Anniversary!

Well, today was our anniversary. Leo went over most of the weather at the game. Above picture was not taken at today's game, but I thought I should at least have a baseball picture to go along with the theme of the day. Our seats were really good today. We were under the overhang, so we only had to move once when the wind changed the direction of the rain. We went to the concourse area then, and stood with everyone else until it slowed down enough to return to our seats. We then watched the Pens-Flyers game on the jumbotron until play resumed. The second rain delay was really too much. Even though we got wet, I would rather be heading home at the point. We had already been at the ball park for 6 hours. In fact, the game was still on when we got home. Leo made a nice dinner, and we watched television to cap off the evening. Overall, it was a very nice day.

Sometimes the Picture Doesn't Tell the Whole Story

Here's what looks like Wrangler just glancing out the door. What really was going was a bunch of whining along with occassional jumping up and down. I finally looked out to see what caused him to be riled. It turns out that, for the first time ever, there was a pair of mallard ducks on the patio. There were walking around and eating bird seed I had spilled filling the feeder earlier today. Maybe he does know that he is duck dog after all.

Curb Appeal

Yesterday, we decided to go buy some flowers and mulch. We wanted to spruce up the outside before we put the house on the market. The mulch and flowers added to the appeal of the house. We didn't go overboard. I hate it when people overload there gardens and everything starts looking overgrown. We also pulled out some things we didn't like that were here since Leo bought the house. Overall, I think our efforts were nice.

Finally

I finally had one little goldfinch come back. He was also nice enought to pose for pictures.

Waiting Their Turn

Here's the birds waiting their in the tree for the feeder.

Somebody New

Today I looked out at the feeder and I had someone new eating. I have seen this red winged blackbird in a tree at the neighbor's, but never could get a shot of him. This afternoon I guess he was hungry. He almost blended in with the grackles, but his red and yellow stripes gave him away.

A Day With Friends

We went to Thompson Park to go see our deer friends. There were also a few other friends thrown into the mix. The does are looking like they can't wait until the birthing season comes. There is one female who could barely walk she was so big. I hope for her sake that she goes on the early side. She definitely has to be carrying more than one, and I wouldn't be surprised if she carrying triplets. It is funny watching them run up to people as soo as they see that they are carrying bags. They know who carries the food. We did pick up some dandelion greens, and fed some of them. They were trying to reach the greens from the other side of the fence. I think they were happy that we helped them.