Catch Up Time

I have been so busy in the outside world that I have been very delinquent in my blogging. But wow, what a lot there was to do and still to do outside.

First I want to bring you all up to date about my neighbors, The Robins. They flew in one day and decided that they liked me and were going to become my "neighbors". They didn't bother to "negotiate" the agreement with me, they just decided that they liked the "neighborhood." They stayed long enough to have "children" and to get them out of the "nest" and just as quickly they were gone. Please check out some of the "Proud Parents" Pictures and their lovely "home"

This is "Mrs. Robin aka Mama, I think" keeping her babies nice and warm.

This is the first time that I actually got to see one of the babies little heads. There were actually five babies in that little nest, hard to believe that many could fit in there. "Mama" is keeping a very close eye on them and me. There were times when I would be sitting on my Porch Swing minding my own business and I would here a cheep from her "Letting the little ones know that she was coming in with dinner but had to wait for me to move."

This is another picture of one of the little ones. You have heard the phrase "A face that only a mother could love" well that would definitely apply here. It is hard to believe that this little baby turns into one of our favorite beautiful birds in the spring.

As they begin to get older the changes in them are amazing. And these changes happen so fast.

 This is another one of the little crew in this nest.

Mama and Dad maintained quite a feeding line for this little group. At one time I seen both of them up on the nest feeding the babies.

These little tikes are getting braver everyday. They get up and stretch out their little wings while Mama and Dad perch out in the nearby tree branches encouraging them.

This little fellow has tried twice to get up on the edge of the nest. I am sure I will see him on the ground soon.

This was the last one to leave the nest. So we now have the "Empty Nest Syndrome"

I also want to take a moment here to remind everybody that this is the first Monday in June, which means it is the begining of a week long "Virtual Flea Market" over at Etsy Cottage Style. Be sure to take some time to go over and check out the shops over there.

What Do I see that is YELLOW????

This is my Roscoe, on our front doorstep, admiring all of our new Daffodils. Yesterday morning I was opening the blinds of our living room window and overnight three or four beautiful Daffodils had opened up. Roscoe and I had to go outside to check them out. By the end of the day all of these Daffodils were open across the front of our house. So Roscoe and I decided to go out and check them out a little closer tonight. We took some pictures to share with all of you.

These are some of the closeups at the front step.

These are Soft Pink Geraniums. I have kept two of these plants for the last two winters. This year I decided that I was going to try and root some inside my home.

  

 In this egg carton I planted some Hollyhock seeds. This is the first seed to pop through the soil. I hope I can plant some of these along the fence at the one side of our yard.

I also planted some Pink Pampas Grass in the egg carton. And I have some of them coming up as well but the pictures that I took didn't show them to well. There is about six or eight of them coming up as well .

My next door neighbor has two beautiful Magnolias in her yard coming up in full bloom. One of them is a beautiful white and the other is a soft pink.

I always think that when the Forsythia comes into bloom Spring has officially arrived. The Forsythia is in bloom along the fence as well. So Spring has officially arrived in Fort Erie, Ontario.

I hope Spring has arrived as nicely in your neck of the woods as it has in my neighborhood and that you are enjoying it.

Until we Blog Again,

Roscoe and Linda