Friday starts an amazing weekend

I know all the details about this weekend.

It is the Biggest sale for A Vintage Gathering

It starts on Friday evening and continues on

Saturday. Check out the blog for all the details.

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The Mama Bird

Last week I was weeding our retaining wall just off our patio.

In March, when you are supposed to trim ferns...well....

our weather was awful and the ferns didn't get trimmed.

These ferns are all volunteers and I love them.

So, I am out there cutting all the dear fern parts away and

being careful not to cut any new fronds. And I was pulling

whatever little weeds had crept into the rocks. You can

probably see the dead fern leaves on the ground.

As I moved over toward the left, a little bird was chatting

with me. I was also trimming up the knik-knik, which is the

long green stuff falling over the rocks. Really nice but you

have to keep it under control. And the birds chats on.

You may need to click this picture to see better. There is

a number 1 over to the left of the stairs. I was trimming

there as there was a huge section of knik-knik that had died.

So I yanked it out and to my dismay, I see a sweet little nest,

nestled in the rock, with precious little speckled eggs. It dawns

on me that the bird is the Mama Bird. OMG. Her nest was

still fairly well hidden but picked up chopped off knik-knik

and stuffed it back over the nest. I went inside and waited.

Finally Mama Bird goes back to the nest. I have checked

on her every day and she is still there. Thank goodness!!!

Then the other day, (if you can see the number 2 to the right

of the stairs), Mama Bird is after a chipmunk. Literally...she goes into

the big space between the rocks and pecks at him till out he comes.

He runs back in and she is after him again and chases him far away!!

She is such a good Mama Bird and I am so glad I am not a chipmunk!!

Till next time, be safe,

Annette

LOOK WHAT'S COMING

Don't be the one who misses this shopping opportunity.

Friday the 29th from 5 to 9 PM with music and fire pit and

more for your enjoyment.

Saturday the hours will be 8 AM to 4 PM

Hope to see you there,

Annette

A Super Giveback To Check Out

Laura at 52flea.blogspot.com is having a

very great giveback for her 700th post.

She is giving Cabbages and Roses fabric! Plus more.....

but you will have to go to her blog to see it all. Good Luck!

If you don't know about 52flea, just go for the beauty of this blog.

Till next time, be safe,

Annette

Garden Project

This is a spot I have chosen as my first plot to work on

in our yard. We bought this house almost 5 years ago

and we have 5 acres. By no means are we landscaping all

of it....we have some forest and a large field...but also a

large yard. We have spent quite a bit of effort doing hard scape

and some basic plantings before we really settle down and

do the pretty things (the things I love).

I have no idea how long it may take for this wood to be

split and stacked....so I am not waiting any longer.

This little plot is just outside my potting shed and

next spring I want it to look WONDERFUL.

This is the happiest of three paper bark maples we

planted in the back yard. The bark is so pretty in the

middle of winter and I love having it by the shed.

This is cape fuscia which is 3 or 4 years old. Notice it is

no where near blooming. That shows how far behind our area

is from even down town. We are about 8 miles north of town

and our temperatures are sometimes 10 degrees colder.

So tomorrow I will start on this little area and start to make it

so that in spring I will have WONDER!!

Till next time, be safe,

Annette

Am I back?????

(from A Vintage Gathering June show)

I may have actually figured out how to post again. Not being

a computer person it has taken me several trial and errors. Thank you

to Kluless for help and advise. If this publishes then I am back and

will have updates on what has been going on....here goes

Blogger doesn't like me

and the feeling is mutual. Blogger has not let
me publish for a long time. When I go to the
publish button it says javascript:void (0)
I have gone to the blogger help and gotten
nowhere. I changed to chrome for my browser
and it didn't work. I am not a computer whiz
by any stretch of the imagination. Many terms I
don't understand. I know I can post this from a
friends computer......I am asking for help from anyone who
has a suggestion or had this problem and resolved it.
Thank you for any help you may provide,

Annette