Hummingbirds

It was hard to get good pics with 2 kids and 2 dogs running around!

Hummers- guzzling the gas

Not that kind of hummer! I had seen some hummingbirds a couple of times and finally got a feeder up. It didn't take long for these little guys to find the feeder. I thought it would be fun for the kids to watch. They aren't so interested. I, however, love to watch birds. I miss all the beautiful birds (and trees) we had at our old house. Cardinals, woodpeckers, finches, doves... And once I even had a carrier pigeon visit for a few days. That was cool! He finally "flew the coop" and headed home after his nerves finally couldn't take any more of the friendly cats. So I'm a closet little old lady who likes to birdwatch and talk about the weather. I've even got several field guides for birds. I'm trying to get Sophie interested, and she looks sometimes, but ya know, all she has to say about it is- oh, they're small. And they are! Sometimes I mistake them zooming in for those big dragonflies going about. We can hear their little wings beating as they buzz around and their little beep-beep call. One of them sits in the equally small tree to watch over the feeder, making sure none of the other hummers get too greedy. They do guzzle the sugar water! And they fight over it, too!

They won't be around much longer, but here are some tips if you want your own Hummers: use tap water and plain white refined sugar, one part sugar to 4 parts water. Refill with fresh syrup every couple of days. Don't use red food dye. I bought a cheap feeder at Wal-mart for under $5. That's it! Have fun!

It's the Great Pumpkin, uh.....

We planted a pumpkin seed a while ago but a little too late in the season. Does this look like it will produce a nice, orange pumpkin in about a month? I don't think so. Maybe a Christmas pumpkin. So if you come by in December and there's a pumpkin under the tree- you'll know. It's the Great Christmas Pumpkin, Charlie Brown.

Good-bye Summer Fun

Sprayin'

Chewin' a shoe! :(

Swingin'

Slidin'

Golfin'

Sophie's Quote of the Week
Setup: John picks Sophie up from school. She sees a set of toy golf clubs in his truck that he'd picked up for Jake that day. She sees another box in the back and asks about it. John tells her it's a new toilet seat for her bathroom. Sophie says, quite seriously," How come Jake got a toy and I got a toilet seat?"

Quotes from Sophie

I'm going to do a new thing- Sophie's Quotes for the Week.
Setup- John has become a much better handyman in recent
years than when we first me. On Saturday he's trying to fix
a lawn chair. He's having a little bit of a tough time, and then
cuts his finger (he has sensitive hands ha ha). "Ouch!!!" he says.
Sophie says, "Dad, maybe you should do something else.
You're just not cut out to be a builder".
You know he loved that!

Gardening

Jake enjoying a little gardening.

Howdy, Folks.

Just playin' my harmonica.