Garden Photos

Recent photos. With the arrival of spring comes my garden visitors. And our newest bird house...or is it an apartment!

Spring has sprung

Wow. I haven't been on this blog in a long time. I've been busy on my other blogs though. Here are some pics from the weekend.

This is the blog where I share what doesn't fit elsewhere. Generally things around the homefront - yard and kitchen. With the arrival of nice weather I hope to share more here.

We are less than 2 weeks away until Clayton returns from Afghanistan. Woo hoo!

Library Page Updated

This blog hasn't seen much activity. I've been spending more time over on my cemetery and photography blog, along with the one I keep for Clay. Thankfully he will be coming home in less than 10 weeks.

I updated my list of cookbooks on the library page. I really shouldn't buy anymore!

Flop

I tried a bird treat recipe...I don't think I will use it again. Really didn't do anything but create a taste-less glue to hold the seed together. They looked cute though molded in my little pans.

Working?

Sophie insists she IS working and not creating a distraction. You decide!

Planning a new view

Next winter I want to have a new view out of this window. Gotta work some bird feeders into it somehow...the cross section of the window frame blocks out my little fence line bed.

And this is the view further out...

Feathered friends

Squirrely

Cats, cats & more cats

The top one is my diva Sophie. The others are strays. The calico is the mother. She is ready to deliver another litter. Sigh. They are cute but...

Tortilla Casserole

2 1/4 lbs. Ground beef
1 medium yellow onion - chopped
1 16 oz jar of Salsa
4 oz of Sour Cream
1 can Rotel Tomatoes - drained
1 can Cream of Chicken soup
1 can Ranch Style Beans - drained
12 small Corn Tortillas - quartered
1 small can of sliced black olives
4 cups Mexican mixed cheese

Cook beef and onion together and drain. Add salsa and sour cream.
Mix cream of chicken soup and beans.

Layer a 9x13 casserole dish with half of the quartered corn tortillas and then layer with half of the following:

Beef mixture
Rotel tomatoes
Soup / bean mixture
Cheese

Repeat layer and top with sliced black olives.

Bake at 350 for 30 to 45 minutes.

Serve with extra salsa.

You can determine the spice level by your choice of Rotel and salsa.

Time to Plan

I haven't been here on this blog since November. Seems like the other blogs got more attention.

The new year is here and that means cold weather. My winter is usually spent dreaming of Spring and planning additions to the gardens. We barely have the foundation plants done since re-doing every garden and creating the 80 foot fenceline bed. I have one bed to finish with foundation planting and that is the front garden. We waited until the new sprinkler system was installed. So the old plants have been yanked and it's sitting "naked" waiting on Spring.

Here is the before picture:

This will be a bird garden. We'll see how it turns out!

Birds at the Feeder

Hungry little birdies today.

House Finch - male & female
White Breasted Nuthatch
Red Bellied [zebra backed] Woodpecker