Thursday, May 16, 2019

I Like Thursday #64

Good morning and welcome to my I Like Thursday post #64.  Thank you LeeAnna of Not Afraid of Color for encouraging and inspiring us to find something to like each week, because honestly I wouldn't post hardly ever if I didn't.  

I like my chickens they make me laugh, and smile.  I am not happy with them when I go out and they have dug out my planter pots to dust themselves in.  I was walking past the window and spied them in the small ditch that we have on our property to drain water into the large ditch in front of our home.

You can barely seem them as they walk through the ditch and the tall grass.  Like they are sneaking up on something.  What I don't think they even know. 
I like that the babies are large enough that I can let them out into their yard and they can't escape.  They are so funny.  The first day I opened the door to the yard they all stood in it, crowding each other.  Soon one would fall into the pen and panic and jump back in.  I still don't have many brave ones that venture into the yard.  

I like that I managed to keep my Japanese Maple alive through the winter.  I had one rose that didn't make it (I think someone stepped on it) playing on the berm.  

Yep my grass is tall, and full of dandelions.  I won't spray, I do go out and pull them occasionally.  We have had too many wet days, and so nothing can really get accomplished. 

I like my mother's day planter that was a gift from my mother and daughters.  

As well as 2 Rose of Sharon.  Now to dig them a hole and plant them. 

I like that my tulips finally started to bloom.  Took a long time.

I like surprises.  In the garden.

 I remember planting these before, they have somehow migrated to a different area outside of the flower bed.
Um the oak tree start is a surprise also but I have some Columbine too.  For a few years it was all over.  

I like the lineup of vintage autos even though they are all junkers at what used to be the local parts yard.  

I like my new lounge to enjoy the outdoors and a book when it isn't raining. 

A few years ago there was this weird lump in one of the trees at the very end of the branch.  Later on during the year that tiny branch broke off and I discovered it was an oriole's nest.  I then started to watch for them.  This year there is another nest way up, it has been there for 2 years now.  I was outside and this guy flew by me.

One of the ladies told me to get an oriole feeder.  It uses a jar of grape jelly.

In the couple of days that I have had it, I have watched a couple of orioles enjoying the treat.

I love that they have repaved my road.  Yes it was that bad with pot holes to the point where you had to practically drive down the center.  The problem is that people race up and down this road. I have a feeling it is going to get much worse now.  

Finally I like this series of books by Joanna Carl which takes place on the west coast of Michigan in a fictional town of Warner Pier.

Now head on over to LeeAnna's to see the other I like posts.










15 comments:

  1. Good Morning, Rheema;))) your "I likes" this week are so enjoyable! Those chickens are a riot "..why did the chicken cross the "new" road" hahaha...
    I have one lone tulip left--that orange-yellow striped one...all the others were dessert for the marauding deer herd...it's like a wild west show here when they crash through our yard munching on everything!!
    Hugs for a nice sunny day..and no more rain for a while...Julierose

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  2. Love your oriole and that feeder. I am going to look for one...I didn't know they made them. SIL's chickens are getting out of the coop and they are finding eggs in the grass and under the little shed. But so far they've gone back in for overnight. Gorgeous colour tulip and that lounger looks like a real good one and so inviting. Wonderful list!

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  3. Wowza! Lots of goodness in this post and you didn't even mention Bobbin! Orioles - my sister put out a feeder of grape jelly (!!) for her returning birds and instead they go to the hummingbird feeder. She said the darn squirrels was sitting/balancing on the grape jelly feeder. HAHA! Your lounge chair looks so fab - we just need NO RAIN for a bit. Rose of Sharon - I have been meaning to put some in but haven't. And long grass - see above about NO RAIN. Ooh, and thanks for the book recommendation. I have to go to my library account and look for it right away (or I forget). ~smile~ Roseanne

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  4. Your plantings-flower are beautiful. I especially like your new book reading porch chair...looks very inviting..

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  5. I like that lounger - does it have a built in table?? I've never seen an oriole feeder like that. neat. Oh, always grateful for a newly paved road. Lots of good likes this week. :-)

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  6. How wonderful to have orioles in your yard! Looks like that feeder was a great idea! Hope you have some dry days for gardening and weeding - at least maybe the weeds will pull out easily because the ground is wet?

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  7. An oriole feeder? Never heard of it but that is neat! We don't have them here but they are up at my brother-in-law's house in the mountains. You have a wonderful week!

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  8. Oh, orioles are some of my favorite birds! How neat to have a nest near you. My parents used to have Rose of Sharon when I was a kid, didn't like to go near them because the bees liked them so much but I think hummingbirds like them as well. Hope you have a great weekend!

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  9. Your landscape is so pretty and peaceful looking- I would live on that new lounge. I will need to check out that book-thanks. mary

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  10. I love your outdoors that features chickens, birds, and flowers! My mother grew up with chickens and tells us stories about them. It looks like you had a great Mother's Day too!

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  11. I so love your beautiful likes - so full of nature! You know, I've never seen an oriole feeder! Thank you for sharing!

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  12. there is so much to love here! Thanks for all of it, from garden to chooks to books
    LeeAnna

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