End of the Summer Garden Projects

 

Yep, we're out of Summer so here goes

with getting a move on and getting these out into the blog!

 

I moved all my poor old weather worn birdhouses to one section of fence so they are all together, a vignette if you will. BUT before I did, I added embellishments and found items to them not only help secure them back together but to snaz them up a bit.

 

 

My small aviary is to the left and needed something to place at the end of the lath where the fence was exposed. I had a window left over ~ are they really leftover or are we just waiting for the right place for them? :-)

Anyway Dad's huge crock has a crack so I usually use it for a table, which is this case made it the right height to place the window on.

My Grandmother's enamel pot with wire handle in front filled with pinecones and hanging bunny was a perfect ending. Eventually seeing thru the window bugged me so I hung an old piece of stained glass behind it. Unfortunately I have no photos of it.

Remember I said how busy I've been!

 

 

I picked up this wonderful birdcage at a rummage sale for $3. I left it outside for a couple years so it would rust ~ I love it!

I paired it with a rusty white metal table and planted it with all different kinds succulents.

One of my "blowing kiss'' Angels 

(those of you who follow me know the meaning behind these)

sit right in front. The bird spigot was my Dads.

Now that I see my tall birdhouse, I probably should have given it a fresh coat of paint. Oh well, there's always next year.

 

 

 This birdhouse was given to me by my brother-in-law. His Grandfather made it when he and his brothers were small. He had fixed it all up prior to giving it to us.  It was falling apart again, so I did my best to reinforce it for my kids - since it was made by their Great Grandfather.

 

 My Aunt gave me this sweet little thing.

I added the scrolling on front and brass strap along the bottom.

*Best memory*

One Easter someone hid an egg in the entry hole.

When one the kiddos spied it they went to get in it and it fell in.

 No one could fit their hand inside. 

Leave it to Aunt Cecelia to fit her and inside and

get it out of her old birdhouse!

T won this Teapot birdhouse at Tanya's Baby Shower!!!

LOL Leave it to him!

 

This Garden Angel hung on Mom's garden for years.

My sister made the blue birdhouse as a gift for me.

The bunny and some of the other birdhouses

came from garage sales.

 

As you can see the Bunnies have hopped over

and made this area their home also.

 

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My son was putting the last of the new light fixtures up in their home and he is kind enough to pass them down to me! Yippee!

With this one I could see right away what it was to turn in to.
When we got home T and C "planted" a 4x4 in the front yard where I wanted it. Thanks guys, Love YOU!
I had to wait a couple of days to get to the store to buy the one thing needed to complete it ~ a string of solar lights.

When I got them I placed the string of lights inside the globe, screwed the globe to base on the 4x4, stuck the solar panel in the ground...and viola`!

A Garden Lantern!

 

I love it!!

It doesn't provide much light

but it didn't cost much either!

 

Here it is with the flash on

Now my bike has something solid to lean on :-)

Garden in Flight ~ or Hop ~

Extremely busy is what this time of the year brings ~ yard work, housework, preparation for the Holidays ~ well, throw in medical issues and overload is bound to happen.

My head is ready to explode!

I keep waiting for that purple dust cloud like on the commercial

 

Several members of my family will be having surgeries with in 2 weeks with another a few weeks later. Surgeries stared last week, another this week then another the following. Throw in my son having kidney stones on top for good measure and this Mom is so behind if I start now I may catch up by next year!

 

My blog folder is full of photos full of good intent on posting, the time just slips away. 

SO I am hoping get some posts under my belt. They will probably be a little on the light side word wise ~ but I need to get these Summer photos outta here!! LOL

 

Scrub Jays dropping by for a bite to eat.

 Cracking seed on our "Skeksi" Pine

 

Hummers like guarding their feeder from the clothesline

 

 

Finally a Dove! 

Sometimes the Jays overrun them and scare them away :-(

One of our big red's dropped by but I was a fumbler that day and al I could get was a blurred shot that he even sat still for!

Time for a bath you dirty bird!!

 

Hummingbird Cam

 ''The hummingbird feeder frenzy that happens when most of the Perky-Pet Grand Master feeders are covered up for hummingbird banding at the site (look for the blue plate on the feeder in the background). The hummingbirds are concentrated at the feeders that are still open (like our cam feeder and the feeders that have traps), which makes them easier to catch and band. 75 individuals were banded by researchers from West Texas Avian Research.''

Amazing!!

9:04 10/15 Magnificent Hummingbird male is a large hummingbird, about 5 inches long! Most hummers are 3.5-4 inches



Stuff you didn't know you didn't know



Men can read smaller print than women can;

women can hear better.

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Coca-Cola was originally green.

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It is impossible to lick your elbow.

