First dip

I took these photos about 10 days ago. The water temp of Lake Gaston was 61F. My husband and I are cold water wimps & we don't usually jump in until the water temp approaches 80. But my teenage nephew had other ideas...













After he swam back to the dock, he tried to tell me that it wasn't too bad. I didn't believe him for a second. Just take a look at his face when he popped back up to the surface....





Lake Gaston

Ready for action

Hey! Could somebody play with me????

Breakfast for bluebirds

We have really enjoyed watching this pair of bluebirds the past couple of weeks. They are trained to come for breakfast or dinner when we ring a bell. The titmice and Carolina wrens haven't caught on to the bell signal yet, so sometimes the meal worms are gone by the time they show up.


Ready...





Dig in!





Usually both of them eat a dozen or so worms, then the female steps aside and the male picks up 4 or 5 worms at a time and feeds the female. Very cute - one of these days I'll get a photo of him feeding her.



bluebirds

More cute kid photos

I've been transferring photos, thousands of them, from my old computer to my new one. I came across these photos of Monkey, the orphaned squirrel that I raised last spring. He was brought to me on Easter Sunday. I released him just before Memorial Day and he came back to visit & eat from my hand most days during the summer. Around Labor Day he started to get more skittish around me, so I just started leaving him a few peanuts on our deck each day. I don't know if he's still around, but I hope so. So cute...











squirrel rehabilitation

Because I don't have enough cute kid photos in my blog...

My friend's granddaughter came to visit her for Easter. She forgot her pretty Easter shoes & had to wear silver sneakers to church. Still beautiful!




Here she is with her brothers...