it's for the birds ...

I have Great-grandma Kole genes.  And those genes manifest themselves in me through2 "passions?" ... washing windows and birds in my yard.

I started my corner bird garden last year.  Nothing too exciting or artistic.  It looked like this:

With the help of my neighbour (who is an amazing landscaping artist) we transformed it into a little corner haven for our feathered friends.  First, we removed the plant to the left of the bird feeder.  It was delphinium which is poisenous for children.  We added a new bird bath bowl that I made, some more stumps, some rock, and a few new plants.

Last year mom and I planted a clematis against the trellis, but it did not survive the winter.  I will be planting some hops against the trellis in a few weeks to vine up and form a green 'wall'.  Hops are native to Alberta so they should grow nicely.  Here is the corner bird garden now:

Spring

Despite all these late snow days, I am going to declare spring is here.  I am basing this on the fact that we had a beautiful gentle spring rain yesterday morning followed by a late afternoon hail dump.  That's normal for spring in Calgary!


First hail of 2011 ...

 

A little larger than pea-size and it didn't last long.  Fargo was outside when it started. He DID NOT like the way it felt!  

This past weekend our Doggy Daycare held an adoptathon along with a "fashion" show.  Fargo's costume was a tribute to his master!!  (Or was it a mockery?!!)

Who knows what ideas lurk in the mind of a dog!  Ha ha ....