outside the front door

Perhaps it’s time to weed the front bed?

Yes, I think it is.

 

I am very sorry to say that the mom cardinal is gone.  I don’t know if she got killed or if she figured the eggs were duds, and left by instinct.  We haven’t seen her or the male for four days or so.  We were really looking forward to watching the birds hatch and grow.  Maybe next year…

Here are the remaining two eggs.  We started with three, but one is gone.

 

Erin’s maple tree is now about 18 feet tall.  Remember how she found it as a bitty little thing in the flower bed?  Just a wayward helicopter that got a big break and is on it’s way to being a great shade spot for us.

I believe it has been five years. 

 

“You can’t see me,” he said.