cj: good luck at the show, are you riding Deuce or someone else? Enjoyed the poem:)
I took some pictures of the baby birds trying to get back in the nest last night. They all three made it:) One time tho before I knew what was going on, two of them over shot and came in the house and had to sit and rest a while before finding their way back out. We had birds flying all over:), mom and dad were trying to lead them back out. Once they made it, I had to shut Bink in till they were all safely in the nest. It took over an hour, I guess getting back in requires some tricky flying:) Anyway, here they are taking a rest, funnily enough by a wooden seagull I have hanging in my dining room.
This is to show you sort of where the nest is in relation to the door. Hard to see but there is one of the babies sitting on the shutter of the window. The next is in the eaves above the door, they have to swoop down around the header board, then back up, and the nest is very very close to the ceiling, so the space to get in is very narrow.
He spent alot of time sitting there and the other two on the roof above him, because the murderer was trying to get out. The parents were fluttering around chirping and fussing at him thru the glass door. It's very hard to get a picture of the birds while they are doing that. I finally had to go in the house to get Bink away from the door, then everyone made it in safely for the night. They have already took off this morning, but waited till he was in the house. they are pretty smart.
While I was trying to get a picture of the birds I took some of my garden. Here are my impatiens when I planted them less then a month ago.
Last night.
Echinasia.
And my morning glories.
Becky