DESTIN

Just got back in from Destin, Florida yesterday. It is sad to leave and have to come home, but at the same time it's always great to be back home! We had beautiful weather there, sunny and upper eighties. Came home to cool weather and rain.......yuk! Okay, I'm ready to go back now!
Lots of progress in the garden. Things have just been growing by leaps and bounds while we were gone. One thing I really miss from down there are the palm trees, I just love them. They are very intriguing, wish I could have one here.
We just had a great time, swimming in the ocean, walking the beach, shopping, eating, cruising in the evening and seeing the dolphins.....I could go on and on! Will post pics later, have to get organized first. Until then.........

LOST IN ACTION

Well, I have been lost in action lately. I've been doing alot of scrapbooking finishing up my vacation album from last year, since we are leaving again soon! I finally finished the last page yesterday and it's done!
Went to a "mania" Friday night with friends and got alot done. The only problem is I spend alot of time shopping when I'm at the store. There are so many inticing items for my "collection" of scrap goodies.
The weather outside is "frightful" and yes this is spring. It is actually sleeting in some places in the St. Louis area, raining here. Supposed to freeze tonight. How ridiculous is that? I thought we were through that period of time! I have no annuals out yet, as I planned on doing that after we got back from vacation, so that's a good thing. Everything else will have to fend for itself.
That sunny beach is looking better and better every minute!!!
So for now, I'll go back to the couch and finish the paperback I've been engrossed in this past
week. Seems like the safest place for now. Bye

UPDATE ON NEST

Well, they've finally arrived....five little eggs. One has a crack in it, don't know what that one will do. Momma and daddy are watching over them constantly. Everytime we come out our door in the back she flies off and watches from a "safe" distance. Not sure of the incubation period of finch eggs, so we'll just have to watch and see what happens!

Fact: The smallest eggs are laid by the smallest hummingbirds and weigh about 0.02 oz, while the largest, those of the Ostrich, weigh about 3.3 lb. The eggs of the extinct Elephant-bird were much larger and, it is estimated, would have weighed about 20 lb. Wow, that's alot of scrambled eggs!

Beautiful signs of spring. The nest is in an old fern I left hanging up over winter. Now I have to keep it! I think it belong to purple finches. They were scolding me when I was sitting out on the deck today and looking that way! We'll see what transpires.

Patches' final resting place...................................

Patty Girl's story....Ken got Patches 20 years ago from a farmer. He picked her out because she was the smallest and ugliest of the litter. He didn't want her left behind. She only weighed six pounds but she was a fiesty very independent kitty for her size. She was an indoor/outdoor kitty. She loved summer and being in the garden, running through the yard following us and running up trees. Winter wasn't her favorite, especially when she got older. She spent most of the winter indoors with us and the other kitties, which she didn't really have much to do with! She loved to finish up ice cream bowls when you were done with them and would patiently wait, watching you take very bite until you were finished and ready to share. She will be missed and her resting place is now in the garden she so loved to be in.

My faithful friend and companion, your memory will live forever in my heart!

IN MEMORY OF PATCHES

"PATTY GIRL"

1988 - 2 APR 2008