Happy Father’s Day to all the dads! I adored my dad. He was the center of my universe until he, sadly, went to live in heaven when I was seven. This picture is of my young dad holding me when I was only a few weeks old. It looks like he’s afraid I may break.
Random Musings
The Baby Birds
I took another picture of the baby birds today. I haven’t seen them since I last took pictures on June 10th and I was surprised to see how much they’ve grown and changed in such a short time. The baby birds were napping when I took my few quick pictures today so I didn’t get a shot of them with…
All Eggs Have Hatched
All of the robin’s eggs have hatched! There are three newborn robins curled up in this little ball of fluff. I took these pictures yesterday. I wasn’t able to get a shot of all three babies searching for food at the same time, but I did get two with their mouths open at once. If what…
It’s a Baby Robin!
According to the information I read on the internet, I wasn’t expecting to see a baby bird until approximately June 14th – two weeks after the last robin’s egg was laid. Ken peeked in the nest two days ago but not yesterday. He peeked again today and discovered one baby robin! It’s so tiny, so helpless and so weak….
Update on the Robin’s Nest
Our robin laid four eggs. Ken peeked in the nest today and discovered that there are now only three eggs. We don’t know what happened to the fourth egg but we’re wondering if it was eaten by another bird. However, if it was another bird, how is it that the other three eggs were not eaten or broken? I hope the remaining eggs…
Four Eggs
Our robin laid one more egg today! She isn’t leaving her nest much but when I returned home from work, she flew to the roof of the neighbor’s shed. It’s only a few feet away so I had an opportunity to see her in full view. She looks very thin so I’ll be suprised if she lays another…
And Now There Are Three
Our robin laid one more egg today! Events are unfolding just as I learned they would from my internet search the other day. An egg a day and mommy robin is spending more time in her nest each day. The articles I read said three to five eggs. I guess we’ll find out tomorrow if there will be more than three or if…
Then There Were Two
I took this photo yesterday, after our robin laid her second egg and left her nest for a while.
One Beautiful Blue Robin’s Egg!
Ken and I went out for a bit. When we left, “our” Robin was in her nest. When we returned, she was gone. Ken peeked into the nest and discovered that she laid one egg! I googled to learn more about robin’s nests and eggs. I learned that the female robin will lay one egg each day for a total…
Little Robin Redbreast
Early this morning I glanced out our dining room window and a little movement caught my eye. I was delighted to see a robin sitting on a post of our fence in the back yard! Judging by the round tummy, I’m assuming this is mommy robin to the nest in my basket of flowers! I quickly ran upstairs to get my camera….
A Lovely Dilemma
The weatherman warned that we may have frost in our city overnight last night. I covered my plants in the back yard with bed sheets and I was going to bring in my smaller basket of flowers that hangs on the front deck. When I unhooked the basket of flowers and lowered it to the railing of the deck, I discovered that a bird’s nest…
Pretty Designs by Megan
I’ve recently discovered a new blog to add to my favourites. It’s named Lilac & Lavender and is hosted by a generous lady named Megan. Megan creates gorgeous works of digital art and gives them away – free! Megan recently used my vintage French postcard back in a couple of her designs and I just had to…
