Visting Mom and Dad

Howdee all,

We arrived in CT and are now parked in the driveway of the home I grew up in from the age of three.

My parents have been in this home for over 50 years.

My Dad is a keen gardener…one of his passions…

There are nesting Chickadees, Baltimore Orioles and a nest of Robins.

My mother showed me where the Robins chickies are...

Only about three feet off the ground..I was surprised to see the nest that low.

One chick fledged this morning..I expect they will all leave today.

Yesterday we had our annual Family Picnic…Aunts, Uncles, Cousins, Sisters and brother.  Our daughter Samarrah came to visit…:)

It was a wonderful day with family that flew by too quickly…And here is my Lovely muther…she will probably be mad I am showing a photo of her..She is over 80 and now the Matriarch of the family, since Grandma passed away.

Doesn't she look awesome!  So…

for the next month we will be busy here with gardening, taking muther shopping, Visiting sickstas and brother…watching the birds that come to the feeders…

Time for family…

And just enjoying Summer in New England..

On the Road again…..

Howdee all,

Its that time again…Moving on…

Going norther to visit more family….

We usually stop in NYC to visit our daughter but the Marina RV park that we stay in is full…..

So we will continue on to CT ..to Mom and Dads driveway.

So..see ya later birdies..Sicksta Dell will leave some seed for you…

If she has enough time…after watering her gardenOr ..maybe… Ghetto Boy will put some seed out for the birdies..

After he is done with his Fish pond meditation.

Ballie enjoyed his daily walks..

Always monitored I might add…

he is a bird watcher..no birds were harmed during his daily walk.

  He just watched them… So there were sat…..our Homey ..nestled in

for a month…

And here is the same spot after we pulled out..Sicksta will fill it up with plants, and benches…until the next time we visit..

Then she moves all the plants, benches, chairs again.. Kali wont have to move when I come in daily to make the bed…

You see, sicksta Dell leaves for work before Ghetto Boy…and Ghetto Boy doesn't know how to make a bed, he just knows how to sleep in it.

So…life will be back to normal for Sicksta, Ghetto Boy and the pups..

and We move on….

To Mom and Dads driveway..

New adventures..

Muther has already informed me that she has nice new brown gardening gloves and knee pads waiting for me…

How Exciting..I can hardly wait! :)

Rain droplets on purple

Howdee all,

Just a very short post

Had very sad news about a Lovely friend..who lost her husband recently.

I haven't been able to put words together and many of us are feeling deep sadness for our friend.

So these raindrops are teardrops…

Sadness for her pain and grief…

Wishing her peace and healing…

Flowers after the rain

Howdee all,

These photos were taken past Monday while on our shopping spree with Sicksta. We went to the Garden supply store and wandered around.

Raindrops from a recent rain were on the leaves and flowers.More, much needed rain predicted for this AM. Possibly some hail.We are hoping for a good rain for Sickstas flowers..We leave here next Thursday.. We wont be stopping in NYC this time…we couldn't get reservations for the weekend at Liberty harbor marina and rv park..

oh well.. So instead, we go directly to CT Looking forward to seeing family in CT….

Though …………

Its always hard to leave my half assed Sicksta , Ghetto boy, the two pups, fish in the pond, birds on the nest, Whip-poor-will, Whip-poor-will, Flying squirrels, Red, white and blue Birds at the feeders, the chorus of tree frogs, swimming pool, lovely garden and all the rest of the creatures here.

But, that's our life…

Parting is always such sweet sorrow.

Water droplets on leaves

Howdee all,

This past week we had a few days of much needed rain here in the sand hills of North Carolina.

We stopped at a nursery/garden center after the rain.

I had my little point and shoot camera with me…So..I took a few photos of water droplets.On leaves….I haven't yet practiced enough with the macro settings.. I used the macro zoom on a few of these… I have allot to learn… Any words of advice are welcome..Luckily, my baby point and shoot does a decent job with macros..   When I look at some water droplet photos taken by professional photographers… I am amazed by what they can capture.. Check out this link for some real awesome

Water droplets

Magnolia Matchsticks

Howdee all,

Its Magnolia blossom time in North Carolina..

I fell in love with what I call, the matchsticks..

Bluebirds and the tractor

Howdee all,

While visiting Pee Dee NWR I had fun watching this Bluebird couple flying around this tractor..perching then flying ..perching and flying again…fluttering wings..

Were they a new couple scoping out some new digs?

Lets pretend…

His script is blue

Hers in pink

Where are you Cutie? Check out this awesome Tractor..perfect for the two of us…

  Here I am Handsome..not sure I like this pad…besides don't you see the writing on the seat? Scary!I really do like this place..I can sit in the drivers seat…Imagine me in control of this vehicle…zoom zoom….and then..I can sit on the top and look for bugs…Birds eye view here…This place is awesome! I don't know about this..doesn't seem very safe..what if those humans decide to drive it away..and I do want a family…I'm not quite sure this tractor is a safe place to raise a family..Where'd you go? I sorta like it…but.. Oh..Glad you came back…Listen Honey…

There's  a real nice nest box across the street.

I think you should take a look at it. Lets go there and see it.. Please….. I don't see what you like about this tractor, its all rusty..and I just don't think it a safe place to raise a family!

Fine, You win!..Lets go check out that nest box…but..as soon as the kids are grown..I'm coming back here!