Meet Bella…

Howdee all,

Two weeks since we left our Home on Wheels in North Carolina and headed to Connecticut for a Family Christmas.  A very busy, fun filled two weeks…despite the sudden loss of my parents shining, smiling Star just a few days before Christmas.

We were happy that we were there for my parents to make a very difficult time a bit easier for them. My father is a person, who can not be without a dog….so…we searched and searched online until we found

Bella…

She is eight months old…house trained..and a very sweet Dobbie that hardly barks.

Her owners both worked..the wife was pregnant and they had no time for Bella…they were sad to loose her after eight months but felt it was best for Bella…she spent over eight hours a day in a crate..not to mention the evening.

She  will now have plenty of attention.

And some obedience training…she had the tendency to jump on peopleBella made herself at home and is very happy…

And so is Dad…

 

 

Bella

 

I hope you all had a Wonderful Holiday… I hope to get back into the swing of things soon. I need to read blogs to catch up on everyone…I am so behind with everything…..Hope to see my cyberfriends soon.

Here and there…

Howdee all,

This picture is from there…somewhere on the highway on our way to Connecticut last week.

And here we are Christmas eve…silly elves Sicksta and me

And the rest of the elves here..

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On Christmas day we were there…Sicksta Loris..the large Garage fit our clan for Christmas dinner..

And here we are this morning….

After the snowstorm…about six inches here…It was very windy…the clouds were moving quickly in different layers..

We saw birds being blown sideways…Sicksta Dell and I helped Dad ..he plowed and we shoveled…

We are here for a bit longer..haven't decided when we are leaving..before or after New Years…

Until then…we are still here at Mom and Dads..

Photo below taken with my new Ipod touch.

Have been very busy with the family here and only finding spurts of time for facebook and twitter and blog reading

…see you all soon!

Time to Head South!

Howdee all,

Yes..its that time of year…when the white stuff starts to fall..its time to head south.  We wont be leaving until next Thursday…not soon enough to avoid the white stuff.  The Homey is not real happy in weather like this. The windows inside are weeping I have to wipe them daily so the water doesn’t leak onto the wood cabinets.

Its supposed to warm toward the end of the week…I hope so…I don’t want to end up frozen like this flower.

One good thing about days like this is that it allows me time to get some inside work done. A blog post for Birdingblogs.com is in the works. I made a few phone calls, that I have been postponing, and I have home made soup simmering on the stovetop. 

I have been watching the birds at my feeders.

They look as surprised as I am to see the snow..they are gobbling all the seed in sight.

Hope you are all Having a Wonderful Winter Autumn!

Stay Warm

View from here

Howdee all,

Been busy lately…seems like I am always writing this.

I have spent less time on the computer, though, some would say that’s not true.

The view from Homeys window in Mom and Dads driveway.

The bird house is empty now…The dogwood is showing is fall splendor

And the last Cleome is blooming…

There are Juncos, White-throated sparrows, Robins, and Grackles a plenty.

Today a Junco hit our Homey window… It died in my hand, so sad

 

Just a few weeks and we head south…

North Carolina…will it still be autumn there? What birdies will be waiting for us?

Sicksta…Did you fill up the feeders?

Are my flying Squirrels waiting for me?

What treasures await?

Hickory Nuts, hitting our homeys roof?  Sicksta said she picks up five wheel barrels full a week..YIKES..

Looks like we will make some Hickory nut tea, hickory nut stew, hickory nut loaf, and whatever else we can think of.

See you Soon!

My Small Garden, Ledyard,CT

Howdee all,

Here are the photos i promised.

My small garden space..see the side of Homey on the right in the photo below?

The neighbors house to the left. My fathers work shed in the back right.

I purchased the Iron rockers and table at Home Depot,I purchased the two trellis boxes online..

The umbrella is from Job Lot 

    My sicksta Adele provided the coleus..

i have four different kinds   My sicksta Lori and her hubby provided three different vines and the Cleome..And the tomato plants..of which are several different varieties.

The lettuce plants, they gave me, have bolted ..but were yummy while they lasted.

I purchased a few color changing Solar lights from Job lot..

They look beautiful in the day..and when they work, are very cool at night.

My Father bought this solar cardinal for my garden.

A nice place to sit and watch the birds

I have a few feeders out on either side of the planters.I also put some water for a bird bath..

        A nice summer retreat. Lantana Sonset

Hibiscus Rum runner   Thats all ..Hope you enjoyed my Small garden tour…

Tonight we go to a concert..

Willie Nelson..

any Willie Fans out there?