Weird Wednesday - Updated

Juvenile woodpeckers.....haven't quite figured out the bird feeder.

Arch enemies!!  These two can't pass each other across a room without mad hissing.

 

My rhododendron is blooming!!!  It's not June....it's almost the end of August!!

Weird!

My, How They've Grown

Can't help an update on the turkeys.   I just happened to catch them out of the corner of my eye as I was ironing.

 I wonder how often they trek through the yard?  The young ones are now sporting that almost checkerboard plumage.  

The first time I noticed this group of 14 come through the yard was July 25th.  I thought I had blogged about them but apparently not.  Here's a few shots to see how they've grown.

Wednesday....Nearly Wordless

Rub-a-dub-dub.....

Three Mourning Doves in a tub!  

Flashback Friday

Twenty-two years ago this past week I was given the most amazing gift and responsibility, a precious baby girl.  Exuberant, dramatic, gifted and talented in arts and music and writing, and a sense of humor that her mom seriously lacks, she continues to amaze and impress me.  

Her name was one my mom had tossed around when she was having children but didn't use. (Schuyler, from a Grace Livingston Hill novel)  When I looked it up 22 years ago, it meant fortress or stronghold.   She was a very strong-willed child, fiercely independent.  As she raises her own family now and faces a different journey than many young moms, I think her name is more fitting now than ever.

Happy Birthday!

Cardinals

This is the latest I've ever seen baby/juvenile cardinals coming with a parent to be fed.  I've been hearing them for a week or two now but it is soooo very hard to capture a picture as the cardinals come to eat at dawn or dusk......terrible lighting.  Yesterday, after a dismal day with spotty rain, the sun popped out briefly, just for a moment before setting, allowing me to capture mom and .....I'm not sure.  Tonight she was at the feeder with two (which is more normal) but again the lighting was awful and I could not get a good comparison for gender.