Month: May 2022

Flowers and Collie Landscapers

My collie puppies like to trim the plants. I had to move my container plants away from their area and dig up most of the remaining flowers and move them. The sword ferns are difficult to remove, so I left them in place. The… Continue Reading “Flowers and Collie Landscapers”

Retirement is great, but…

It’s been great. No 9-5, no schedules, no responsibilities, do what ever you want, when you want. You can even lose track of the day of the week. This week I decided to go to a boat show about 80 miles away in Anacortes,… Continue Reading “Retirement is great, but…”

Baby Birds

We have been seeing many baby birds over the last couple weeks: robins, juncos, pine siskins. There is owl activity day and night. Until the puppies get bigger, we can not leave them outside unattended. We see deer often and I saw a beautiful… Continue Reading “Baby Birds”

Puppies – Krakens

We got our two collie puppies on Saturday. Raven is the boy and Clover is the girl. (I was going to name her Nala but I think Clover is a better fit and it means something to me.) I think I should have given… Continue Reading “Puppies – Krakens”

Snakes

There are not many snakes in western Washington, but I managed to find two of them. Dart and I regularly walk in Illahee Preserve and I saw this garter snake sunning yesterday. Today, it was there again along with a buddy. I did not… Continue Reading “Snakes”