Photos from Yesterday
Our bushes were getting huge and growing very fast. I decided I better get them trimmed back before they grew too big for me to trim. Here is one bush - before and after (actually the after is during). I trimmed a lot - I’m my hands are a bit sore this morning from the trigger, I suppose. Thank goodness it wasn’t done manually.
While I was trimming. The husband took a few snapshots of me.
There is a lot more - click finish reading below to finish this post…
After trimming the above bushes, I started trimming a smaller bush by the driveway. I was mostly done and in the middle, after I cut most of the bush back, I found a nest! I peeked in, there were four Mockingbird eggs in there. I couldn’t cut down her nest, so I left the part it was sitting at. My bush may look silly but atleast the nest is safe. Had I realized there was eggs in the bush I wouldn’t have trimmed it so short. The second photo you’ll see the Mama Mockingbird did come back and perch on her nest. Once she moved, I took some longer branches and covered it for her, for some protection. Once the babies move out, I’ll cut it to match.
Next is just a 7pm countryside sunset. Oh… and a cool lookin’ caterpillar my daughter found. Check him out.
My children love checkin’ out nature and critters. They were all into this caterpillar. My son was telling me what type he was, what it did, what he ate, etc.
We ended the day with some go kart riding. I was messing with my camera settings on these to get the best photos - most were blurred. I finally used the action/sport setting on the last one, of my son. It turned out pretty well. His face cracks me up.
Lastly, something about a wheel barrel makes me kids enjoy sittin’ in them - not sure what.
If you missed it, there is a video clip posted below.
April 28th, 2006 at 12:06 pm
Aww the mocking bird nest! We had a birds nest in our garden last year, and we saw the eggs too. Problem was, the bush where they were was ant infested so it had to come down as soon as the summer was over.
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April 28th, 2006 at 12:33 pm
Awww, how fab that sounds. To be out like that, in that sunshine and the beutiful surroundings and the birdnest. *sigh*
Made me regret living in a big city….
April 28th, 2006 at 12:54 pm
aww! It looks so pretty and green there!!! You are so sweet to leave the birds nest!!
April 28th, 2006 at 1:29 pm
Seriously your whole day looked wonderful! Love all the pictures! You have a great family… Hope you all are enjoying Friday!
April 28th, 2006 at 1:37 pm
All the pictures are delightful. Thanks for the share. Looks like they were having fun.
April 28th, 2006 at 3:00 pm
Lovely pics TN. especially the ones in the go-kart.
you have a lovely looking family, no surpise of course, mom and dad are good looking people.
And the video of Zoey is great, she’s definitely on a mission !
April 28th, 2006 at 3:45 pm
Some awesome pictures. You have a beautiful property and your kids are just cool (well your girl is cute
and your boy is handsome). What an awesome sun-set. Thank you for sharing.
BTW - I am using ‘portalbe Firefox’ right now - have it on hubby’s thumb drive - pretty cool. Now I just have to get my profile with all my bookmarks :grin:.
April 28th, 2006 at 5:08 pm
I used to have one of those electric trimmer thingys but didn’t have enough bushes to use it on! Looks like fun at your house.
April 28th, 2006 at 6:56 pm
Great pics!! I love your yard!
And the catepillar pics are too cute… and the go-karts, too! And what a beautiful sunset!
Thanks for sharing! Have a good weekend!
April 28th, 2006 at 9:16 pm
These photos are beautiful — lookes warm there — cool and raining here
happy friday!
April 28th, 2006 at 9:49 pm
Very lovely and warm pictures. You have a great family. Pictures show exactly what a family should be doing….togetherness.
April 29th, 2006 at 11:33 pm
You did an awesome job on trimming the bush! Is it a euonymous? I love the go-kart pics too… I would love to give that a try sometime! You look great as usual
May 1st, 2006 at 10:06 am
Damn woman, you got a big ‘ol bush. Wait, that didn’t sound right…
Such a perv…