Grosbeak

 

She showed up at the feeder Sunday evening. I didn't know what I was seeing. I looked through many bird books and finally found here. She is a Rube Breasted Female Grosbeak. I am sure she is migrating north as they are not a common bird in our area. The male has a big red patch of feathers on its chest but she has just a pink cast. I have seen grosbeak at feeders at rest areas along I-35 in Minnesota. Their are yellow ones also. 

 I finished my bench. It is made from raw two by fours and one by fours. I water sealed it yesterday. I got my tote cart and rolled it up my hill. I moved it through the garage and brought it up the three steps from the garage into the kitchen. It was easier to do it that way than tote it up the thirteen steps to the deck from the back yard. 

It was a fun project. I followed the dimensions from the internet story. Its given measurements were in centimeters so I used that kind of ruler. It was easier than making the conversions. 

 Our daily rains are great but my peonies don't look good because of it. Drought is worse than too many rains.

 The red peony was given to me from a start my mom had years ago. She had dug some from her mom's house in Murray, Iowa, That had to be in the early 70's. I like having plants with history.

This one has history too as I dug one small rhizome of this from the top of the hill of Murray Cemetery. It has spread readily at my old place and has done very well in my new place too.

Thanks for stopping by today.