What I've Been Doing.......

I've gotten so interested in using herbs in my 

cooking that I decided to start a small herb

garden.  I also put some in pots.  Here is marjoram, 

oregano, basil and thyme.  They love the sun. 

I can't believe how much they've grown already!

Fresh new hanging baskets from the 

Piedmont Triad Farmers Market!

A sign from our road trip last weekend.....

and one of the buggies we met on that road

A sparrow's eggs in Mrs Trivette's fern on 

her porch...... click on the photo to enlarge and 

look at the edges of the nest......birds absolutely

amaze me when it comes to nest building. Note

the difference in this sparrow's nest and the 

mockingbird nest below.

Put out a spring flag - a schnauzer of course

Looks just like my Levi......

A purple martin on a wire

My hubby is trying desperately to attract some

to our gourds!

Purple martin gourds with purple martins working

their nests.  We stopped on our trip last weekend to 

Amish country and visited with some nice strangers

"The Trivettes".  They had many purple martins.

The hubby was cleaning out some brush yesterday and 

was about to cut this thicket with honeysuckle vines

when a mockingbird dove at him and she was angry...

this is the reason.  Guess that thicket will stay there

for a while longer.  Aren't they beautiful?

My ivy has grown nicely this year around our

lamp post.  Planted a pot of African daisies and

petunias last weekend and the ivy has already

covered the sides of the pot. And of course 

"Every Birdy is Welcome"