Saturday morning musings

Groan, I am not a morning person. Off to clean the birdcage, Thank god we have only 1 bird, but it is a big cage. We have had company from Friday to Sunday ( 3 different Kids sleep overs, ) it is the last end of vacation and we are pooped

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I am mad I lost my voice a few days ago

and now I have a cold , which settled in my chest. It is bothering me so much, that I called my Md and asked to be seen today please by any Md possible. And I called in sick to work. which is not very common at all

Today I put together the first part of the hummingbird feeder

and it was a lot of fun. it looks really cool and I will cook the food for the birds tonight. Maybe I can actually set it up on Saturday.After much thinking and planning, I will plant some Columbines in the ground.Some in a raised bed based on compost. This could be interesting.

I have a terrible cold, hopefully it will not turn into pneumonia. I had that too many times already.

My Garden and Dog Training and SOCCER

I was looking for a very special flower or bush for my hummingbird garden / haven in my woodland back yard. the first plant I fell in love with was only for zones 8 and on top of that highly poisoneous. Strike that one.

My second choice was INDIAN PINK not quite my hardiness zone either, but oh so pretty. This was not working the way I had planned. I consilted a proffessional Gardener named John, who kindly gave me so many hummingbird friendly plants, that my head spun very fast and wildly

Now we are going about it the right way. Now I can look up the suggested plant and go from there.


Dog training JD is 7 weeks out of surgery, and he is usibg his leg. not 100 % of the timebut his muscles are coming back. currently I am teaching him patience. I have a bag of goodies for both of us under my left shoulder and after 15-20 minutes does he get a bite. he is not crying or begging, but he has his eyes fixed on the prize

SOCCER SEASON 3 session is starting and my child has grown