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feathered friends…

03 Thursday Oct 2013

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big girl pants, fall outfits, feathered friends, Grandpa, leaves, multi coloured trees, purple finches, raking

spent some time watching a family of purple finches as they stocked up on food before their flight to warmer climes… they are not nearly as bright as in the spring and early summer…

purple finches at the front feeder...

purple finches at the front feeder…

that same day I took some pictures of the leaves as the colours change… every day as I drive to and from work I see less leaves on the trees and more on the ground…

trees n their fall colours...

trees in their fall outfits…

also got a shot of a yard down the street that was filled with leaves…

leaves on the ground...

leaves on the ground…

the elm trees haven’t shed yet, but soon when the boys come over they can do some raking and playing… it will remind them of doing that very thing with Grandpa I am sure…

changing colours…

21 Saturday Sep 2013

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big girl pants, camera problem, changing colours, flickers, little yellow bird, lovely day, purple finches, robins, sparrows, Top Pot Hand Forged Doughnuts, trees, virginia creeper, watching

what a lovely day…

spent some time at the front window this morning watching all the critters outside…

purple finches and sparrows...

purple finches and sparrows…

there were flickers, robins, sparrows, chickadees, purple finches, nuthatches and this very cute bird that at first I thought was a goldfinch, but I don’t think it was… one of the neighbourhood squirrels was out as well…

cute bird on the feeder, not sure what it is...

cute bird on the feeder, not sure what it is…

took a walk around the creek and got a few shots of the leaves which are beginning to change en masse… on Thursday as I was driving to work I noticed a small tree at the end of the street and thought I should get a picture of it…

tree at the end of the street which was my first glimpse of the leaves changing colours...

tree at the end of the street which was my first glimpse of the leaves changing colours…

forgot on Friday, so decided to get a few pictures today… in the process realized more than one little tree was putting on its fall coat…

virginia creeper filled with berries and gone from green to red...

virginia creeper filled with berries and gone from green to red…

wasn’t out for too long as my battery was low and as I got home my camera lens cover stopped opening… will have to take it in on Monday… sure hope they can fix it as I do love that particular camera…

 

digging…

30 Tuesday Jul 2013

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digging, goldfinches, planting, purple finches, reading, slept out under the stars, sparrows, Sunday, visitors, watching birds and bees

slept out under the stars and enjoyed watching the moon move through the sky as the night progressed…

bed for the night under the stars...

bed for the night under the stars…

then spent Sunday planting, reading and watching all the visitors who came by…

before I started planting...

before I started planting…

took a few shots of the landscape before making all the changes…

decided I liked where the plants were sitting and started to get them into the ground…

after planting...

after planting…

worked on one or two and then took a break, to read and watch the various flying friends who stopped by…

behind the waterfall...

behind the waterfall…

there were goldfinches and purple finches and lots of sparrows of various sorts… there were bees and wasps and a couple of butterflies and dragonflies…

once the planting was done I tidied up the bench which had been covered with pots during the construction…

then I took it easy… lots of work, but was very happy with the results… looks much better now…

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