This is what I’ve been waking up to, lately.
photo of the day
Critter of the Day: let me have some!
This photo was taken on April 4, after the storm had passed. The feed left for the deer was covered, but they could still find it!
With these two, the young male comes right in, while his mother hangs back, watchfully, before joining him. This day, it meant he had time to find one of the piles of deer feed already, and she just pushed her way right in there!
I leave about 6 or 8 piles, but they hadn’t found the other ones, yet. :-D
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Critter(s) of the Day: braving the storm!
All caught up with March, and now posting photos taken this month.
These were taken on April 4 – the day I drove my husband to the hospital in the city for some tests, and got him back to his room at the local hospital, just before a storm hit.
The weather outside may have been nasty, but that didn’t stop some hungry redpolls!
If you look behind the birds, you can get some idea of just how windy is was – like in the first one, where you can see seeds being blown away!
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Critter of the Day: purple finch
This one is the last of the photos from March that I’ll be posting.
It’s nice to see the purple finches back!
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Critter of the Day: more blep
Critter of the Day: look up. Look waaay up!
Critter of the Day: exposed
One thing about the melting snow is that lots of seeds that were covered are now being exposed.
Which translates to feasting time for the redpolls!
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Critter of the Day: cat loaf
Beep Beep on the platform bird feeder again.
Sometimes I think the main reason she goes up there is to keep her feet warm.
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Found it!
We have finally reached a point where enough snow has melted away, and the yard is dry enough, that I can walk around most of the yard.
At least while the ground is still frozen in the mornings.
Which meant I have finally been able to look for the base of the grape vine that got surrounded by spirea, next to the storage house.
I found it.
It’s still hard to see, so I put the arrow in. It’s hard to see because there is a spirea growing right up against it!
I’m going to have to be very careful, clearing that away.
Then I can prune it back and set up some kind of trellis for it to climb. I’m thinking of using the left over wire fencing I used to build the back gate. After that, it will be a matter of keeping the spirea from crowding it again. Hopefully, this will translate to better, bigger grapes to harvest this year. If nothing else, it’ll be easier to get to them! :-)
While doing my much extended rounds this morning, I had some delightful company.
Butterscotch does make it hard to walk at times. :-)
The Re-Farmer
The Re-Farmer 