tulips

As our tour of Belgium and the Netherlands came to an end last summer, I purchased a box of USDA-approved tulip bulbs from a cute market inside Amsterdam's airport. The box said "mixed", so to say I was looking forward to planting season would be an understatement. So as winter came along, I planted around 8 or 9 bulbs in a container and waited ever so patiently for spring. Well, here they are and they're not really that mixed. At least I got 2 non-yellow bulbs! FYI - these pics were taken back in March/April.

love this little bird

This is a Red-bellied Woodpecker and it loves our suet feeder. It's abrupt when it swoops in and it doesn't like to be watched, but I've managed to snap a few pics of it along the way. And for the record, these pictures could be of more than one RBW as I have seen two at the feeder at once. Yeah, it was pretty cool but no pics to prove it. :(

snow birds

Who writes about snow birds in May other than the Miami Herald? That's right - people who haven't blogged in 5 months. Below are some of the creatures who visited my bird feeders during our little spouts of snow this past Jan/Feb.

female Cardinal

Yellow-rumped Warbler

a trio of male American Goldfinch

Eastern Towhee

male Hairy Woodpecker

Yellow-rumped Warbler

female American Robin w/a gimpy right leg

male American Goldfinch (bottoms up!)

out of hibernation

Wow. Has it really been 5 months since my last post? The good news is that I have taken a lot of pictures this year, so bear with me as I'm about to string together some random, possibly out-of-chronological-order posts.

happy birthday to me

Say hello to the world's best birthday cake EVER. Thanks, Bill Rhodes Bakery!

life imitating art

Jarrod gave me a really great birthday gift this year - a stained glass picture of a cat perched on a windowsill watching a bird. And for any of you who know me/Owen, that's one of our favorite things to do! So I decided to hang it on the window that faces our bird feeders....and well, right after I hung it Owen decided he wanted to sit and watch the birds. Good thing I had my camera on me!

happy holidays

This blogger would like to wish all her loyal readers a happy holidays. Also, consider this post your Christmas card!

the animals officially hate us
but we just looooooove them!