Pioneer Woman at Heart

Yesterday, while planting , watering and weeding, this li ttle guy cam e to visit me.  There is a small hole in my garden hose, a nd he came to get a drink.  I d o have a bird bath filled with water , but he chose the hose.  I'll have to do some research to find out if this is a he or a she.  I 'm still not getting a pristine photo, but working on it. Some things, like this bird visiting me, make all the a ll the hard work of self-sufficiency and good living hard labor wor th it.    Speaking of birds, a vulture came to visit us .  This time, he /she was right behind the goat bar n munching away.  I was just zo aming my lens , and then "SLAM" we nt the side door on the house.  Off went the vulture.  Hmpf.  Anyway, when the pasture was mowed, he ran over a large black water snake, and that was the vulture's meal.  He neve r did fly back for the rest . Y esterday, I manag ed to get 40 roma tomato plants in the g...

You know you are camera cra z y, wh en you son s comes in the house, tells you there's a vulture in the road, and you get so e x cite d running through the house to get your camera, and run out side to ph otogr ap h it (for your family's bird photo album), that the dogs thin k you are being attacked .   To be hone st, I was too far away, and shou ld have crept up closer and hunkered down in the grass for a more con cise ph oto.  But the heads on these things intrig ue me .   This morning , I took Sadie (one of the dogs) out to do her business, and spotted this little guy.  I've seen him/her flying around the place, and told myself I would get a good pho to.  Well, I propp ed my elbo ws on the trash can for this one, but a bird above me started squawking, and off w ent the yellow finch.