Kathryn is an avid birder and we feed the birds year round - mainly sunflower seeds and thistle seed. We have recently put out a hummingbird feeder which was utilized within 45 minutes of setting it up. We also put out citrus for oriole’s and have they have been consuming an orange a day. In addition we have had male and female Rose Breasted Grosbeaks at the the sunflower feeder.
Saturday I mowed lawn for the 2nd time and was struck by the difference in the blossoming of the trees. The Catalpa trees are just beginning to bud whereas our Shad tree has blossomed and started to leaf out.
The Sugar Maples are fully leafed out. The Honey Locust are not.
A look along the road reveals a Basswood, Ash just starting to leaf out, two Sugar Maples, and fully leafed Red Maple tree in the background. Our Bartlett Pear tree is in full blossom.
Our Daffodils are about done with one or two exceptions.
I got back from my travel on Friday afternoon. Kathryn had taken a cute picture of Eric and Trevor taking a meal break from playing super hero.
We took a short walk across the road where Kathryn had spotted a couple of Trillum. We found another 10 or so plants. Somewhere in this walk I brushed up against a plant with a tick which took advantage of my short sleeve shirt and embedded himself into my bicep. I didn’t discover it until lunchtime on Saturday when we extracted the deeply embedded varmint with tweezers. In all my years of being outdoors this was the 1st tick that actually implanted.
Friday night we fed the fish and they were highly active. Eric and I decided that we should try fishing soon. For dinner we made our our pizza’s - a creative cooking process that is a lot of fun. Even Mr. Happy Face Pizza got eaten.
It is early. Real early. I am flying out to Omaha to work on a proposal. My flight out of Syracuse leaves at 6:20am. I had planned on leaving the house by 4am, but you know how it goes. I was checking the time during the night and Eric awoke coughing a little before 3am so as long as we all were awake…… So now it is 5:15 and I am sitting at the airport with an hour to go.
We got through a busy weekend. Kathryn had her 35 year HS reunion on Friday. She said there weren’t a lot of her class attending, but the 20 or so that did were ones she wanted to talk with.
Eric, Trey and I went to Schoharie on Friday. We went out to eat with Mom and Joe & Barbara at Janet’s Diner in Schoharie. Afterwards the weather was so nice Eric, Trey & sat out on the lawn and waited for Robert and Linda to stop by. Robert was nice enough to bring milk shakes for everyone.
Saturday morning we went to Barb’s to clean up some items on her computer, had lunch and then returned to the home base. Saturday night we went out to the local community play - The Music Man. We had a couple of friends working on the sets and knew a couple of the actors.
Sunday I got our lawn mowed for the 1st time this year. The 1st time through, no matter how high I set the mower deck, I end up chopping small twigs, lobbing off mole hills and generally cutting things non-grass. In the afternoon we went to baby shower for Phillip Helmer, Jim & Pam Helmer’s son.
Monday I found out about my trip, made all my arrangements, packed and had time to take Eric swimming last night. There were only 3 of us in the pool as with the better weather kids are involved in t-ball, soccer and other activities, but we enjoyed ourselves none the less.
At least once a week Eric gets together with his buddy Trevor. Today Trevor visited Eric’s home turf and Kathryn snapped a couple pictures with her cell phone.
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