Aunt Peggy and Uncle Billy come for visit

Aunt Peggy and Uncle Billy visited us this afternoon for a short while.  Mom enjoys seeing and hearing from her family.  Thanks for coming.

 

Turkey Hen and Chicks

This afternoon I looked out my kitchen window and say a wild Turkey.  This is not really unusual but this time the Hen had about 5 chicks with her.

Here you can see the Hen but not the Chicks.

When I went outside, the Hen went to cover.  You can barely make her out in the center of the photo.

Later on in the afternoon I was writing an email and I looked out the front window and saw:

As I got closer to the window, I saw that it must me the same Hen with her Chicks.

 

In this photo you can see the Hen and four of her Chicks in the foreground following her.  The Chicks are hard to see on the ground since they are only a few inches high.  Cute little Chicks.

BTW, we had some rain this morning as a band of storms moved through San Antonio.  There was no damage around here and we really needed the rain.  The little birdy in the nest on the ceiling fan got a wild ride but he is still there.  There is only one left in the nest and the Mother is still feeding him.  It makes me wonder if the others left too soon.  Oh well, Mother Nature does her own thing.

Mom’s 94th

Mom celebrated her 94th Birthday today.  The family got together at Judy and Stan’s house (Steve”s parents).  We had nice time and enjoyed the meal.

While we had most of the family together, Margaret wanted to take what she calls a “Generation Photo”.

Back row:  Kaylyn, Margaret, Kathy and Nathan.

Front: Krystal, Susan and Mom.

Then when I got home, I found where one of the birds had either tried to fly or was pushed out of the nest.  He got excited when I approached him and was able to fly a little so I left him alone.  I don’t think he was hurt when he landed on the patio.  I found another one out on the yard so I guess the time has come.  Good luck little ones.

Feeding time

She is still feeding them so I guess the time to fly is not now.

Little ones are getting big

The baby chicks are getting bigger.  Their eyes are open most of the time and it looks like they have most of their feathers.  I should be getting my ceiling fan back in a couple of days although I haven’t really needed it.

More Hummingbird feeders

I bought two more big (32 oz.) Hummingbird feeders this morning.  It doesn’t take long for the Hummingbirds to find the new feeders.  These feeders have only been out there for about 5 minutes and some of the Hummers have already claimed them.  I love it.

I have three 16 oz. feeders in the front but I was having to fill them about twice a day and there were a few times when I wasn’t quick enough and at least one of the feeders were dry.  It is funny that it seems like the Hummingbirds pick out one of the feeders and go back to the same one every time.  There is no way I can prove this but it is just a feeling I have about it.  At any rate, I don’t want them to be empty.

Bad Snake

I went out this afternoon to water my outdoor plants.  When I went to turn on the water, a bad snake was lying down right under the faucet.  Of course I jumped back and the snake was a little slow due to the cool weather.  I went and got my trusty shovel and converted this bad snake into a good snake and then I watered the plants.

Hummingbirds

The Hummingbirds even seems happy to hear that Bin Laden was no longer walking the earth this morning.

It’s been a long time

It has been a long time since I have posted anything and Margaret tells me that some of the children check on the blog frequently and I know that my good friend in Germany also checks so I will try and do better.

There hasn’t been a lot going on around here except the dry weather.  We really need some rain.  Jack and I had to repair the main water line going to my house last week because the ground shifted and caused the pipe to leak.  Not the way we wanted to spend our Saturday.

It is spring time here and of course, even the dry weather doesn’t stop the birds from building nests and making little birds.  These birds decided to build their next on one of my ceiling fans on my patio.

After a couple of days the chicks hatched.

Now I am just hoping that the chicks will fly off before we get a bad storm and strong winds causing the fan to start spinning.  Next year, I will try and catch this before it is too late and make the birds build their nest someplace safer.

The good news is that the Hummingbirds have come back in greater numbers that last year and I am really enjoying them and their antics.

Other than that, we are starting to have some hot days and what we in Texas call the “Dog Days of Summer”, which Mosquito illustrates quite well.