New Years Greeting

May the new year be sparkling and filled with

magical moments in nature.

Happy New Year!

Peace

and love

and the beauty and lovely surprises in nature

on our walks around the village we collected chestnuts

to share with squirrels and chipmunks in our yard

and this little red squirrel 

discovered them.

Now they are all gone.

Back On the Porch

Josie is back on the porch…

watching

and  this….

Catching up

Autumn fills the air as nature prepares for winter...

Chippy found an overturned cup of sunflower seeds

and filled his cheeks and disappeared to store them.

 

 

 

A very young finch is finding food in our wildflowers.

 

 

I am seeing birds I haven't seen before in our garden.

I am not sure who this one is!

 

The hummingbird is still here finding nectar in 

unusual flowers.

 

 

 The chickadees are here there and everywhere!

 

A great blue heron fishes in an inlet...

and a favorite thing to do for us is to see the egrets

fly in early evening back to the safety of the island.

They are so majestic and graceful and fill us with

wonder!

Feels Like Summer but It's Spring

Spring and summer seem to have arrived together
and exceptionally early this year!

The chipmunks woke up and are scurrying around
and filling up on sunflower seeds...

birds are singing and we have heard the peepers
peeping from nearby ponds as night falls...

Brody loves sitting out on the porch
keeping an eye on the wildlife activity
in the yard.
He's seen the flying squirrels at night!



And to my surprise I saw this wonderful porcupine
way up in a willow tree.

Spring is in the Air

Spring was in the air today...everyone was out
sharing the bird feeders!