It is a young cardinal that slips in and out all day. The sunflower seeds will run out eventually so I need to put some fresh seed out. She is still fuzzy as her feathers keep growing in to make her a mature bird.
A first coat of paint helps the old feeder to be newer looking. It is beat up and warped in places but I did redesign the base so it is more stable on the white metal railing. Things blend better. The sparrows seem to be gone right now. I guess they got all the batches hatched and they have other places to be.
My one roma plant has given me lots of tomatoes. We put them all in the fridge as they can keep a lont time in there. I need to give away some more today to the neighbor to the south. The soaker hose was turned on this morning again to help keep them alive. Our ground is so dry that I broke off the end of one of my trowels while trying to get out hostas for transplant.
The clouds make interesting formations this time of the year. We will warm up to the low 80s today and we are partly cloudy. It gets to be too hot to work in the sun and I just have to quit. I finished planting all my white iris this morning. They are planted in so many places so if only a couple do well I will be happy. I watered them in good planting with commercial soil. I have too much clay in my soil and I have to keep replacing it as I plant.
I had planted the end of this area with hostas and an iris. When I bought the new edger bricks yesterday I decided to just dig it all out again and put in the brick. I am glad that I did and all has been replanted within a few days time. Buying the Belgium edger blocks was an adventure. I had seen them on the internet and then I did see an example of them in the store. Finding them in the yard was almost impossible. I stayed on it, driving my truck in and out of the rows of bricks until I evetualy found them. Actually I had to drive the truck down the rows and then back it out each time. It was good for my truck skills to be refreshed. It looks so good that I can forget about how much of a pain it was to buy them.
The week seems to be passing quickly. No rain for quite a while now. Predicted things don't happen. I see national weather shows vapor clouds now which I interpret to be fog. But were missed by that too as southern Iowa was blessed with dew on the ground. The young birds seem to have a simple innocent personality as they flit in and out. As the get older they will be more sure of their movements.
Thanks for checking in today.
2 comments:
Gosh that patio looks great!
We could do a week without rain here. But I won't complain as we had two years of very dry weather.
I see your patio project was expanded, those bricks look really nice on the edge! You have been busy! :)
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