First of all Happy February.
Our dinner last night was a huge success. One couple are our friends who had their house flood in Helene they are moving back in so are busy so they appreciated the break.
@faerywings --sure come on over...the more the merrier, it will just take a minute to put out another place setting.
All this talk of bird feeders and cameras to capture the images. Wow. We just had 44 Black Bellied Whistling Ducks in the backyard. As far as songbirds- I use black oil sunflowers seeds. My mom said they attract most birds so that is what I used for years but it's difficult to attract birds here in Florida as there is natural food for them all year round.
@Nonni F Snow is pretty but after awhile it is dirty ugly and just plain work keeping it off driveways/ walkways.
@AK_Tracy I know you told us when you were leaving for your surgery but I forgot I hope you can send us progress reports.
@BrightEyes your daughter is doing great and how nice you will have so many visitors.
@FloridaGranny I hear you about not being able to keep up with all the daily chatter....we are retired how can we not have more time for chatter.
So the monarch caterpillars are eating like pigs...I have to walk over to my friends house every day to grab giant milkweed leaves today I stayed for awhile to visit with her....I need to help her with her orchids in the tree, she has neglected them so they are looking bad.
So Friday I got a note on Messenger from someone I never knew. She introduced herself then said she lives in my parents old house and found a gold wedding band in the garden. After back and forth with a photo turns out she had my dads ring. I'm going to have her mail it to me and when we are up there in June will go see her to thank her in person. She wants me to check out what she had done to the gardens, etc. So I am still in shock and pleased there are still nice people in the world.
Well I hope everyone has a fabulous weekend.
