Ranch Rounds & Glen Campbell

 

In flight, this bluebird is beautiful!  I captured this pose after I snapped a few pics of him beating the heck out of a worm on top of a fence post.  I'll save you that yuck. :)

Lil Man loves to stick his head through the fence and get a good scratch on.  Over time, he has broken wires, and snapped off brackets and pushed the t posts out of whack.  I'm waiting for him to just walk right on through.  It's time for a new fence, and that's why I reckon it looks the way it does.  

Second week of algae in the pond.  We're trying to get an extension agent to come out and give us info on what to do. (Some of you suggested red algae and that's also what we think.)   Peep the wretched turkey vultures (on top and sides of the dam) whom I am blaming this whole mess on.  

On a happier note, the martin babies are hatching and that means parents flying all day long catching bugs and dragonflies.  It won't be long and the babies will be learning to fly and then they will be gone until next year.

My grandson and family have moved to a new place and we attended a birthday party yesterday for little Bo. He just turned 3! 

Afterwards, we decided to drive by and see Glen Campbell's grave since it was so close by.  It was a really nice little cemetery.  While we were standing there reading the sign, music started playing.  

and it was a perfect ending to the week. 

sharing with Eileen @ Saturday's Critters

Monday, Monday ~ Pond Woes

 

Move it or lose it, geese!

We have a problem.  Don't know what it is yet, but definitely not good.

Google Lens thinks it may be some kind of algae, or industrial waste.  Good heavens, there is no industry within twenty miles of here, so probably algae.  Now, how to get rid of it? 

These vultures showed  up a couple of weeks ago. (no algae then)  I see them daily now, and I don't understand the attraction.  There isn't anything dead out there that I have seen, but who knows what lurks out there in the tall grass. 

Can I blame them for this red stuff?  (HA HA) 

Have a great week, y'all! 

Sunday Vibes

 

Me at Three 

Recently I have discovered that if I had only listened to my mother's advice 

on how to stand like a lady, shoulders back and stomach

 in; I might not be in such pitiful agony today, 60 years later. 

This is my third back brace, and it seems to be a little more sturdy than the Wally World brands, but not by much.  The top is supposed to make your posture better...(excuse me while I guffaw).  My posture is beyond hope.  I sit with my shoulders hunched over, and the only difference between pre-purchase and post-purchase is now I know I am sitting with my shoulders hunched and standing with my belly out. 

Enough whining!

Have a great week, y'all! 

Back Porch Views

 

I am so thankful that we live in the country. This morning, I saw 3 young bucks playing in the tall grass just on the other side of my fence.  Very unusual to see them this close, but it was early.  Every few seconds they all would stop, alerting  to every little noise and seemed ready to bolt.  Little Man didn't seem to be worried about how close they were to him, but I imagine he sees them a lot more than we do. 

sharing with   Michelle for Thankful Thursday and Eileen for Saturday's Critters