I think this might be a female ladder-backed woodpecker, but I am not sure. If you know what type this is, please comment and tell me!
This woodpecker feeder was made by my husband Chris, at my request, after seeing one over at Jessica’s!
∗ Jessica has commented that this is a Downy woodpecker, not a ladderback! You can read her comment for more details.
After dealing with all the downed trees last summer, we thought we were done with the yard clean up for a while, anyway. We did have a wind storm, but this happened beforehand.
On closer inspection, you can see that this tree was completely hollow, down by the base of it’s trunk.
Ben usually parks his car in this spot, but I think this it’s time to change his parking space. This was way too close for comfort!
Megan bought this pitcher at a thrift store. Then she painted a picture of a picture of a girl on it.
Originally, this pitcher had a flowery design. You can still see those flowers on this close up shot.
Many years ago, Chris made me a plant stand, and I happily filled it with plants, until my children were old enough to crawl.
So, off came the plants and on went the cats and the children!
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Rikki helped me wrap presents this year. He helped by restraining himself and not eating the wrapping paper or the curling ribbon.
I got an early Christmas present. It’s A new camera with a 12x zoom.
Here is two & a half year old Ben, and his candy cane, Christmas day, 1987.
And here is Megan in 1988, who is almost two, helping me wrap presents.
Every holiday, my mom would make her black cherry jello mold, and for many years, I have made it for Christmas Dinner. I made this for a dinner I had for Chris’ mom and sister yesterday.
Here is the list of ingredients:
Drain the cherries but save the juice. Place the cherries on the bottom of a ring mold.
Heat the juice to a boil, along with enough water to make 3 & 1/2 cups. Dissolve the jello in the hot liquid and then add the Port WIne. Pour into the mold and chill overnight to set firm.
Here is the finished product, with a bowl of whipped cream placed in the middle. My mom used to add a little Miracle Whip to the whipped cream, but I left it out so I could use the left over to top the pie we had for dessert.
This photo was taken around Christmas time 1986. Note what Chris is wearing on his feet. Those furntzers have been around for quite some time.
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