Visitors to the Yard and Maybelline

 I have been watching this

birds from the deck. They move

FAST.

Mom keeps them two feeders out

with sugar water.

Mom comes out on the deck

and when she sees activity she

goes in for the camera.

She went off the deck and with

camera in hand she caught two

hummingbirds playing...

or one die bombing the other.

Been so hot and dry

here that mom is only

allowing us a couple hours

a day on the deck. 

She says it is just too

hot for us to be out like that.

But cause it is do dry and hot

mom makes sure the 

bee water is always full.

When she was out

taking pics of the Hummingbirds

she saw this pretty on 

her flowers.

HAHA....

the Skink lives on thanks

to mom rescuing it from

me the other day.

But if better not

venture on to the deck

again. Mom will not 

always catch me brining

them in the house.

Well, this thing is new to me.

It is a cicada.

It was hanging on the 

screen. Although it is not a 13

or 17 yr one for our area, there

always tends to be a few that

come out each yr.

There is more then this one

to cause there is a lot of 

noise coming from the

trees in the backyard.

Mom said, "just wait a couple

more yrs and it will be like

crazy around here"...

Mom is on barn feeding duty this

week. So this morn she ventured out

go feed. She says she feeds the pigs

first cause they eat right outside the 

barn and there feed is stored in 

a metal trash can. 

Then in the take care of

the cries of the cats wanting

moms attention....

and food. 

Then on to scoop up feed for

Misfire, moms old horse.

Misfire does not like being

shut up in the summer in a stall and

mom is not so crazy about that either.

But, a few months back Misfire got

really sick. Renee and Chris had

a vet come out and apparently there are

these yellow flowers that bloom in the 

pasture and they can kill a horse if

they eat too much. 

Now, Misfire has to stay in the 

area of the barn, and she gets

put up at night. 

But thank goodness she is

doing a lot better.

Mom fed her in the stall and 

then when she went back she

saw baby Wilbur in there

with here.

Mom got all her feeding done but

Maybelline was a no show

when mom called for her.

Mom went to the back of the barn

after filling the pig watering

hole to check on Maybelline.

Mom came home crying. 

Maybelline had past.

Mom said she had not been gone

long, her body was still moveable. 

Looked like she had started

out of the pig stall and just

laid down and went.

Mom did not want to have to 

call Chris in Fla. but she was

not leaving her laying there 

in this heat. So Chris got right

on the phone and has friends

coming to care for Maybelline.

Mom told Renee it was hard but 

she was so glad it was not

Lenny or Misfire. 

Mom hurts as she types this

for me. She was dating Mr.

Chris when he go Maybelline.

But apparently Lenny is moms

fave. 

And of course she loves 

Misfire so much. 

She says it will be okay,

she is glad that Maybelline

is being cared for right now.

Lily