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I've been working hard to do more relaxing things. These days, when it isn't too hot (we've been in a big 100 heatweave so not those days, basically), I've been going outside in my gorgeous back yard and sitting in the grass under my oak tree to have my coffee.
I am so glad I bought this house. It took many years of hard work to get here, but guys, guys, it is fantastic.
With the help of the neighbor kid, we've built several raised garden beds and as you'll see in the video below, I've put lots of pots on the porch and built a small bed next to the old hot-tub enclosure. The vines are all rare heirloom beans, by the way, and the big spiky things are zinnias. The other day I had a yellow chickadee and his mate come and land on the zinnias and pluck at the seeds or pollen there. So amazing!
We have butterflies of all colors, a yellow and black young garter snake, lots of small chipmunks and squirrels, but so many glorious birds. The usual loud black-green starlings, sure, but also wonderful robins (including a nest on the garage light and in the rose bush), sparrows, cardinals (red and brown), blue jays, a very much browner dark sparrow-sized fella I'd never seen before, and the shockingly yellow chickadee.
I wanted to share a bit of the relaxation, so I shot this video yesterday. It was a spontaneous thing. I was on my blankie under the oak with my laptop (yes, my wifi carries that far--how awesome is that?) and I saw the Pook laying there, guarding the main entrance, and even with the crappy webcam, I thought, well, why not capture some of this.
Totally worksafe.( vid below cut )
I am so glad I bought this house. It took many years of hard work to get here, but guys, guys, it is fantastic.
With the help of the neighbor kid, we've built several raised garden beds and as you'll see in the video below, I've put lots of pots on the porch and built a small bed next to the old hot-tub enclosure. The vines are all rare heirloom beans, by the way, and the big spiky things are zinnias. The other day I had a yellow chickadee and his mate come and land on the zinnias and pluck at the seeds or pollen there. So amazing!
We have butterflies of all colors, a yellow and black young garter snake, lots of small chipmunks and squirrels, but so many glorious birds. The usual loud black-green starlings, sure, but also wonderful robins (including a nest on the garage light and in the rose bush), sparrows, cardinals (red and brown), blue jays, a very much browner dark sparrow-sized fella I'd never seen before, and the shockingly yellow chickadee.
I wanted to share a bit of the relaxation, so I shot this video yesterday. It was a spontaneous thing. I was on my blankie under the oak with my laptop (yes, my wifi carries that far--how awesome is that?) and I saw the Pook laying there, guarding the main entrance, and even with the crappy webcam, I thought, well, why not capture some of this.
Totally worksafe.( vid below cut )
