soon enough...

and that these days of blue skies do return!