blueyedkitty04's Blog

Bump in the road for my seedlings!!
May 4, 2008 | 7:00 PM PST
Tags: Thunbergia Vine , Black-Eyed Susan Vine , Black-Eyed Susan , Rose Mallow , Squirrel , Chipmunks , Seeds , Seedlings

I was so angry today. My Mother-in-Laws cat knocked the seed container off of my porch (luckily it didn't go all the way down on the far side). It landed on my porch. Most of the seeds were okay, however the ones that I was really happy about (the Rose Mallow, I believe also looks a lot like hollyhocks) got totally taken out. Smashed beyond repair. I will have to get some more started soon. Boy 'O boy I was so mad!!! The others are okay I think. (Fingers crossed.....XX)

*Above are the seedlings in the seedling container. The ones that were "murdered" are in the very back. Oh, it still gets me fire up just writing about it now!*

I also had a question if anyone knows much about the plant Thunbergia Vine or "Black-Eyed Susan Vine"? I planted some seeds indoors and outdoors and was wondering what people thought of the plant and how well it started from seed. I have never heard of this plant, but love the description and picture and am looking forward to seeing grow and climb in my garden.

Above is the cucumber and zucchini plants I started from seed. They are doing well!

The weather is getting better! We had about 72 degree weather today ( I love it, I love it, I love it!!) and I got lots of work done while the little one was napping.

Hannah is getting better, the fever is down, but she now has a slight rash on her chest and under her neck and is still fussy. She went for her first wheel-barrow ride today and loved it. She was so cute! The same cat mentioned above even rode with her in the wheel-barrow. I wish I could have got a picture of that, but didn't have the camera with me.

 

 

 

I also have new great pictures of a resident squirrel and more cute Chippie photos! You can check more out in my photo albums.

This is a little squirrel I saw 2 days ago and again today. It's so cute!

Below are pictures of one of the two Chipmunks that live in my backyard. I love to watch them running around and sun bathing. They're cute.....

Hope everyone is dong well. Have a great week!!

~M~

The Hummingbirds are Back!!
Apr 26, 2008 | 10:54 PM PST
Tags: chipmunks , hummingbirds

~April 26th, 2008~

I am so happy to say today we spotted the first humming bird for this year!! It came flying in to find a feeder and I heard the familiar buzz!! I didn't have my hummingbird feeders out and the Hummingbird thought that one of my pink regular bird feeders was a hummingbird feeder. So now I know, I will have to get that put out tomorrow!!

Also I took some cute pictures of some Chipmunks in my yard today. There were two just sitting on rocks sunbathing and snacking on what ever they had stored in their cheeks. They were really cute. Then later, one came down into my rock garden and decided to see what was down there. I hope that it doesn't find the seeds that I planted and cause problems with that!! After I came inside for the evening I was just finishing putting my daughter down for her nap and I looked out my sliding doors and saw a chippie out on my porch eating some seeds from one of my bell shaped seed blocks. I opened the door so carefully and got some pictures, but when he noticed I was there he got scared and jumped down onto my porch. Needless to say, he got stuck somewhat on my porch and was running around until he figured it out. What a silly little chippie!! I will add the pictures on here once I upload them to my photo albums!

There are two Chippies in this picture, one on the log (left) and one on the rock (right).

Little Chippie grooming himself...so cute! 

Look how stuffed it's cheeks are!!  What a cute little Chippie!!

The chipmunk came back onto my porch today and at some point knocked the bird seed bell off my porch.  I took some super cute pictures of him again.  I will put them up tomorrow.  Also my friend the hummingbird visited (well actually did a quick fly-by).  I will definitely have to get the feeder out tomorrow. 

 

Thanks for all the great comments from everyone!  I just LOVE getting feedback as well as reading other blogs!!  Happy gardening!

 

~M~