Beautiful Flowers

Isn't this just the most beautiful Rhody you have ever seen?

I think the color of this plant is just gorgeous.

And the blooms on this thing are just HUGE!!!!!!

Here is another Rhody that we have in our yard. The blooms on this thing are a very pretty purple. They aren't as big as the red ones, but they are still very pretty.

Well, when these blooms drop off, our Rhody's will be done for another year. I will just have to wait until next year to view our Rhody's.

That Pesky Squirrel, Again.

WELL!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

I have no idea how he did it, but this pesky thief has once again managed how to figure out how to get to the bird feeder. All I know for sure is that I saw him jump from our backporch light to the feeder. I got this picture of him as he was gorging himself on BIRD FOOD. Well, they are seeds, so I guess they are also appealing to him too. But.............after watching him eat a few of the seeds, he jumped off, so I continued to keep an eye on him. He jumped up on the railing and just kinda sat there looking around. I saw him eye the feeder a few times and I thought he was going to go back up there, but he finally jumped down to the ground and took off for the woods. I am going to have to really keep my eyes open out there and see if I can figure out how he gets to the lights to get to the feeder. This is sure starting to get frustrating.

And the saga continues...........................

Updates

Here is an update to a couple of previous posts.



First of all, our Rhody's. Below is a picture that I took on the 20th of May, 2008. As you can see, the buds are starting to pop out. This is my favoritetist Rhody of all of them that we have. It will eventually flower out to beautiful, big red flowers.

And here is another picture, taken from the same place, showing more buds starting to open. I just took this picture a few minutes ago to show the difference between the two.

I will take some more pictures as this thing gets fully blossomed out. It is really beautiful to see.

Now, on to something I observed yesterday that was quite funny to watch. I know, I wish I had some pictures to show, but one never knows exactly what is going to happen or when it will happen. Anyway, this concerns the squirrel I mentioned earlier. After I discovered that he was jumping from the deck railing to the bird feeder, I moved the bird feeder just a little further from the railing. Later, I heard a strange noise from the kitchen area, and when I walked in there, I saw the squirrel hanging on the feeder, helping himself. I scared him off, but I stood there, watching. Pretty soon, he was back and on the railing again. I just stood there watching him, and then, by clinging to the window screen, he was able to crawl across the bottom part of the window frame and then jump to the feeder. I then removed the screen and kept on watching. Sure enough, here he came again. But now, the feeder is just a bit too far for him to jump directly to, and the screen is gone. At one time, I saw him all tensed up, back feet just twitching, getting ready to make a flying leap, but then, all of a sudden, he must have decided it was just too far to jump to, because he relaxed and just stared at the feeder. Then, all of a sudden, he jumped for the center frame of the window, tried to get a grip on it to jump to the feeder, but couldn't, so he had to bale off for the deck. Back on the railing, looking for a way to the feeder. Then, once again, a leap for the top of the window frame, hoping for a leap to the feeder, but there just wasn't enough room up there for him and down he came to the deck again. Now, from the deck, he is still looking at that feeder. "Maybe, if I can jump to the side of the house, I can bounce from the house to the feeder." Yup, he gave that a try too, but no go. Bummer. "How in the heck am I going to get to that feeder?" I gotta give him this, he is determined to get to that feeder. But I gotta say, he has provided some entertainment for me, watching to see how he is gonna get to that feeder.

If I see more hilarity from the little determined squirrel, I will pass it on to all of ya.

Tuesday, May 20,2008

Well, it has been awhile since I have updated this thing, so here goes. It is a perfect day for working inside today. Yesterday was the first day of my one week vacation and it was a really nice day around here, with temps in the 70's. I started the day wishing Jennie a good day at work as she left for her work. Then, about 8am, I went outside and mowed the lawn. Got that done about 9am and then, working with a borrowed (from a neighbor) pressure washer, I went to work cleaning our back patio, driveway and sidewalk. After getting that done and getting everything cleaned up and put away, it was about 3pm. I was beat, wet and dirty. I got myself cleaned up and then decided that is was time to call it a day. I didn't completely veg out though. I still did a bit both inside and outside the house. Today it is raining, so like I said earlier, it is a perfect day to update this thing.


Not much is going on around here. We are starting to get things arranged for our trip to Lake Roosevelt in August. Henry is currently back in Houston after spending some time out in the Gulf of Mexico off the coast of LA. Both Kevin and Stephen are now done with school, but Kevin is taking some classes on-line and Stephen is getting ready for his summer job. Both Henry and Kevin are planning on coming home for a short time this summer, in August of course, for Lake Roosevelt. Stephen will be missed this summer, since he is not coming home. He will be working as a counselor at Camp WOW (Walk On Water) near Gerty, OK. http://www.campwow.com/


We have plagued with a thief around here lately, and I think I finally figured out who it is. Check out the following photo and let me know what you think.

Yup, a squirrel has learned that he can jump from the railing of our deck onto the black-oil sunflower seed feeder that got from my dad. IT IS SUPPOSED TO BE FOR THE BIRDS, but this dumb squirrel seems to think that it is for him. He does have a bit of difficulty getting the seeds out because of the small holes, but he seems to be able to get them out, one at a time.

Here are some other pictures that I have taken of creatures that have been coming to our back deck.

These are the birds that the feeder was intended to feed.

Here is that pesky rodent, checking out what is on our deck. I think that he was reconnoitering the scene, looking to see what was available, and how he was going to get it.

DOGBITEIT, THOSE SEEDS ARE FOR THE BIRDS, NOT SOME PESKY SQUIRREL!!!!

I guess it is back to the drawing board to see what I can do to get rid of this little thief from stealing the bird food.

Well, that is all for now. Hopefully, I will be able to keep this up better. Hope all is well with all who look at this pitiful blog.