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Yvonne G

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There are too many cats here for birds to visit. One of my great grandsons gave me a bird feeder for Christmas that he made from a kit and I hung it off the front porch where my indoor cats could watch out the window. Since December no one has visited it. I hear mocking birds and occasionally see a hawk, but that's about it.
 

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There are too many cats here for birds to visit. One of my great grandsons gave me a bird feeder for Christmas that he made from a kit and I hung it off the front porch where my indoor cats could watch out the window. Since December no one has visited it. I hear mocking birds and occasionally see a hawk, but that's about it.
You are so blessed to get to hear mockingbirds. In the early morning, if you listen closely, you may get to hear their other song. It's incredibly pretty. They add a few notes to itheir song each year.🤗
 

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I've been doing some gardening. My grandson helped me dig up a flower bed I'd given up on. I wanted to plant all perennials but I ran across this cottage lemon strawflower and couldn't resist. This is the deadhead it came with.IMG_20220510_154159972.jpgits an annual lol! The living plant is just as pretty.IMG_20220510_170622143_HDR.jpg
 

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Good afternoon/evening all,
I've had a busy couple of days with Tilly,
My sister & co are back tomorrow evening so I've only one more day with Tilly.
I'm sure she'll be really pleased to see them but as long as she's fed and has someone to play with and make a fuss of her she's very happy (Tilly not my sister :D although I'm sure she would be the same!!)
I hope you're all having a good week so far.
 

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Good afternoon/evening all,
I've had a busy couple of days with Tilly,
My sister & co are back tomorrow evening so I've only one more day with Tilly.
I'm sure she'll be really pleased to see them but as long as she's fed and has someone to play with and make a fuss of her she's very happy (Tilly not my sister :D although I'm sure she would be the same!!)
I hope you're all having a good week so far.
Today made my week 😃 I was out shopping for Razberri's kibble and had to stop for a train. After seeing around at least 30 train cars go by, I started counting and counted 55. That was the longest train I've ever seen in my life. At least goods we need are getting freed up a bit.😁 It had 2 locamotives but no caboose.wow
 

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Our baby American Robins are looking better today after a few warm, sunny days.

That's so neat that you get to see them grow thru their stages. What are you using to get to? The time I got to, the Robin made a nest so low that I was able to just look in. I didn't have a decent camara and I didn't want to startle them either. I did get some pictures but they're not very good.
 

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I've been doing some gardening. My grandson helped me dig up a flower bed I'd given up on. I wanted to plant all perennials but I ran across this cottage lemon strawflower and couldn't resist. This is the deadhead it came with.View attachment 344542its an annual lol! The living plant is just as pretty.View attachment 344543
Beautiful! Straw flowers/everlastings/sewejaartjies are extremly special to us
Did you know if you snip it off by it's stem (leaving a few inches beneath the flower), and you hang it upside down it will stay like that forever?
By our farm in the Drakensberge we have these everlastingsIMG-20211214-WA0039.jpgScreenshot_20220511-210554_Google.jpg
(Second image from the internet)
They're called helichrysum adenocarpum, they also come in white and yellow, but that varies from season
I got excited when I saw the flower you posted, my brother agrees that it's beautiful!
 

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Beautiful! Straw flowers/everlastings/sewejaartjies are extremly special to us
Did you know if you snip it off by it's stem (leaving a few inches beneath the flower), and you hang it upside down it will stay like that forever?
By our farm in the Drakensberge we have these everlastingsView attachment 344595View attachment 344596
(Second image from the internet)
They're called helichrysum adenocarpum, they also come in white and yellow, but that varies from season
I got excited when I saw the flower you posted, my brother agrees that it's beautiful!
The dead head I posted had a tiny stem but it was almost dry and I didn't want the plant to go into seed mode yet.🤗 it's just a baby 🍼😊
 

Cathie G

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Beautiful! Straw flowers/everlastings/sewejaartjies are extremly special to us
Did you know if you snip it off by it's stem (leaving a few inches beneath the flower), and you hang it upside down it will stay like that forever?
By our farm in the Drakensberge we have these everlastingsView attachment 344595View attachment 344596
(Second image from the internet)
They're called helichrysum adenocarpum, they also come in white and yellow, but that varies from season
I got excited when I saw the flower you posted, my brother agrees that it's beautiful!
Here it's considered an annual but it does come from Australia.😊 Right over on your side of the pond.🤗 I'll bet you can get just as pretty easier.
 

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They'll probably do what they did when they annihilated the countryside and ancient woodlands for the HS2 railway scheme and block up any setts :mad:
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Terrible really. But nothing stands in the way of “progress”. Lots of money & ppl & companies behind HS2.
 

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