A little cardinal, a little vase, a little princess, and a few little zinnias!

Everything is self explanatory, but the little Holly Hobbie vase I found at Goodwill says, " Thoughtfulness starts in a warm loving heart"! It is the perfect size for my cut mini roses.....i could not leave it there!!!  $1.00 in perfect condition!

Post done on my cell phone so pictures are random!

Garden girl, green shake, and some birds!!!

This morning, I went out in the garden with Emily June in her diaper to play in water and fertilize my plants. She had a wonderful time with the hose and little wheelybarrow, and watering can. Everything got an over abundance of flooding!!! Heeheehee. Oh well...a few broken kale stems, eh...who cares when we girls are playin!!!






My DIL came out to sit with us, and I told her I had seen Montel Williams on TV promoting a food emulsifier, and a guest had made a "green" shake and had included a handful of greens into it, but by adding a lot of pale colored items (banana and apples), PLUS throwing in a few blueberries...the shake came out a darker purple color...and you would not even realize there was green stuff in it! That made us start talking about trying it, so I got up and went inside and blended up the following items in my Vitamix: ice, water, fresh strawberries, some jarred pears, fresh kale leaves just cut from the garden, and one small probiotic yogurt. The shake was PURPLE...I guess the light green and the red from the strawberries made that shade. I poured a nice glass for all three of us, and OH...wait...I forgot to tell you that I added another SECRET ingredient (also just cut from the garden)...a small eggplant, skin and all. That added the purple from the skin too! We could not taste ANY eggplant flavor, and the kale only added a sort of fresh taste! So...all in all, we agreed that we really liked it and that we will try and make them for breakfast each morning!!! Just think of all that vitamin, mineral and antioxidant activity going on!!!

Around 10am, suddenly we had an outpouring of bird activity on the new seed cake! We saw 3 female painted buntings, one red-headed woodpecker, 2 blue jays, a small grey bird that looks like either a warbler or vireo or swallow, and one female cardinal. They didn't seem to mind us, or Doozey at a distance of approx. 10 ft. away!!! That was good...because now I know I can go out with my camera and tuck away in the corner and watch!

I had a large yellow butterfly flitter past, and then land right next to Emily and I, on a large open purple morning glory, which was right next to a bright red opened red passionflower! That was too much color to take...but of course, my camera was not out there quite yet! Drat!

Here are a few bird shots from too far away...as you can see by the quality...but I still wanted to show you some of what we saw!

Female Cardinal:

Painted buntings...both female and males:



See this well camophlaged feller just to the left of center, on the branch??? What do you think he is???

Now I know, 10 am in the magic hour!!!
Now, Miss Emily is asleep, and her Mom has left for work. Daughter is napping...she is sick. AND...here I sit with quiet time on my hands.....hmmmm...what will be next??? I may try some paper cutting...I found a book at the library!

Wakodahatchee Wetlands trip

My hubby and I went to a new natural area I discovered yesterday. I was passing by and saw the sign for it, and it turned out to be a wetland area, with a boardwalk over top. It is filled with wildlife, and is very interactive in a sense that the birds fly all around and about you, the sounds of all of the wildlife is so amazingly wonderful...it is one of the neatest places I have ever been! It is located in Delray Beach, Florida. I took tons of pictures and decided I will share them with you over this week...but first come the birds! If you would like to read more about this ultra wonderful place, you can read about it HERE! Enjoy all the pictures...I know some of the names, but not many.

















The birds you see walking in green pond scum, have it all over their feet. It seemed a lot of the animals ate it though and it surely looks very nutritious with all the phytonutrients!!! Such a lovely shade of chlorophyllic green! It just looks like it has to be a wonderful food source for all of them.

Stay tuned for pictures of turtles and alligators tomorrow night!

Julie