My favorite flower.
This having to use the iPad to write the post is getting to be a pain in the tush. It’s much harder to put in my very long password without some sort of error and then, as happened this morning, getting locked out of my blog for 45 minutes. I finally resorted to using Don’s laptop. Monday, I go to the Apple Store and hopefully, the issue will soon be resolved.
Yesterday morning, as Don and I were getting ready to run errands, including recycling, Don came back in the house to tell me that he wouldn’t be able to recycle because the robins were more aggressive than ever and wouldn’t let him get near the trash can. In fact, they chased him all the way up into the woods. When I went out there, one of them came within inches of my head. We were pretty sure that their hyper-vigilance meant the babies were about to fledge. So we left to do the rest of our errands, and when we got back a couple of hours later, it was quiet. Don was pretty sure they had fledged and, though the adults were still chirping at us, it was much less loud. Perhaps the fledglings were still in the area.
This morning it was quiet and no robins.
We loved having them here, but we’re glad they’re gone. Every time we had to go to the trash cans or the shed, they were flying over our heads, warning us with constant chirps, and we sometimes had to take the indirect route through the woods and back down the path that leads to the side of the shed in order to put trash bags in the can.
Proof:
An empty nest.
God speed little babies. You had devoted parents.
Don just came back with the coolest gnome that he found in our neighbor’s yard sale. I’m not a fan of gnomes as a rule, but this guy is an exception. Don calls him The Dude. Photo tomorrow.
Painting on the docket for today.
Stay safe.
Happy Saturday.
Well now….I’m expecting a picture of Dude, the gnome, tomorrow.
We usually have to discourage robins from building a nest on top of a large grapevine wreath that hangs beside the front door. They also built a nest on top of the light fixture by the front door a few years ago. Then you risk your life going in or out, and no sitting on the front porch either. So far, this year, no robins have tried.
I have seen some robins in the yard so I’m not sure why, but it’s fine with me.
Take care
You’ll get one!
Yes, I love robins, but they are very, very territorial! We had to close up openings on the underside of our porch roof not long after we moved in here because starlings would nest there and we could never use the porch.
Stay safe, Marilyn.
Those robins! One year they built a nest on the engine of a neighbor’s tractor. The neighbor, knowing how his wife would feel about the nest left it alone. He was very late getting into the field.
God bless him! What we won’t do for these creatures!
Stay safe, Trudy.
I’m always so impressed and gratified that you and Don show such respect to and understanding of all of the creatures and plants on your property and beyond.
Thank you for those kind words, Wendy.
Stay safe!
I love yard sales. I think I have everything (and more), but no, I don’t :-) I hope to see The Dude soon. :-)
We don’t usually go to them but Don passed by on his morning walk and the rest is history.
Stay safe, Regula.
Claudia, are you familiar with this blog? https://turkeyfeathers.typepad.com
You ladies are some kind of special.
Yes. I’ve been following her since I started blogging. In fact, that’s where I found the natural deer repellent recipe!
Stay safe, Bobbie.
what a happy color!
peonies, like all flowers, are beautiful (but daisies are my favorite and don’t require ants to open and bloom).
sorry you and don missed the fledgling flights, but glad you don’t have to deal with the robins’ parental protectiveness that feels aggressive.
looking forward to seeing “the dude” tomorrow. :) i have no gnomes, but consider them cousins of the sweet swedish tomtens, and very distant relatives of trolls (as in “the three billy goats gruff”). not that i’ve spent lots of time thinking about them … ha.
hope you are keeping cool and safe and have a good day!
kathy in iowa
I have no problem with the ants. They’re attracted to the sweetness of the peony. We like ants. We have kept an old wheelbarrow overturned (by the shed) for several years because there is an elaborate ant colony underneath and we want to protect it.
I don’t like them in my kitchen, though.
Stay safe, Kathy.