Wildlife Watching from My Bedroom Window

Not the best to take pictures through a screened window, but I couldn't help it. I wanted to capture them in images so that I could share the neat things I see here. The Resident Great Blue Heron. I have known him for about 3 years now. He is not much afraid of me anymore …

The elk.

The elk have never stuck around as long in my backyard as they have this winter. I think this has to do with the new neighbors. The old ones have moved, new ones have taken their place as caretakers of the land. I haven't gotten to know them well yet, but I have shared a …

No seeds started.

Photo by cottonbro on Pexels.com I had planned to get some early stuff planted yesterday. You know, things like hot peppers, red geraniums and celery. Things that need a while to get going. But I ended up cleaning up dead plants and rescuing others. You see it's very hard for me to get up and …

Seeds

So, I went back to the surgeon and had the stitches removed from my surgery and despite the lack of pain now and the good healing, he still wants me to stay off the foot for a bit longer. It is healing as expected but I had hoped he would have given me the green …

I’m itching.

But don't break out the calamine lotion. It's not that kind of itching. This is the kind of itching that involves getting antsy for spring. For digging in the soil and for planting fat healthy bean seeds into the earth. One more day I have to wait. Tomorrow I see the doctor and hopefully I …

Not much happening.

I don't have anything to report here. I have spent my time healing, staying off my foot per instructions and I am trying my hardest to follow those orders. Those of you who know me knows how difficult this is. Especially on the sunny days when I can see the green grasses, the elk and …

When the blackbirds sing

No matter how much I tell myself resting right now is a good thing, I am incredibly antsy. Ok, 2-3 days, I was ok resting. Now it's getting harder to not want to get up and get involved. I miss my goats, my poultry, my garden. I know they are being taken care of (not …

Red Flowers

Photo by Alesia Kozik on Pexels.com If someone were to ask what my favorite color over all is, I would answer yellow. Yellow is bright and sunny. It reminds me of prairie in the late summer with masses of goldenrod and wild sunflowers and that late summer tone that leaves, and grasses take on. I …

Starting 2022 on the RIGHT foot.

I have no choice this year to get started on the right foot. That is mainly because I am not allowed to walk at all on the left. HA! Perhaps this is rather symbolic. And I am ok with this. If there was any a good time to be forced to rest and relax, right …

Home and Healing

I've had my foot surgery, and all has gone well with it so far. I am only allowed to rest and recover for a while. So, I am resting and reading seed catalogs and dreaming about what will happen once the snow outside melts and I enjoy the look of winter from inside my window …