I got the old bird bath repaired, in a half-assed sort of way. It does hold water now. Interestingly, it looks to me like I have more birds in the back yard than usual, even though no-one is currently using the bath. I wonder if that standardized "bird bath" shape is something birds see enough to have happy associations with ( Read more... )

So, the week of the Indianapolis Five Hundred is upon us! I have lived to see another one! Let us for this week banish dull care, that we may the better celebrate the bright and noisy week, the week that ties past to future, the day that marks the transition to Summer, when Æstes, all unclad, with garland of verdure and songs of birds, takes her ( Read more... )

This afternoon at the cake feeder:


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So back on the 12th of March, I took a walk around mom's property to deal with fallen sticks and limbs (to the brushpile with them!), and to generally check for damage, as there'd been serious winds the previous few days. Sticks everywhere, of course, and debris (I recovered one of her basement window covers from way out in the neighbor's corn ( Read more... )