Logan riding bike

Yep, it's training wheels still, but one step at a time. He's getting fast on this one. Amazing how our confidence builds little by little with experience.

Hydrangea at its peak!

Waiting for the Monarchs...

I saw my 2nd Monarch of the season today...1st one on our property. I'm so excited! I have this lovely little butterfly weed waiting for it in the garden.

There is a lot of milkweed growing on the roadsides this year, too, so I'm going to start looking for eggs and start my Monarch raising early this year. Usually I don't start till fall migration time in August/September. Time to break out the butterfly house!

Supper on our deck

I know this looks like breakfast, but it really was supper. :-)

Little finches growing up

(See post from Friday, June 4th, under older posts)
These little guys are in my hanging boston fern. Amazing how that downy fluff turns into feathers...

...and momma watching close by.

The bluebirds finally got their house back!!!!!

Here is the bluebird house out by our barn. It has been occupied by sparrows for the longest time. We keep cleaning it out and finally our work has paid off. The bluebirds have set up house and have a nest of 5 beautiful blue eggs!!!!

Here's momma or poppa up on the line giving me the what-for 'cause I'm peeking in their nest. They don't fly into the house and sit on the eggs (I imagine it's plenty hot enough these day to hatch eggs!) but they are sure close by and let you know they're around when you get too close to the house.

Bird times

This time I didn't let the little finch eggs get knocked out of their nest in my hanging fern and now they've hatched! Funny looking little things, half covered in downy feathers.

This is the other nest in my other fern. I thought it was a finch nest, too, but the eggs are different (the smaller whitish ones). I will have to watch more closely to see what the bird looks like that is sitting on the eggs. Also, the speckled eggs are from a cowbird, I'm pretty sure. Google it and you'll see that a cowbird is a parasitic nester...they lay their eggs in other birds' nests. Pretty lazy! I'd like to have someone else raise my kids, too! :-) Just kidding!