This past week has been a bonus week for animals stopping by. A big tom turkey has been visiting daily with several hens. He stands guard in all his regalia while the hens and young toms scratch through the leaves and find all sorts of good things to eat.
The deer seem to have fared well through a long hard winter. They've resumed their saunter through the farm, using the same path as last year. They've been walking through just before sun-down.
Yesterday I noticed the rhubarb is peeking up through the white pine needles. The red nubbins are such a vibrant red. The time will fly so fast and soon I'll wonder why I didn't cut more rhubarb.
The porch needs a major scraping and re-staining, but I like the little growth of moss on the doormat that I forgot to take up last fall.
Time for coffee.
Have a good week.
Phil
You make me sound really good! I am so glad your carving arrived safely and that you enjoy it! You have a regular deer herd going through your yard! :)
ReplyDeleteThanks again!
DeleteLovely to hear from you Phil and to see how things are going in your part of the world. Lovely to see the wildlife. I do like the stained glass coffee mug, I love stained glass hangings.
ReplyDeleteBest wishes
Marlene.
Thanks so much. I'm liking your new blog. Really gorgeous pictures of the countryside there.
DeleteWhat a joy to visit your blog and see your visitors, made me smile.
ReplyDeleteI'm glad, and hope your week is going well. Thanks.
DeleteI like the Lady Slipper card... it's lovely.
ReplyDeleteTom turkey looks quite impressive. Wildlife visitors make life more interesting. Hopefully the snow in your pics is fast disappearing.
All the snow is gone here. Today was a beautiful warm (comparatively) day.
DeleteWhat a delightful post! I'm going to check out Connie's blog during a "rest period" (!) today. The handmade card is lovely. Your turkey pictures, especially the tom turkey, are great! Hope you have a nice week, too.
ReplyDeleteThanks for visiting. Don't work too hard!
DeleteI am always fascinated by the speech patterns that persist in rural areas--you'd fear that with so much exposure to media our speech would have become 'homogenized'. My ear is still adjusting to the cadence of Kentucky talk--so different from the crisp New England way of putting words together.
ReplyDeleteWe haven't seen turkeys on our property this spring, but the deer have made several visits, so, alas, have the possums.
I remember possums getting under the hood on cool nights in Florida, when I was living there. I always knoecked on the hood to make sure they made it out in time. Thanks for visiting.
DeleteHi Phil, just to let you know I am back blogging, thankyou for your kind words on the old blog.
ReplyDeleteMarlene ( was Simple Living)