The Hobbit Hole XXXV - ...is Water Hot that smokes and steams.

[LSAggie]

Yep - so far so good. Nice rain however gypsy could do with out the rolling thunder.

[SuziQ]

I just looked up a Google image of a rose breasted grosbeak, and it looks like a bird I saw this evening when SirKit and I were walking. It was about the size of the house wrens we have around, and it had a beautiful red head and throat that was more blue red than a robin’s breast which is more orange-red

[Bear_in_RoseBear]

Good news about Luke's eye.

For some reason, this one makes me think of dwarves...

see more cute dogs and puppies

[darkangel82]

[Bear_in_RoseBear]

Heh, is that a special-message M&M? :-D

[darkangel82]

Just something I found on Google...here are your M&Ms

[SuziQ]

Now that’s cute!

[Corin Stormhands]

That's great news! But, does he look like a Baaad dude with the patch?

Not so much. It has a puppy on it.

But he's very self conscious about it. Doesn't want anyone but our immediate family to see him wearing it.

[LSAggie]

Aren’t they beautiful birds? I was so excited to see it; we just mostly have the more common birds around here. The state bird of Missouri is the bluebird, and I’ve never seen one. The bluejays have started coming back after they were so decimated by the West Nile Virus, so that’s good.

[Bear_in_RoseBear]

Thanks anyways, but those look like peanut M&Ms... I prefer the plain chocolate. ;-)

[Corin Stormhands]

I prefer the plain chocolate. ;-)

There's nothing plain about...oh, nevermind.

[Bear_in_RoseBear]

I've been lusting after these, but I'm still trying to get my blood sugar under control, so I've managed to refrain, so far.

[darkangel82]

I have the same problem, so I have to watch what I eat.

[SuziQ]

Ha! Instead of the ‘Easy’ button, it’s the LMAO button!

[darkangel82]

I needed the LMAO button after everything that’s been going on lately.

[Corin Stormhands]

Iz it be Caturday yet?

[JenB]

How come I still can’t breathe?

I hate colds.

[Overtaxed]

[SuziQ]

It has a puppy on it.

Well, that stinks! ;o)

[SuziQ]

I think that's the first time I'd ever seen one. We have a big woodsy area at the back of our lot, and we've seen all kinds of birds back there. Our kitchen table sits in a bump out at the back of the house, and just from there, it's fun to see the different birds. I usually see a LOT of cardinals in the winter; they stand out against the snow. I didn't see many this year, but because we've had the kitchen in disarray, we haven't sat at the table much, so I hadn't been looking out there.

There's a swampy area about a mile away, and I see red-winged blackbirds there from time to time, and a goose family lives there, too. I've seen Mama and Papa grazing in the grass on the swamp side of the road, this Spring, and sometimes they'll cross over to the other side, which is also woodsy. In the past, I've seen them with their goslings pecking in the grass on the swamp side.