lucky charms and cocoa puffs

Ya we all did that!

 I'm going to be laying low for awhile and won't be doing too much on the blog.  I'll be back when I have something to say and a way to say it.

So, for now...

I will be back.
~norma~

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                                   Happy Fourth of July! 

quote monday

Happy Monday.

~norma~

quote monday

Find something to laugh about today.
Happy Monday.
~norma~

rattle me this

I wasn't home this morning... shout with me.... THANK GOODNESS!

But, the Reptile Wrangler was, and he got his wrangle on.

While doing a little yard work, he noticed the tail draped over the bush in the backyard.

He:

Snapped a photo.
Got the hoe.
Wrangled it over the fence.
Told me about it when I got home.

He said it was the very biggest he has seen.
I really didn't have much to say.

I don't like snakes.

The end.

quote monday

Let's stop and listen.

Happy Monday!
~norma~

appreciating the cardinal

One has to wonder how this cardinal couple keeps up their nesting attempts. The male and female just stopped flitting around the rose bush one day. I'm not sure exactly when, we just noticed they were there one day and then suddenly they were not. Yesterday, for the first time, I got close to the rose bush and peeked in. An empty nest. That's all. No other traces of eggs or babies.

I chased away the road runner that I spotted in the yard one day, lurking close to the rose bush nesting area. And the big black crows? Yep, I clapped my hands and screeched at them when I could hear them high in the palm trees. Occasionally, I would catch a glimpse of a giant shadow and know that it was a crow swooping in and out of the yard. Lately, we have had an abundance of what I think are grackles. They are big talkers amongst themselves, and now I suspect, having seen a couple on the cactus near the rose-nest-bush, I'm sure they were discussing their strategy. But then, there are the pack rats. And although I'm not sure I can imagine the gila monster climbing up into the bush, the information I read about them said their favorite treat are eggs. SO...who knows what are who, but something cleaned the nest out and chased the cardinals away.

Having seen this happen over and over again, I'm just wondering how any make it to adulthood.

Which is why, today I say...appreciate the cardinal when you see one!