Pointy #1, Pointy #2

This hummingbird looks like it is staring down that piece of wire...

Finch Fiesta

 

They Don't Make Them Like They Used to...

I mean, this sign has so many cool elements!

Dahlia Time

 

The tubers are sprouting, yay! (The flowers above are on plants I got from the nursery to tide me over until my tubers came to life.)

Checking It Out

 

A little Bewick's wren--the same kind of bird that, with his mate, raised two chicks in a decorative birdhouse outside our bedroom window last month--is checking out THIS decorative birdhouse. I think he rejected it, because he is now back at the birdhouses outside our window (there are three); I don't know if it is the same bird... they are so tiny and cute! (Please excuse the cobwebs...you remove them and they are back in a day or two!)

Unfolding

 

This Way

 

One Small, One Tall

 

... both are finches (though one is a lesser goldfinch [not a judgment, the actual name of the species, LOL], the other a house finch).

Finished Product

 Finished! Love this one...such lovely colors, and so fun to embroider. (Thank you, sweet B.!)

Poppy Repeat

 

Time for the annual blooming of the poppies I planted almost probably about 20 years ago from a packet of seeds I bought in London. These are volunteers that pop up every year...

Battered Beauty

 

This monarch lovely has been through it...check out the holes in her wings. They are amazing creatures.

Prickly

 The saguaros were just starting to bloom in Arizona last week...

Woody, Pecking

 This Acorn Woodpecker was very very busy...pecking.

Gorgeous red head!

Sweet

 

...peas! The very first of the season (yay).

Refrigeration

 

$44.95 for a refrigerated room...too bad the entire motel has burned and is falling in on itself.

Ring Ring

 

Peek-a-Boo

 

This little finch is probably on the lookout for the orioles, who definitely make a racket when they are in the yard (and this feeder is for them, really, but the finches certainly eat their fair share of the jelly).

Flying Saucer and Boat

As one does...

Lizard on a Rabbit

 

In Tandem

 

Busy, Buzzy

 

Lovely Lilac