My day

It took me a few years of North Carolina living to remember that strawberry picking season here is April/May, and not late June as it was in upstate NY. It's worth remembering. 18 lbs. of yummy....





all cleaned & bagged for freezing...





the reward ...(the big one is hubby's - really!)






and the mess...






strawberries

the Nest

We recently converted a guest bedroom into a little office for me. This means that guests now have to sleep on a blow-up mattress, but I'm enjoying my little office. I toyed with the idea of making it a pet-free zone (gasp!), but that was just a fleeting thought. Pup1 is usually on my lap when I'm at my desk & I moved a flight cage in so that my tame society finches, Honeycomb and Taffy can spend time with me in here.





Honeycomb has two favorite activities - hanging out with me and nest building. He has learned to combine the two by perching on my head and trying to yank nesting material (a.k.a. my hair) out of my head. I really have no hair to spare, so I've taken to wearing a baseball cap to dissuade him. He's not happy about that, so as a peace offering I cut up strips of tissues and placed them in the bottom of the cage. I thought he might like to use them for his nest & I guess I was right...











society finches

Carry a big stick

These are my brother's two goldens, Lily & Daisy, sharing a little stick...





until Daisy found a great big stick of her own.





golden retrievers

Looking for shade

I took these photos a week ago. It was one of our first warm days after a very cold early April. I was enjoying the heat, but I noticed that these gosslings were staying in their mother's shadow.





When she decided to take a little rest, her shadow shrunk, leaving them partially exposed to the sun.





But not for long...








canadian geese