Painted Birdhouses

I painted some birdhouses.  I gave 3 to my parents and kept 3.  I've never painted something like this, so I practiced on the back of each one, before I tried my design on the front.

I think they turned out pretty nice!  My parent's already have birds nesting in the birdhouses that I gave to them.  Mine are still empty, but I have some other bird houses in the yard full of nesting birds, so maybe they will be chosen to raise a little family next year.

Plums

Picked the plums off of ONE of my trees.  Lots and lots of plums.  All three trees are plum trees.  Who knew?!?  They are just different varieties.  So no apricots.  Or cherries.

Apricot

The apricot tree is in bloom!  I think I might get some fruit this year, if the weather stays warm.  Last year it was warm too early and then we had a late frost that dropped all the tiny apricots.  Being the lazy gardener that I am, I didn't manage to prune any of my fruit trees.  I got the cherry tree half done, but didn't even touch the other ones.  There are a lot of crossed branches, so hopefully I can do a little green summer pruning after the fruit (fingers crossed for fruit)!!!

Creepy Moon

Woooooooo creepy mooooooon........

Just wanted to share a few creepy moon pictures!

Fruit Blossoms

The fruit trees are in bloom and covered with blossoms!

So far there are just apricot and plum blossoms, but the cherry is almost blooming and the apple trees will be right behind her.

I don't know why, but I think of the trees as girls.

I suppose, because they have fluffy blossoms and make fruit.

Pine trees and oaks, maples, ect. are boy trees......in my opinion.

Above apricot blossoms.

Below plum blossoms.

Last year I had 1 apricot and 4 plums.

I hope there will be more fruit this year.

Fog and Trees

Here are some more winter pictures.

More pheasants.

Frost and fog.

Winter road.

Walking Tour of a Snowy Day

I thought you might like to see a snowy day in Minnesota.

Today we had a little snow fall, a few inches.

I helped to push 2 cars out of snow banks.

Nothing special, just a Minnesota day.

See the rabbit tracks across my path?

Or rather my tracks across the rabbit's path?

Foot trap.

Across a field.

Drift.

Through the woods.

The last tree on the edge of world!

More snow and a road....if you can find it.

Ice covered vines.

The Ladies liked to sit under there in the summer.

Tree fingers and cockle burrs.

Gnome home.

Winter flowers.