Buckeye Butterfly – 9/52

Buckeye Butterfly – 9/52

I went walking through our woods today in search of some type of critter for my 52 Weeks of Animals project.  I had about given up when I saw this Buckeye Butterfly flittering around near the pond.
I Heart Faces: Smirk

I Heart Faces: Smirk

Jason & Larry being goofy on a day at the horse track.  They had been mocking me when I asked them to “look normal” and this was the best I could get from either of them.  Go figure.  But, it works great as an entry for I Heart Faces: Smirks!  Go here...
Finchy – 7/52

Finchy – 7/52

The finch feeders are a big hit at the new place.  We have two of them and have to fill them up daily.  These guys eat us out of house and home.  They occasionally share with the chickadees and the tit-mouses, but most often it’s overrun by the finches –...
It Was a Hoppin’ Weekend! – 6/52

It Was a Hoppin’ Weekend! – 6/52

First up – this week’s animal photo – one of the many frogs that live in the pond:We had an extremely busy holiday weekend.  Jami & Larry were down from Indy from Friday to Sunday.  We had a huge Labor Day bash to break in the new homestead on...
Hummingbirds – 4/52

Hummingbirds – 4/52

When we first moved into the new house we noticed a little hummingbird occasionally coming by to sample the flowers in the front flower bed.  Jason promptly made his tasty vanilla flavored hummingbird food and now we’re up to six hummingbirds all fighting for...
Scavenger – 3/52

Scavenger – 3/52

I noticed this turkey vulture sitting on the fence the other day while I was eating my lunch.  He, apparently, was looking for lunch, too.  We have a fly trap in one of the trees near where he was sitting that stinks to high heaven of rotting flesh ( to attract the...
Behbeh Duckies! – 2/52

Behbeh Duckies! – 2/52

  Friday we brought home four of the cutest baby ducklings!  We have set up a temporary enclosed area in the pond where they can be on land, in the dog igloo that is their shelter, or in the water, until they learn where their new feeding spot and shelter is.  We...