My sister has been telling me about a bird in her backyard for a few weeks now. This bird has decided to take up residence in her hanging pot. Each day when she waters the plant, the bird flutters about and scares her and she is killing the center of the plant. My mom told her to tear up the bird's nest so that she won't return. Well, that was my sister's plan until she discovered two eggs in the nest. So, each day she waters the plant - and the mama bird and her eggs - and gets scared by the mama bird.
Yesterday, when we went over to visit, I asked about the bird. The kids wanted to see the eggs so my sister took the hanging plant down from the hook - after we watered it a bit and scared the mama bird away. Instead of two eggs, we found two small and rather ugly black baby birds in the middle of the begonia plant. The kids all looked at the baby birds before we set off on our next adventure in the backyard. Click the pics below to see all of the pics in the stack.
You see, my sister had told me about a hole in her backyard that one of her dogs had been after. She was afraid that it was a snake hole. So, we set out with a hoe and a broom handle to investigate. The first task was locating the hole. My sister's backyard is very thick and lush, so finding the hole was a bit difficult but we finally managed. After locating it, we pulled the grass back slighly to expose the hole more clearly. We still could not see anything, so I stuck the end of the broom handle down into the whole a bit, and we heard a terrible squeeking noise. After pulling the grass back a bit further, we could see a small brown haired animal. The hole that Gracie the dog has been intrigued with is the home of a baby bunny. After showing all of the kids the tiny backside of the little bunny, we brushed the grass back over the hole and left him alone. I took a short video - you can't see much more than a small portion of the little bunnies body as he breathes - but I can't get it to upload. I'll try to add it again later.
Today, when I returned to my sister's house to help her work in her yard, we did not have any encounters with the bird or the rabbit. Instead, she edged and trimmed her bushes, and I mowed. It was extremely hot, but we got the job done and her yard looks great.
The boys played basketball and videogames while we worked in the yard, and Megan played Wii Fit. Megan was having so much fun with Wii Fitness that I decided to try it out. The first time I tried to do a balancing activity, I really did not understand what the game was asking me to do, so I did not do too well. But, on my second try, I did much better. I was not surprised by the results of the test, as it said pretty much what I thought it would, but I was encouraged by the fact that I don't have to lose as much weight as I thought I did in order to reach a healthier range. That was a little bit of good news and encouragement, and I think that a Wii Fitness purchase may be in our near future.
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