MOOD BOARD

This Monday...some spectacular color and art in many forms to greet us this morning. May the winter and dreaded weather be behind us all now for the season, right?

There now...we all awake??

USUAL SUSPECT

 

It's been another glorious week in the garden at the Casa du Borghese...even after a cloudy and cool week, but it brought about many more things in bloom, not to mention this week a few new birds I've never seen here, at least in our garden...and a rabbit. We don't historically have issues with rabbit at the Casa but last year after planting a few False Sea Thrifts, a dense herbaceous evergreen with a mounded form and brings about pretty little balls at the top of the tall stems. Last year the balls disappeared after they bloomed and found out they are like gold to rabbits. Oh dear. And the white squirrel Blanca was scene yet again this weekend, this time in the side yard. I had a chance to play with all three camera between here and the park. I just adore the spring, have I mentioned that?

The boids seem to love the Eaatern Red Bud

This week, I saw this bird for the first time. After some research found it to be a songbird called a Red Breasted Grosbeak. Seen them all weekend now.

The other new bird was a Brown Thrasher. Seemed to be on the ground alot when feeding, especially with the fallen seed and peanuts from the feeder.

Meanwhile on the shed door wreath, chirping sparrows are infamous for building nest on hanging wreaths. But I noticed the other day a cowbird had added her eggs to that of the sparrow, to sit on and hatch. Cowbirds for some reason always lay their eggs in that of other birds, unbeknownst to them and that bird will indeed raise them. For some reason though Catbirds recognize then own eggs and will eject the interlopers eggs.

Last of the Spring Tulips.

A yellow throated Warbler.

I just love the assortment of birds I've been able to attract this season. Soon I suspect the Catbirds and hummingbirds will arrive, especially since the Juncos have now departed for the season. Birdwatching can get tiresome apparently.

FROM THE CANDY SHOP

 

Oh dear, we gots us a very nice, sweet confection this week in the Candy Shop. This lad found me on Instagram after liking what seemed half my pictures. So I had to research who this was, and my breath was taken away when I saw his, his Instagram that is, but then that led me to his twitter.  I was immediately smitten... that handsome face, that mane of hair and the facial hair, gets me hot... not to mention his mouth-watering assets and that chest! Right up my alley! I'm sure this guy gets sampled a lot and gets lots of glances being so painfully handsome.  That jawline, those sexy eyes, there glare he gives and those kissable lips... and that damn fine athletically tall and lean body, and other "towering" parts. This guy from Quebec leaves me swooning girls. How can we not agree that he's fingering licking good? And has more legs than a bucket of chicken.

Does anyone else need the spray water bottle?

IN THREE WORDS

In this feature, I'll share a guest with you, and you tell me in only three words, 

what comes to mind. 

In Three Words...

Sir David Attenborough