More unwanted critters

Hello to all, 

So here are the rest of the pics that I wanted to share. 

May 11, 2024
Raccoon

May 18, 2024
Raccoon 

May 22, 2024
Raccoon

March 7, 2024
Ground Hog

Love and Prayers, 

 Margo

Well, my goodness!

Hello everyone, 

Did not know I had forgotten to post on here for so long, been busy in the yard. 

So will catch up with some pics of critters and work in the yard. 

This year has been crazy for ticks. I find them on dogs and ourselves every time we get out in the yard to do some work. 

So here are the pics by the dates we ran into each other. 

April 2, 2024
Opossum 

April 9, 2024
My Doves 

April 15, 2024
Got my dwarf frogs

May 7, 2024

 Raccoon 

May 11, 2024
Opossum



So the rest of the pics will be on the next post. 

Love and Prayers, 

 Margo

Happy Valentine's Day

Hello everyone, 

I hope everyone is enjoying the weather, here it is for a second week, warm temps, and snow is all gone. Spring is not here yet, but not far off. I think I have "cabin fever" as I am longing to be outside doing something. I will plan on a garden this year although it will be done in containers. This ground is so rocky, hard to dig in. So, above the ground in containers will be just fine for me. 

Did I say we now have a lost cat that can help keep the varmints at bay around here? The cat showed up last fall and has been with us all this winter, he gets fed twice a day and sometimes a few snacks are thrown in. Do think I made him "fat" but never had a cat as an adult and did not ask for this one. Just can't let it starve so feed it. He is a stray for sure, does not want a human hand touching him, nor will he come close. He keeps his distance but comes when called for food. So, guess I now have a cat if he lets us come close sooner or later as he will need to see a vet and get things taken care of. Its color is black and white. He sometimes stayed over at the neighbor's house, he died this last fall, and it did not belong to him. As it gets warmer, he seems to be staying now at our house more and more. The tip of one ear is missing, so guess he has had a hard life being on his own. 

Will see if he lets me take a pic of him, if so, will post it later on. 

Love and Prayers, 

 Margo

SNOW

Hello everyone, 

The first day of the year and it snowed all day yesterday, only got 1-2 inches. But for now, roads are clear for the most part. This is a wet snow sticking to everything. 

Guess today I will see about working on some of the quilt blocks I have done. Think I would like to do some embellishments on them. 

The roof over the upper deck is working great, the deck is dry for the first time since this house was built. I must say no longer than it is up we are very happy with it. 

More stuff coming, so stay tuned to see what we are up to next.

Love and Prayers, 

 Margo

Merry Christmas and Happy New Year

Hello everyone, 

We are doing just fine and hope this post finds everyone doing well. 

We are enjoying the new roof to our upper deck, keeping the snow and rain from the door and windows. I will have some pics later on. 

We also now have several trees taken down this fall, I will say more about them later on. We are getting the place opened up some. I feel it will let the air flow through better around here. I have removed all the honeysuckle from the fence and cleaned that up as well. We will have some cleanup to do, and I also plan to have several half-barrows with plants where some of the tree stumps are. 

More coming later on. All our pups Truffles and Kricket are doing just fine, and our Frosty bird is fine also. 

Stay tuned with us.

Love and Prayers, 

 Margo

New Upper Deck

Morning, 

Here is a pic of our new upper deck. They got it finished in July, just now getting a pic to post and show the new deck. I think they did a nice job. 

No longer looking at holes in my deck. LOL 

They used yellow pine for the wood. The darker 4x4's were left as they were in great shape, but the spindles and floor of the deck were bad. 

We are still thinking about adding a ROOF over the upper deck. 

New Upper Deck with Kricket and Truffles

Love and Prayers,

 Margo

Hummers

Morning everyone, 

Well, here we are in August already. Snake is still in the tree hole, comes out part way and goes back in again for a while. Chickens are all doing just fine, getting between 3 to5 eggs a day now. Our 5 hens are doing just fine. 

Dogs are all doing great now, keeping them inside because this year is BAD for ticks. I am back to grooming them also. Vince helps by blow drying them and I do the washing and grooming once dry. 

The new upper deck is nice, and we are thinking of adding a porch cover over it to help protect it. 

They say we have coyotes and foxes and bears around us, so far all we have seen was a black bear running up the side of our driveway to the woods in back of our house. Vince seen it I was inside and missed it. Neighbors up the way say they hear the coyotes howling and have seen them. So far, we have not. Vince said he saw a fox since we have been here. 

We are still going through a few boxes that are left and getting rid of lots of extra stuff. Getting more and more settled in. Still wishing for a smaller home and level yard though. 

We have hummers this year that are unreal, I am making a double batch of food for them, and it is gone in less than 3 days. Some days we are cleaning and filling the bird feeder twice a day. This summer has been crazy with them, love it. Tried to get a pic of them, but just too fast for me. There are 3 hummers sitting on the feeder and more around flying and in weeping willow next to porch. Truly God's little jewels. 

I have just hung a fresh mixture for them. They had many babies this year. It is a feeding frenzy of a morning and late evening and throughout the day every day.

Love and Prayers, 

 Margo

BEAR in our driveway

Well, now we had a bear run up our driveway yesterday evening pass the house and into the woods at back of property. This was a first for us. Vince did see a bear a week or so ago now as he was driving to Walmart's. Now it is at our place. 

Workers on the upper deck said he has a male black bear that hangs at his place, and he lives about 15 min.'s up the street or hill from us. The deck will be finished today. He also told us there are lots of coyotes living around here, and we have seen foxes. 

Thank goodness I do not have a picture to show for the bear.

Love and Prayers,   

Margo