As some of you might know, Kate had a birthday yesterday. Her first...she is now 1 yr old. She is beautiful and sweet, and we are very proud of her. At Offering Boy's request, we had a birthday party for her.
Excitement!
We bought party hats...Some of us were alarmed...
Others were elated!
In case you were wondering, Dally got her hat off in about 20 seconds....
We had cake, of course! But mostly we are proud of our girl!
Offering Boy came home from school:
That pink blur is Kate's tongue, flashing out to lick her lips...
However, thinking it through...
Perhaps he's not the easy mark she thought he was...
As promised, the cutest picture ever!!
I had some help cleaning up the backyard rose bush this afternoon.
It's hot today and the turned earth was nice and cool...and then I poured in the fertilizer and dumped lovely stinky mulch on it, oh what a treat.
The Noble Beast set an example of good gardening behavior.
We have a bird's nest in our rubbermaid shed. It's been there for several years and is pretty much used every spring. We saw the eggs before they hatched and they were blue, so I guess the Robin Family is in residence. Today I was able to get a picture of a hatchling. The beak is visible but hard to distinguish, it's such a straight line. We also have a family of sparrows living in our dryer vent. I would think the hot air would kill the babies, but who knows. Sparrows are tough little guys.
Update:
Mama just showed up to feed her babies ... I'm sitting about 25 feet away from them and I can hear the squealing. Turns out they're sparrows after all, unless there are such things as Samaritan Sparrows that feed other birds' babies.
