I took a little walk in the yard this morning. I'll show you some pretty things that I found.
The day lilies are blooming. I cut myself a beautiful bouquet! I love having cut flowers in the house. They are so cheering.
I have a little nasturtium plant that my boys picked out for Mother's Day. It is going to town producing flowers. We have had a few as garnish on some meals.
I have a passel of these delicate purple flowers. They came up as volunteers. I don't know what they are. If anyone of you can tell me, I'd love to know! The bees really like to visit them.
My first sunflower opened up today! It is so exciting for me. Sunflowers are one of my favorite blossoms. :)
In the vegetable garden we have plenty of squash blossoms. We will be picking our first zucchini soon!
We have a lot of sweet banana peppers getting plump.
No ripe tomatoes.
We have started to bird watch a little bit. We are beginners at this hobby.
We have a nesting pair of house wrens taking up residents in our bird house. You can see the male perched on the hummingbird feeder in the picture above.
They have such a pretty song!
When I first noticed him putting twigs into our birdhouse I was super excited. Then I read that the male house Wren will fill all the nesting areas within his territory with twigs. Once he has a female he will take her on a tour of all his nests and she will pick out which one she likes best. She puts the finishing touches on the nest and then lays eggs there.
Finding this out made me a little less excited. Having a male put twigs in our nest box didn't necessarily mean that we would have a nesting pair live in our birdhouse.
But, I have seen two of the little wrens flying in and out of our birdhouse. I guess she liked our box! :)
Consider the lilies how they grow: they toil not, they spin not; and yet I say into you, that Solomon in all his glory was not arrayed like one of these.
If then God so clothe the grass, which is to day in the field, and to morrow is cast into the oven; how much more will he clothe you, O ye of little faith?
Luke 12:27+28
I didn't recognize those purple flowers either from your photo, but I did a quick search online, and it looks to me that they are called Larkspur flowers. According to the page I read, they are very poisonous and cause a lot of livestock loss.
ReplyDeleteThat's exciting you have a wren's nest in your box. :) I really enjoy doing some birdwatching occasionally.
Thank you for doing the searching on the purple flower, Sunshine Country! I went and saw the Wikipedia page on Larkspur. I let the children know that it is poisonous. Thank you for the comment!
DeleteThe day lilies are my favorite. All are beautiful. Thank you for sharing. This post brought a smile to my face. Have a day that is so special just like you.
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Thank you for the comment,R! I am glad you stopped by. I hope you have a great day, too!
DeleteIt was interesting visiting your garden/yard. :-) I did not know that about the male wren. He's a little realtor. ;-) haha I found the same thing - that those flowers look like larkspur. :-)
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