Birds and Flowers from April 4, 2012

Welcome to my new post of some photographs I recently took of some of my Bird friends and some flowers we have growing here in the Mountains of Western North Carolina.

Click on any photograph to enlarge for a better view.

Cardinal

Cardinal friend of mine

Hunting food

Let me look over here

Can't a Guy get a bit of privacy when going to the bathroom?

Dianthus Flowers

Another shot

A Mourning Dove over my head

Taking off for breakfast..over there

an Eastern Meadowlark

Close up of Eastern Meadowlark

Cute little House Finch

House Finch having breakfast at our feeder

Coming in for a landing..friends join in for breakfast

The Gang is all here...oh Yummy

one of my Northern Mocking Bird friends

Northern Mocking Bird

Northern Mocking Bird with a "Bad Hair" day

All made up in her best feathers..Northern Mocking Bird

Go ahead, take my picture, you know you can't resist

Our Friendly Robin on my Gourd fence

I am always trying to get a different pose

Some of our Bleeding Heart flowers next to the cabin

I hope you enjoy my photographs and feel free to leave a comment, so I know you have been here, and to also let me know that I am not posting in vain.

Garden/Rain/Drought

Second picking of Zucchini and Crook Neck Yellow Squash.

Sunrise in the garden and a row of white sweet corn with a row of Zucchini plants next to it..the corn is now 6 ft. tall.

Three rows of Blue Lake Bush Green Beans and to the right two rows of Red Watermelons and just to the left, a row of Onions...note I had to leave some grasses and weeds between the rows to hold the soil while were were experiencing torrential Spring rains.( each row is 150 ft. long)

A row of staked and caged Big Boy Tomato plants(15), next to it, a row of Bell Peppers(36), next to that, a row of Yellow Sweetcorn(coming along after the second planting due to getting flooded out by too much rain).

Finally, a row of Indian Corn, this is the third time I planted it this year due to too much rain, finally it grows.

One of the Red Watermelon plants that is now growing after the third planting. There are two rows of Red Watermelon plants each 150 ft. long....On the far left side of the garden I have two rows of Orange Watermelons, also growing after the third planting.

Poor Gourds plants...this is the third time I planted them and they are just now sprouting, I have my doubts as to getting much of a harvest from them this year as only half of what I planted for the third time have sprouted and now we are having drought again as you can see by the cracked and dry soil around the plants even with hand watering them.

Sunrise over the newly cut and baled hay field next to my garden, the hayfield is about 35 acres.

Flowers around the cabin, amazing growth on the Cosmos and Impatient's, due to watering nearly every day by me.

Some Pink and White Yarrow growing in our flower beds.

Close up of some of the Pink Yarrow

This is a Trumpet Vine or Bush around our Propane tank in our yard, wonderful colorful blooms, the Humming Birds just love it and House Finches nest in it.

A close up of some blooms of the Trumpet Vine.

I keep up the struggle here with the garden and flowers because drought or no drought, I love to plant and grows things, it gives me a chance to be one with Nature and I must say...maybe I DO have a Green Thumb.. lol

Garden Visitors and Lizzards

It is amazing the number of visitors we have to our garden,Coyotes,Bees,Butterfly's ,an occasional Groundhog,Rabbits, and yes, even an occasional human...lol.

First photograph is of a very pretty Butterfly I saw flitting from one wildflower to another and just had to take it's picture...if you click on any of the photographs it will enlarge for a more personal and better view.

A close up of this wonderful Butterfly.

A Bee visiting a Dandelion bloom.

One of the Lizards that visit our garden here...I call him "Big Daddy" and he is rather friendly and allows me to get quite close.

This Lizard is one of the several young ones that frequent the pallets that I have stacked at the center portion of the garden for stacking the Gourds on to dry after harvest.

Wonderful Wild Daisy's that grow all around the garden, some of which I have transplanted in our flower beds.

Beautiful Pink Day Lilly's in our flower bed.

Close up of one of the Pink Day Lilly's.

Some Pink Roses that I plan on getting a start of to plant over in the newest flower bed that I made this year, they are at the border of our property and the neighbors property, and they gave me permission to get a start from it.

I never cease to be amazed at the wonders that Creator gives us to see and enjoy.

Living On The Divide

Today I will take you on a short tour of our little part of Paradise here in the Western Mountains of North Carolina, we live right on top of the Eastern Continental Divide, although at a lower elevation than most spots on the Divide, we are at 2236 Ft. Elevation and the Garden behind the cabin is up a steep bank and somewhat higher than the Cabin.

The photograph above is of our log cabin here.

A view of our "Circle Garden" of flowers, consisting of a variety of flowers.

A view of our newly expanded flower bed along the side of the cabin.

Another photograph showing some of the tall Cosmos flowers and some of the 10 flats of Impatient's that I planted,also some Day Lilly's, and some Iris and ferns.

A view of the flower bed from up on the hill behind the cabin.

Now don't laugh...I am experimenting with growing some tomato's in hanging pots and hung them from the eaves of the cabin.

Another view of the wonderful and colorful flowers we have planted along the side of the cabin.

Aren't the Cosmos flowers tall and delicate.

A lonely Chinese Day Lilly tucked beneath the Trumpet vine bush that surrounds the Propane tank.

Close up of the Chinese Day Lilly....beautiful isn't she?