Nesting Boxes

The spring/summer process has begun. The two nesting boxes we have already have babies! We have bluebirds and tree swallows. The birds have been feeding their little ones all day long....bugs, bugs and more bugs. That's protein all the time. Yum!

Bluebird - male

Tree Swallow

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Oops, he did it again..................

Okay, here we are again...... Bradley got bit and it turned into an abscess. Blah, I wish the merry-go-round of cat fights would stop. Poor guy, he does look really pathetic doesn't he? While he was 'under' we had the vet clip his hair as well. Now he looks like a sheared lamb! It was pretty matted and had a few fox tails attached to the hair, ahhhh summer! He's going to be couped up in the front porch for awhile and he is not pleased.

His new "summer" do!

This is pretty much how he has acted towards me since he came home from the vet.

Ouch....the drain.

He looks like he has "spats" on, doesn't he?

Nefer Graduated!!!

Well, she finally did it!! I'm soooo proud of my niece. Graduated from California State University Sacramento with a degree in Psychology - WOW! It was a lot of hard work. We all got together at the graduation and I had soooo much fun taking pictures, too! Here are a few of the pictures taken. (and I do mean a FEW)

The Graduate!

The 'bunny slippers' she wore during the ceremony! Too, cute.

Siblings

But they DO really love each other.

The Group

Oops!

Forgot one.....

Wow!

I can't believe I haven't blogged for almost a year! No excuses, just lazy I guess. I just had an urge to go out and take a bunch of pictures (don't you just love digital cameras). So here are a few of my favorite shots on this beautiful spring day. Enjoy.....and no I won't wait a whole year to post again....sheesh!

Cough - Hack - Sputter!

And I'm not kidding. Last Saturday we had a few thunderstorms roll through the area which started over 800+ wildfires. Consequently this whole week has been horribly smokey! The following pictures tell the whole story....

Our normal view across the street

Our view for the past week

Can you say......YUCK!

2008 Bay to Breakers - This years pictures

When I completed 2008 Bay to Breakers on May 19, 2008 post, the only pictures I had available were the 2007 race pictures. I now have the '2008' pictures, Yay! Everyone looks like they had such fun. There are a few runners running nude in this race that I will not post as this is more of a 'family' blog. All in all it is an interesting race, quite colorful. This was the 97th year for this race. I have lived here for most of my life and I can't believe I have NEVER heard of this race before. Enjoy the pictures......

Yes, that IS a toilet she is sitting on.