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The State with the highest percentage

of people who walk to work:
Alaska 
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The percentage of
Africa that is wilderness: 28% (now get this...) 
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The percentage of
North America that is wilderness: 38% 
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The cost of raising
a medium-size dog to the age of eleven:
$ 16,400 
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The average number
of people airborne over the U.S.

in any given hour:
61,000 
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Intelligent people
have more zinc and copper in their hair. 
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The first novel ever
written on a typewriter was "Tom Sawyer". 
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The San Francisco
Cable cars are the only mobile

National Monuments. 
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Each king in a deck
of playing cards represents a great king from history:

 

Spades - King David

Hearts - Charlemagne

Clubs -Alexander, the Great

Diamonds - Julius Caesar 
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111,111,111 x 111,111,111

= 12,345,678,987, 654,321 
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If a statue in the park of a person on a horse
has both front legs of the horse in the air, the person died in battle.
If the horse has one front leg in the air,
the person died because of wounds received in battle.
If the horse has all four legs on the ground, the person died of natural causes 
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Only two people
signed the Declaration of Independence on July 4,

John Hancock and Charles Thomson.

Most of the rest signed on August 2, but the last signature wasn't added until 5 years later. 
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Q. Half of all Americans live within 50 miles of what?

A. Their birthplace 
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Q. Most boat owners name their boats.

What is the most popular boat name requested?

A.  Obsession 
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Q.. If you were to spell out numbers,

how far would you have to go until you
would find the letter 'A'?

 

A.  One thousand 
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Q. What do bulletproof vests, fire escapes,

windshield wipers and laser printers have in common?

 

A. All were invented by women. 
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Q. What is the only food that doesn't spoil?

 

A. Honey 
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Q. Which day are there more collect calls

than any other day of the year?

 

A. Father's Day 
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In Shakespeare's time,

mattresses were secured on bed frames by ropes.
When you pulled on the ropes, the mattress tightened,
making the bed firmer to sleep on. Hence the
phrase...'Goodnight , sleep tight' 
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It was the accepted
practice in Babylon 4,000 years ago that for a month after the wedding, the bride's father would supply

his son-in-law with all the mead he could drink.

Mead is a honey beer and because their calendar was lunar based, this period was called the honey month,

which we know today as the honeymoon.
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In English pubs, ale  is ordered by pints and quarts...

So in old England , when customers got unruly, the bartender would yell at them

'Mind your pints and quarts, and settle down.' . . .

 

It's where we get the phrase

'mind your P's and Q's'
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Many years ago in England , pub frequenters

had a whistle baked into the rim,

or handle, of their ceramiccups.

When they needed a refill , they used the whistle to get some service.

'Wet your whistle'

is the phrase inspired by this practice.

 

 

YOU KNOW YOU ARE LIVING

IN 2015 when...

 

1. You accidentally
enter your PIN on the microwave.

 

2. You haven't
played solitaire with real cards in years.

 

3. You have a list of 15 phone numbers

to reach your family of three.

 

4. You e-mail the person who works at the

desk next to you.

 

5. Your reason for not staying in touch

with friends and family is that they
don't have e-mail addresses.

 

6. You pull up in your own driveway and use your

cell phone to see if anyone is home to help you

carry in the groceries...

 

7. Every commercial on television

has a web site at the bottom of the screen

8. Leaving the house without your cell phone,

which you didn't even have the first 20 or 30 (or 60) years of your life, is now a cause for panic and

you turn around to go and get it

 

10. You get up in the morning and go on line

before getting your coffee

 

11. You start tilting your head sideways to smile. : )

 

12 You're reading this and  nodding and laughing.

 

13. Even worse, you know exactly

to whom you are going to send this to.

 

14. You are too busy
to notice there was no #9 on this list.

 

15. You actually scrolled back up to check that there wasn't a #9 on this list .

Long Live the Cherry Tomato!

I finally found some time to make it outside to get a little more pruning done. Between the kids Specialists appointments it's usually busy enough but throw in PT for T and things get quite crazy. ....yes, we've even showed up at the wrong Drs. office!

But I digress...

IT IS PRUNING TIME!

I thought I'd work on the gazebo, yes again, or rather still
:(

The Honeysuckle and Cecil Brunner hardly get any water due to the drought and it sure isn't bothering them any!

So I started cutting away and then couldn't believe my eyes!

My little Cherry Tomato

was climbing up and over the gazebo!

And it was full of tomatoes! 

Hey, hey, no judging!  LOL

Lately I barely step out the door to feed the dogs.

With all my helpers down everything falls to me.

I had been using one of my birdcages to

 help keep it off the ground.

But only had it climbed up where it was planted
 it went around the corner and there were more tomatoes.

Now that was just the outside of the gazebo,
It had gone inside too, lol.

 If you look really hard, you can see it's yellow flowers

all the way to the right at the top.

More red toms towards the bottom. 

 

Even more.

Crazy plant!
My Dad would be proud.
He had the ultimate veggie garden,
name a veggie and he grew it.
He made his Tomato Cages out of Sheep Fencing
and were about 8ft. tall.
His tomatoes filled them every year -
Early Girl, Big Boy, Better Boy, all his faves.

Mine may not have been Early Girl

she never really got started

neither did Big Boy

I'll stick to my all time fav - Sweet 100,

and remember the year she reached for the sky and made it!



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