Every Blooming THing

Some news from around the house.

The wild phlox (purple) and daisies (white) are in full bloom. I have hundreds of them and it is like a white and purple carpet. I have also been doing a lot of transplanting and dividing of perennials.

I was glad the Mama Robin left. She built a nest on an outside light by the deck, and I haven't been able to use it in the last several weeks without a lot of squawking and fluttering. She should have known that I knew where her babies were and I could have hurt them had I wanted, but didn't. I kept tearing the nest down, but she rebuilt it each time. We left for a roadtrip and the deal was done.

The other day, while working in the flower beds, I heard some hissing coming from a point pretty close to my foot. Hoping it wasn't a snake, I looked down, prepared to do some serious motivating if it was, but it ended up being a female mallard. She didn't try to run away, so I figured she was sitting on a nest. Later, I saw that she was.

We are about two miles from the nearest water, so can't imagine why she would build a nest in my yard, or how she intends to get those cute little "peepers" as I call them to water once they hatch.

--RoadDog