CARDINALS VS BLUEJAYS....

Cardinals and Bluejays are very territorial. Here you see the bluejay saying "It's my turn!"

The two bluejays swoop in and force out the cardinal.

This scene is repeated from morning to dusk. I am trying to get a shot of all the birds and squirrels together. It is amazing to me how many variety of birds stop by the feeder. More photos to come!

IS IT SPRING YET?!.....

I happen to love snow. I still get excited as when I was a kid when it is in the forecast BUT.....
my mind keeps drifting to thoughts of how I will plant the gardens this year.....how nice it
would be to be working out in the yard with the WARM sun beating down on me......how much
work is out there to be done before I can even think of planting anything.....how much I didn't
get done before winter set in.
OK.....maybe winter can stay a LITTLE longer!

MY MIRACLE GERBER......

I don't think it is a coinsidence that the top photo looks "mystical" because this is my miracle gerber! I have had it in my garden for three years. It wintered over in my basement under a grow light, but appeared barely alive last Spring when it was time to move it outside. It wasn't long before it produced 6 blossoms!!
From what I am told they do not do well indoors and it is truely amazing that it is not only surviving but
thriving! It is in front of my bedroom window which gets great Southern exposure. One of my favorite
geraniums from last summer is its neighbor and is doing really well too. I pressed this blossom and framed
it.