It's For the Birds

 

The lady in red stands guard near the kitty condo

After a couple days of raking leaves the yard is cleaned up and
plants are starting to poke through the soil. The weather is still cool but perfect for outdoor work.

One of the first things I did was hang up all my bird feeders only to have a neighbor tell me we're not supposed to do that because of the Avian Flu.  Darn it!  I love feeding the birds and it's one of the best parts of coming to Minnesota.

But before I could get them taken down we had a visit from the pileated woodpecker.  I've never had one so close before. They are so big!

So all the bird feeders have been washed, cleaned with a bleach/water solution and stored away. Hopefully we can set them up again in June.  It's embarrassing when the bird feeders are cleaner than my house right now, but I can work on the inside when the rain comes.

There's one bright spot in the garden, one of the heuchera is up. It seems the yellow ones pop up first.  It's not much but sure is good to see a sign of spring.

Someone in the campground snapped a shot of this coyote going through the park. I guess we'll have them where ever we go.

We're enjoying nice weather right now and the rain is coming sometime tonight. Then it should get much warmer, but nothing like

Okay, it's actually a groundcover 
growing between two rocks.
Like I'd show you my bodacious
booty in a thong...get real.

my friends who are still in Arizona. Once the weather gets really warm I can rock my new thong!

Long Live the Queen of Birds