Archive for My Yard
Last Spring a horde of bunnies showed up in my backyard, munching on all the new growth. I borrowed a “Have a Heart” trap. I caught the first one on carrots and apples. After that they thumbed their nose at me. I even borrowed a salmon net and played “Elmer Fudd” to no avail. One day I dumped a bag of slightly over done popcorn on the grass for the birds. I looked out later and there was a bunny among the birds, having lunch. Bingo! I caught 4 more with popped popcorn. Before the animal welfare folks decend on my website, let me share that all of these bunnies were transported to “Bunny Haven”. They are well fed and happily doing what bunnies do. However, I didn’t get them all. There are two more having fun in my backyard. Trap and popcorn are now back in use. One bunny down…two to go.
I just re read last year’s post…If it had only been just two more. I think we are at Canada de Enmedio today…hot springs.
about They’re Back!/Repost 06
While not the best photo I’ve ever took, this one amused me. I was in the yard last week and had to laugh when I saw the mushrooms coming up inbetween the bricks. I thought about shooting a picture from ground level and then remembered I would have to get back up off my knees. They were covered in white stuff last Sunday…it will be interesting to see if they survive.
about Too Much Rain
With all the rain we have had of late, the cedars “flagging”…otherwise known as dropping their needles…it should have come as no surpise to me that my gutters would become clogged. Isrrael, who takes care of my yard, has been out of town. I climbed up on the ladder, quickly determined I was too old for that sort of nonsense, and called one of the grandsons. He came and rescued me from overflowing gutters. Good thing…they are now full of snow…and it is starting to melt.
about Cleaning Out the Gutter
My daily post was premature..the snow on the ledges measures 8 inches. School has been canceled. One of the big trees in my mini forest broke off about 20 feet above the ground, took out part of the fence, landing on my neighbor’s roof. School has been canceled….my grandson thinks he is delighted…he is too young to understand “make-up days”. But Oliver the cat and I are tucked in and will deal with all of this another day.
about 24 hours later
