This blog is about my garden and the outdoors. I am new to photography but I am trying to show some of the pretty things that grow here in Michigan. I love the wild things who visit me and I dont mind if they eat a bit here and there. I like it more if they let me take their picture. As time goes on I think I will try to show you around the beautiful area that I live in as well as my garden. I try to use my own pictures as much as possible but will also use pictures from the web. If I inadvertently use your photo or work without permission please email me and I will remove it or give credit if you prefer. I will give credit when I know who the owner is. I would ask that anyone using my pictures do the same.... I will dwell in the house of the Lord forever.......Psalm23:6

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Sunday, September 30, 2012

Autumn decorations.............

We do not do Halloween. However I do love the Autumn decorations. I have found some cute ones. The front porch has been changed, that gives me a chance to clean up and freshen the look. The next change will be Christmas. Wow, not yet I hope.

We have a bench and an old cupboard that I use for mail. A rocking chair too and odds and ends to fill the space. A small table is beside the bench. Next year it will have to all be painted. I am thinking of a nice turquoise, pale turquoise. Till then this is what we have to deal with. Red........
A long view of the porch.

Next year we hope to redo it. Close it off and gate it. This little visitor fitted in with the decor.

Meanwhile inside, in the kitchen. I brought in a few pretty leaves.

and set them in with some other decorations

With my leaves added. Doesn't it look nice? It reminds me of when I was a child and we were sent to look for leaves to stick on a page and then name them. We also did a few other crafts with them, rather like bronze rubbing. Its quite effective.

Followers

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'Know that the Lord Himself is God. It is He who has made us and not we ourselves. We are His people and the sheep of His pasture.'

"Every gardener knows that under the cloak of winter lies a miracle ... a seed waiting to sprout, a bulb opening to the light, a bud straining to unfurl. And the anticipation nurtures our dream."- Barbara Winkler

I know a bank where wild thyme blows...where Oxlips and the nodding violet grows...Quite overcanopied with lucious woodbine...With sweet musk roses with aglantine...

...William Shakespeare...
“Once in a golden hour, I cast to earth a seed, and up there grew a flower, that others called a weed.” ~ Alfred Tennyson
There are fairies in my garden

May2012

Yellow Finch

~~AN OLD IRISH BLESSING~~
May God give you...
For every storm, a rainbow,
For every tear, a smile,
For every care, a promise,
And a blessing in each trial.
For every problem life sends,
A faithful friend to share.
For every sigh, a sweet song,
And an answer for each prayer...
"The Highest and most lofty trees have the most reason to dread the thunder"....Rollin
Think Spring
'Tis my faith that every flower
Enjoys the air it breathes!
~William Wordsworth

Spring 2012

January 2012

Mr and Mrs Cardinal
House Finch

Moving Into December........

Winter is on the way.....
Got to fatten up the local wildlife

Move into Autumn..........

November 2011
Gotta Bury me nuts.......
Its a windy day and so Mrs C goes to the bird feeder
While Mr C sulks in the tree with his crest blowing in the wind.
A few visitors for Thanksgiving.....
All wearing their best clothes.
This guy sporting his best vest
This is another little finch, I think a yellow finch.
Holly and Vinca Vine
October 2011
Sumac
Blue blue October sky.
The Ivy on my porch
Lavender seeds.
Ornamental grasses, found on our walk
Another pretty one
September 2011
I took these two out in the garden today.....
See the spider in the petals? She is thinking of building a web maybe?

Fun Things......

A few fun ideas for your garden. If the kids left you any old trucks after they left home, or maybe you find one at a garage sale.......I planted pansies, they lasted all summer

Some of the neighbours.....

Carry on, we are leaving...
Nosy?
Canadians on their way home?

Summer visitors

Mourning Doves.........

Blue Jay Family visit today................

What a noise they make. The babies and mum trying to keep order. Shrieking across the neighborhood. I think there were 3 or 4 babies.
Another member of the family
They are maturing now and hungry,

Nuthatch.........

Baby Robin...........

Caught the mummy feeding this baby but didn't have the camera in time. Have a good long life baby Robin

Mr Cardinal

Finch

This little finch is helping me with the bugs.
Am I a finch or a Sparrow.
I know I'm cute......feed me

Chickadee dee dee.......

Cheeky chap
The feeders full woo hoo
So's this one,,,
Looking for bugs, I am so cute

Tufted Titmouse...........

This chap looks haggard, its so hot out he is glad to find a snack
A Happy Titmouse
The Junco.....such a cutie.

Mr Squirrel

Caught in the act, doesn't he look guilty. Stealing bird food.

Mr Chips.............

He is stocking up on bird food. He has a home in our wall and has raised several families there.
For once he does not have his face full........

Morels...Yum

Cute catapillar

Found this guy in Paradise, ready to become a chrysalis he was looking for a place to hide
This one was still eating and not at all ready to make the big change. So pretty.
What is a weed? I love danylions. They are not much different than mums and you can eat their leaves. They are so bright in the Spring. They are welcome in my garden. I pull them when they are done.
Caught this guy getting some nectar
Dandylion clocks.....
I love fuzzy catapillars. Not so creepy
Here is another one of a different colour

Butterfly.

Mourning Cloak butterfly....
This little beauty was at the farm
A Buckeye butterfly
This looks like a Cabbage white.........

This little chap is from Presque Isle

Pilleated Woodpecker

Taken outside our back door at Paradise
Golden Rod by the side of the road.
We saw these Sand Hill Cranes getting breakfast
They look quite young because they are not as big as the ones we usually see.

Bridget R.I.P

English Dormouse
Bijou talks to all who walk by.....always something to say about it