The Nest

A little house finch built a nest inside the grill and behind the headlight of my husbands truck. 

We had to remove the nest yesterday.

I noticed right off that one of the eggs was very different from the others.

I suspect a cowbird somehow squeezed between the grill and managed to lay an egg in the nest.

Momma finch felt safe building her nest where she did, but it was not a safe choice as the truck moves and is gone for hours at a time.

It was kinder to remove the nest rather than let her sit on eggs that would never hatch. 

Or worse yet, have the nest catch on fire and burn the truck to the ground! 

June Snow

A wacky, wild weather system is moving through our area.

Yesterday it brought high winds that ripped trees from the ground!

Today, it brings snow!

Outside my office door!

 Big Fat Flakes!



Thursday's Things in a Row

I had to sneak into the other part of my office building to get these photos.

Today is high school graduation and the parents have been busy setting up our meeting room and exhibit hall for the drug free all night graduation party. The decorations for the event are really cute!

I think the kids are gonna have some serious fun tonight!

Rows of tables, rows of chairs!

 Rows of stars hang in the air!

 Outside the door,

the wild rose sports pink flowers in a row.

For more fun and interesting Things in a Row, be sure to go on over and visit Pat.

A Brief Encounter

She waited alone at the end of the feeder.

He arrived in a timely fashion.

After a meal, he bought her a drink and one thing led to another.

Gasp!

(Close your eyes! Don't look!)

He was pretty darn proud of himself!

At the end of the evening...she was alone once again!

Last week I was in the right spot at the right time when these Killdeer birds decided to gift me with their courting and mating ritual.

I lay flat on on my tummy on the cement slab just off the grass area at my office to capture these shots.

I had to extend the zoom on my camera as far as it would go and keep a steady hand.

I was pleased with the results!

This pair has nested across the street in the junk yard. I saw them this morning running across the road. It will be interesting to see if they bring any babies to visit the lawn in the coming weeks.

Least We Never Forget

There are those that give of their loved ones unselfishly so that we may enjoy the freedoms we have!

Never Forget!

Always Remember!

Thank You!

To those who serve...

Past, Present and Future! 

The Snakes are Out

Outside our door that is!

The darn slithery things are all over the place right now!

This one took up residence under our back porch steps.

Megs almost stepped on it the other evening!

She doesn't scream (like her mom does) or run from them (like her mom does).

What does she do...

She calmly walks into the house to get the camera to take a photo of it, that's what she does!

She hates spiders with a passion, but a snake she is not afraid of.

Brave child of mine!

The weather conditions must have been just right over the winter and early spring because the snakes are out and about in abundance in our valley!

They can come and go as they please, just stay away from my yard because if I "almost" step on one I'm likely to have a heart attack!

Thursdays Things in a Row

I'm back!

Did ya miss me?

I have really missed participating in "rows" over the last month or so.

All of my row offerings today are work related and were taken in April.

I help organize and put on an Ag in the Classroom Day for all of the third graders in our county.

We have 15 stations set up around our events complex and the youth travel from station to station throughout the day to learn about agriculture in our state and county.

We had over 300 youth participate this year!

We have a family that raises Churro sheep and they have participated in our event for the past eleven years now.

They have some beautiful products that are all handmade and yarn made from the wool.

 You might wonder what jelly beans have to do with Agriculture?

Well beef by products (gelatin) are used to make jelly beans.

Do you know what gelatin is made out of?

You might never eat another jelly bean again if you did! Ha, Ha!

 My daughter has been involved in 4-H Dairy Goats for the last four years.

As a 4-H Ambassador she worked the Ag Day event.

The baby goats were a hit with the little kids!

 Rabbits, Rabbits....all in a row!

For more rows, be sure to visit Pat over at A View from the Edge.



In Bloom

Talk about a delay in Spring...

The trees in town didn't fully bloom until late April.

These photos were taken the first week of May.

 Flowering plum trees...

I think!