Ketch-Up Day

 

Hoping all the special dads out there had a wonderful Sunday. What did you do to celebrate?

Friday we hooked up with friends that we get together with once a month and go out to eat. This time one of the guys volunteered to have us at his house.  Oh my.  Great food. Great presentation.  Great fun. Below are the first two courses.

This was the first course: Peach-champagne cold soup. 

 Second course was a delicious salad.

 And from there I stopped taking pictures and concentrated on eating. 

The main course consisted of meatloaf--which I passed on. Heh--mashed potatoes and green beans  and chocolate cake and ice cream for dessert.  The only thing that wasn't fresh or made from scratch was the rolls, iced tea and ice cream.

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As always, a few pics from the garden.

 

 

 This Iris is either very early or very late.  Any hoo, I'm glad to see it.

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The critters taking over my chair:)

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From Kansas

Thanks, Donna

 That's all for now. Have a grand week.

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How are you? What's new?

We got some rain Sunday night.  Who would have thought those crystalline droplets could fill a person with so much joy? I swear the plants and trees were smiling. The birds certainly were;)  It has been so dry here. We are still in drought conditions. My relatives in Illinois have gotten more rain than they need as has a county over from us. It's like, most days, Mother Nature gets to our area and she's all rained out.  Toes-crossed that is going to change out. What about you? What's the weather like in your area?

 

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The Eternal Garden

 

 

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Massie (and Louie's leg:)

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California

Thanks, Denise :)

My buddy's husband was in the car munching on chips which attracted the birds.  Pretty cute, huh? 

Now the location of where they were at : Bodega Bay, where the famous Hitchcock thriller THE BIRDS was filmed.

 

And on that note, I will leave you:)  

 

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How was your weekend and how is your week going?

We're doing fine on this end.

My blackberries are ripening.   I'm so excited.

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We met a couple of buds at Village Inn for lunch.  Yum.  Have you ever been to one?  They have a pizza buffet, a salad bar, soup, drinks and dessert.  Very tasty and very reasonably priced. 

I drive an '03 Mustang and one of the buds gave me this:

 Simple pleasures:)

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A few Eternal Garden pics.

 

 

Froggy fighting his way through the garden forest:)

 

 

 

That's it for now, Blogger Buds.  What's going on in your neck of the woods? 

Have an excellent week.

Ketch-up Day

 

How are you? Is your week going well?

Here, there's a lot going on in the garden. 

I went outside the other day and saw this:

That little dark spot beneath the tree is another baby Fox Sparrow. I went back in the house, came back out and he was gone.  I went over and there he was under the grapevine, griping at me the whole time I was weeding, so I gave up and went to the flower area and started weeding again and he followed me over and started griping at me again...or so I thought. Turns out there's two of them.  One is shy and one's an explorer. Hops all over the yard, following mom, falls down between the bricks then hops out. Then tries to hop up on the little fences I have around some of the flowers but no can do.  Their wings are really short and again they have stubs for tails. They literally keep their parents hopping. In fact, the explorer may have popped under the fence. I haven't seen him today. I think I MAY have seen the original Baby all grown up.  It was a fully developed young Fox Sparrow, but it still had a spot of gray on his wing.

The Robin is also nesting again, or another, very near the old nest. We've got frogs, chipmunks, squirrels and, of course, birds. Never a dull moment in the garden. Much entertainment for the cats on the porch.

 

 

  

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My brother, who lives in FL, encountered this guy on his bike ride the other day.

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Last but not least.

  That's it for me, Blogger Buds.  Ketch me up on you. 

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Well it went from raining almost daily in some form or another to temperatures flirting with 100 degrees. What's it like there?

Meanwhile in the garden: 

 

 

FRANK:

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North Carolina 

Thanks, Ryan 

 Sweden

Thanks, Meghan and Jacob

 That's it for now. Have a grand one, blogger buds.

Ketch-up Day

 How is your week going?

Same ole. Same ole here. More Garden Pics

  

For Andrew:)

 

 

 

 

Enjoy the rest of your week.