31 Friday Jan 2025
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had a bit of a giggle the other day…
as I pulled out my newest mug in the morning – the chickadees – I looked up at the kitchen display and saw that it was showing a photo of the first time I took a photo of the mug;-)…
I particularly enjoy the fact that this mug shows two chickadees, one on each side so that I can see the bird, even as a leftie;-)…
seemed a bit serendipitous…
21 Monday Oct 2024
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yesterday, I gathered up most of the bird feeders, filled them with the last of the birdseed, and hung them onto the front pole…
wondered how long it will take the birds to find it here and hoping the deer won’t be coming by;-)…
well, by this morning, the chickadees, nuthatches, and sparrows had found it…
was excited to see that I caught two of the nuthatches snacking at the same time…
28 Thursday Sep 2023
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finally made it all the way to the English and Leo Mol Gardens…
it was a beautiful day and there were lots of people out and about enjoying the amazing fall day…
as I walked along the path through the trees, I came upon a birder, (he had a camera with a very long lens hanging around his neck) who was feeding chickadees and nuthatches from his hand… he had shelled and unshelled sunflower seeds so they could have a treat right away, but also something to take away and stash, lol…
I stood and watched for a few moments;-)…
here are a few other things that caught my eye;-)…
the gardens look lovely with all the fall blooms and colours…
while I was there, I did collect some Poké balls, lol…
what a delightful walk;-).
12 Wednesday Jan 2022
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spent time in the garden on a beautiful warm day… we’ve been under extreme cold warnings for what seems like forever… shovelled a path to the garbage can and back gate… also cleaned the area around the hot tub…
finally cleaned off a good portion of the upper deck so I can get to the bird feeder… it was difficult to get the snow and old seeds out of the feeder, but I managed…
and just a few minutes later the chickadees were back for fresh snacks…
that made me happy…
23 Sunday Aug 2020
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spent the morning in the garden watching chickadees, monarchs, nuthatches, squirrels and fish…
the nuthatch was not interested in a photo op and even the chickadees were not particularly cooperative…
the monarch was happily guzzling nectar from the butterfly bush, so I was able to get a number of photos… I am very happy to finally have this plant in the garden and hope that I can get some seeds from it for next year or maybe even try to bring it into the house to see if it will overwinter…
it looks like there will be two more water lily flowers with a possible third one… very exciting…
I hadn’t been out in the garden for a few days and really enjoyed time with the members of my garden sanctuary;-)…
14 Sunday Jun 2020
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the wind has been blowing a lot in the last few days…
today, it was so strong that it toppled the elephant ear plant in the pond… I had thought it was secure, but all of a sudden it blew over… dug out my water shoes, found some very large rocks, and climbed in and stood it back up, circled it with the rocks as well as adding a few on top of it…
the rocks were so big, it raised the water level and a few of the lily pads went back under the water, lol…
I didn’t spot the frog, but a number of house sparrows and a few chipping sparrows stopped by to drink and have a bath…
the chickadees have returned and two of them were really looking around… I was wondering if they were searching for a spot to nest as I hadn’t seen this particular behaviour previously…
14 Thursday May 2020
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recently spent most of the day in the garden watching the comings and goings at the bird feeder…
my goal this summer is to teach the chickadees to eat from my hand…
starting by putting food out close to my chair and sitting fairly close to the feeder so they get used to me being there…
had a few conversations with the squirrels who kept coming to eat, but I encouraged them to leave… later, I noticed two at the feeder… making up for lost time I guess…
saw juncos, song sparrows, nuthatches, and finches, but no chickadees, lol…
26 Sunday Jan 2020
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Friday I received a parcel in the mail…
in it was the cutest handmade keychain…
a gift from my daughter… she is planning to send me something regularly throughout the year — instead of an Advent calendar that just comes in December;-)…
how lovely is that…
I love all the pieces it is made of, but the little bird is a reminder of the wonderful morning we spent at Mer Bleue feeding the chickadees…
my goal for the Spring is to train my chickadees to eat from my hand… this is a wonderful reminder…
I am very excited to get working on this…
03 Sunday Nov 2019
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enjoyed some time in the hot tub this morning…
although, having a hot tub Saturday evening and Sunday morning doesn’t work that well because my water shoes don’t have time to dry completely… they are rather cold and soggy, lol…
watched chickadees and nuthatches come and go to the feeder and have snacks…
a bit later in the day I watched more chickadees and nuthatches in the front yard…
such fun to get to enjoy the moments with the critters all around…
03 Tuesday Sep 2019
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big girl pants, blessed, camera, chickadees, flowers, garden, memories, photos, purple, sparse, widow
got some shots of flowers and birds in the garden…
sadly it seems that the flowers are getting a bit more sparse… temperatures are falling and the light is receding bit by bit…
also got a few photos of the chickadees as they were flitting back and forth to the feeder… they move so fast that I am always thrilled when I get a shot…
took these with my actual camera…
wondering when I need to bring in the Japanese Maple and the hibiscus… if I wait too long they get rather grumpy and lose all their leaves, lol…
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