Bird Watcher
More fun than watching TV!
On election day, I went with my good friend and neighbor Jean to vote. When we had finished casting our ballots, we went for a walk. I will refer you HERE for a picture of Jean and more information on the location of our walk.
Orchard Hills used to be a pampered golf course. It’s in the process of going back to nature. These tall grasses were not here back in the day.
This apple orchard is still part of Patterson’s fruit farm.
You can actually see a speck of the white building in the middle of the picture, (behind the bright orange tree) which is the fruit farm.
The trees were close to peaking that day, It was a beautiful day for a long walk.
These pieces belonged to my mother and grandmother. They are actually silver not gold, but I liked the way this picture came out so I used it. I have no idea what their special uses might be. Let me know if you do.
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Today Margaret has listed five things that she would never say and has dared her readers to do the same. So here goes.
I hate taking pictures.
My cat Rikki is so smart!
I love snow.
I never watch movies.
Nothing unusual goes on in my home.
My burning bushes never turn bright red. It’s because they need a lot of sunlight to do so and that is something I don’t have much of in my yard. I have too many trees.
We have lots of firewood stacked on the porch. The breezeway is now loaded with wood too. We use our fireplace a lot in the winter to keep our heating bills down.
No way am I raking this!
A nd finally, This is truly the last thing we did for that creek project. We didn’t want to have to mow an akward patch of land around a large tree by the creek, so we covered the whole area with four yards of mulch.
Saturday, Megan and I spent the whole day together, selling her beautiful pottery, at a Christmas craft show.
We were there from seven in the morning, (two hours for set up) until four in the afternoon.
This show is at a neighborhood church, so we run into a lot of people we know there.
The best part of it for me is spending time with my daughter!
Remember that pipe project from a couple weeks ago? This was the next step. The river stones help to deter erosion and protect the banks of the creek. We did hire someone to lay down the stone, but the problem was that the stone was laid flat without being scooped out for the flow of the creek.
I can’t shovel stones anymore because I am afraid I’ll reinjure my back, but I can sit down on the ground and throw stones, in order to create a channel for the water to flow, and that is just what I did! The creek on both sides of the driveway was covered with the river stones. I am so glad this project has come to an end.