It's for the Birds

Spiders, hummers, and other stuff

Wed, 02 Sep 2009 02:25:00 GMT

I've been watching this spider for a while. He's on my office window, right above my shaded flower bed. For the most part, he just hangs there and he doesn't bother me and I don't bother him. I am ...

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Gotta stop feeding the birds for a while

Fri, 28 Aug 2009 18:25:00 GMT

The other night there were EIGHT raccoons in the yard at around midnight or so. They were all over my bird feeders, climbin...

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Never-ending story

Sat, 22 Aug 2009 03:05:00 GMT

Today is just a picture story about my never ending encounters with raccoons. This one happened in borad daylight - they are getting braver or more hungry . . .

Now how to get over to tho...

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Container Gardening

Tue, 18 Aug 2009 04:37:00 GMT

For the most part, my gardening is done in containers right now. That's because we live in a rental house and our future has been somewhat uncertain. But now we have decided that we are going to ju...

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Wanted: Plant Stand

Mon, 17 Aug 2009 06:49:00 GMT

I saw this plant stand in a little town in South Texas - I want it.

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Okra flower

Wed, 12 Aug 2009 20:33:00 GMT

I took a walk through the cow pasture to my neighbors garden to take a look-see. It's pretty overgrown with weeds, but I could see she had watermelon, cantaloupe, tomatoes, peas (I think purple hul...

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Early Morning Rain

Tue, 11 Aug 2009 11:37:00 GMT

Just sent hubby off to work and we have a nice little thunder and lightning storm going on. Pouring down rain, too. I don't mind, it's been hot and humid for the past week, so we can stand a little...

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I'm learning more and more

Tue, 04 Aug 2009 20:21:00 GMT

One day last week, when it wasn't raining, I strolled through Lowes garden section an looked at each and every plant there and read the tags to see what the plants were, what kind of lght (sun, sun...

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Somebody stop the rain

Thu, 30 Jul 2009 18:44:00 GMT

It is still raining and raining and raining. Some places getting as much as 8" in 10 hours causing flash flooding. No flooding here where I am, but it certainly is wet. The ground squishes when I w...

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Rain today

Tue, 28 Jul 2009 06:13:00 GMT

We've been getting some much needed rain all day today. A few thunderstorms this morning and then rain off and on all day. We really needed it - it's been so hot and dry here. Much of Texas is suff...

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African violet miniatures

Sat, 25 Jul 2009 22:50:00 GMT

This morning hubby and I went to the Farmer's Market across town. I wanted some peaches, but the peaches didn't look all that great when we got there, so I passed on those. But one of the other bo...

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Fresh tomatoes, genealogy, sweet potatoe vine and raccoon

Fri, 24 Jul 2009 12:24:00 GMT

My young neighbor brought me some nice fresh tomatoes from her garden. Oh those taste so good right out of the garden. Yummy, yummy, yummy. She told me her garden isn't doing very well, but the tom...

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A Mission

Tue, 21 Jul 2009 07:25:00 GMT

Well I haven't written or posted anything for a while. I've been on a mission - my own personal mission. I'm trying to figure out this Texas or Southern gardening. Cause to tell you the truth I'm n...

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friends, fun and the fourth

Mon, 06 Jul 2009 13:30:00 GMT

Hope everyone had a great fourth. We were able to get away and spend some time in Hot Springs, Arkansas with some friends at their condo on Lake Hamilton - it was really super. We watched Fourth of...

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Chickadees and neighbors

Wed, 01 Jul 2009 18:34:00 GMT

This cute little chickadee was posing for me this morning as I sat out on the carport just enjoying the morning. He was so cute I took a whole series of pictures. Usually chickadees flitter and fl...

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