Monday was my day. First time I never had heart problem, except for sometimes high blood pressure. Fast ambulance ride to Lawrence General Hospital. Cardiac team was ready when we arrived. They did not waste any time before I knew it was in ICU resting comfortably. Been picked, poked, scanned and looked at for two days will be going home tomorrow. Doctors, nurses and hospital staff here have been great.
Looks like my life style will have to change a little. All Grunt and heavy work will be done by machine, Son-in-laws or grand children.
Expect to be up to full speed in a few weeks. I don’t expect blog activity to slow down and may even increase.
One of the mysteries in our garden is to name this plant. Its one of those that we just can not recall what it is or where it came from. If you have any idea what it is please leave a comment.
*
*
You can leave a comment anyways just to say hi or whatever else you might want to say.
Thanks for the help, will post the answer after positive id.
SOME THINGS THAT HAVE HAPPENED HERE IN THE PAST WEEK OR SO
7:45 PM 05/18 Rabbit was under bird feeders outside computer window. I was telling Liza that a little while ago I thought I saw CB go by my window and I had gone in the back room to see if he was in the house and he was. Liza looked out the computer window and there was a cottontail rabbit. Guess what I saw was not CB. Tried to get a photo but scared it away. Now we have a rabbit adventure added to the fox saga.
Now we have foxes in the morning and rabbits in the afternoon. What’s next? Liza and I where just saying the other day the only creature known to the area we have not seen here is a Moose. We have seen sign of them way back in the Town Forests.
A friend of ours Tom who does yard maintenance has told us that at a neighbors there is a fox with 5 Kits. 05/26 Liza and I took a ride up the street to see if we could see any of this family. As we approached the place we saw one fox in the road and it quickly ran in the woods. Looked like Mom to big for a kit.
05/27 While I was mowing the lawn noticed a Cottontail Rabbit Hiding under the old boat trailer and when I went away with the mower it came out to eat its supper. Liza went around the house and got a few photos. This morning 06/04 went to put the trash out for pickup and found my self face to face with a rabbit. Now we have seen one in all areas of the gardens and our yard. Just making it’s self at home feeding on whatever it likes.
*
COTTON TAIL RABBIT
*
*
JUST A FEW OTHER LITTLE THING THAT HAVE HAPPENED
An internet neighbor from Vermont became the parents of three kids on Saturday May 15, 2010 . Named Poplar, Juniper, and Willow. Congratulations to Chutney the Mom and of course to Melissa and Kyle for being such good parents to Chutney. Stop by The Senesac Family Homestead and enjoy the story.
Male Fox paid us a visit on Monday morning about 6:00 am. I looked out the kitchen window and saw him coming across from the top of the driveway. He stopped at the bird feeders and checked around, was there long enough for me to get several photos. He left headed towards his usual path across the side of our lot. A week later 05/17 Mozart was out by the bird feeders and we heard a fox barking at him. Saw it run away through the woods looked like one of the Kits. A neighbor has told us that last week they had a Fox barking at their chicken coupe. Yes they have lost a few chickens. Liza saw Mom fox in the same spot Sunday afternoon, did not see the kits.
Northern Oriole’s have arrived been here about a week. Two pair so far as we can tell. Feeding on some orange flavored suit and oranges. Also sipping at the Hummingbird feeders.
Hummingbirds arrived Saturday afternoon, two female’s. Sunday afternoon lots of activity at the Feeders. We think three male’s and two female’s. Quite a show buzzing and chasing each other. Today Monday we saw one. 5 Feeders and some nesting material are up a ready to go.
New Rose Garden has all the sod removed and a load of compost raked out awaiting other materials before being topped off with loam.
RUBY- THROATED HUMMINGBIRD
ROSE GARDEN - Sod removed and layer of compost waiting for more material
Click on the first thumbnail to start show, then toggle from side to side by clicking on the double arrows by the captions. Click on the image to return to blog.
*
MR FOX
NORTHERN ORIOLE
*
A lot happening around here now more post generating. See you next time.
We have a family of Red Fox that has lived in the area for several years. From time to time we have seen one of them passing through our gardens and around the neighborhood. Last spring Liza saw Mom and Kits down the road a ways. Early this spring one passed through and we noticed it only had three legs, one of the neighbors told us that one of last years kits had three legs.
Until now we have not been able to get any photos of them. To quick for us or never had the camera handy when needed. Monday evening Liza headed down the street to grandsons baseball game, camera ready. Just down the street she came upon Mother fox and kits. Stopped the car and started clicking. Tuesday morning on her way to work Liza saw them in the same place, she saw them on her way home from work. Liza and I with her camera in hand walked up our driveway and started down the road and there they where.
MOM IS ACTING AS A DECOY WHILE THE KITS HIDE IN CULVERT NEAR BY
KITS HEADING ACROSS THE ROAD TO HIDE FROM US TRYING TO TAKE THEIR PICTURE
*
*
Click on the first thumbnail to start show, then toggle from side to side by clicking on the double arrows by the captions. Click on the image to return to blog.
*
*
That’s it for now, we are checking with neighbors as to what the foxes are doing in their yards. Another interesting post is developing from what they are telling us.
If you are in a post page and the comment box is not open
you can go to the top of that post and click on the comments link or the Post Title. That will open the comments.
Another way is to click on the post in the side bar "RECENT
POSTS" and if you select a post from the "INDEX PAGE" it will
open with comments active.
If you click on a comment made in that post "RECENT COMMENTS" it will also open with in the comment area.
