Can I make you smile?

You've no doubt heard of a 'teacup' chihuahua

but have you seen a 'flower pot' chihuahua? 

Meet lady

and her best friend Manny

I hope you are smiling on this beautiful Memorial Day Weekend.

God Bless our troops and America!!

To God be the Glory  ~~  Great Things He Hath Done

Grapes, Grape Jelly and Oranges

 A Juvenile Baltimore Oriole decided to try the grapes

for breakfast one morning

 Seemed like he was doing ok in trying to eat it

  

But somehow either through inexperience or lack of focus

  

He dropped it right out of his mouth

  

Looking around at his options, he can either eat oranges or jelly

Jelly looks good so he chooses it

 Good choice! He likes it

 

Grape jelly is sought by the Northern Mockingbird as well

And Robins will eat it and also carry it to their young when they are born

Fruit it a good thing at the feeder. 

 To God be the Glory  ~~  Great Things He Hath Done

A Walk on the Wildwood side

 Wildwood Park in Harrisburg PA is one of my favorite places

to visit when I am in the area

 The Towpath Trail borders the lake and is the one I chose to walk today

 There has been a lot of rain so everywhere you look there is water

It's quiet, peaceful and serene to just walk along and watch for what you might see

 On my list of things that have been spotted this week is the Great Egret...

 There he was flying gracefully or walking in the lake fishing

Since this is the first sunny day in a while the turtles are sunning everywhere you look

An Egret and Great Blue Heron share a common perch

 Oblivous to each other as they preen

 The water was almost moving and jumping as I watched so I tried to catch a glimpse of what was under there causing the raucous ....

an orange fish appeared!!

 Always an ever present Red-winged Blackbird

A very welcome and happy surprise for me to see the Yellow Warbler

Then, out there where the water was jumping and splashing I saw a Blue Heron fishing

As  hard as he tried

Diving right in

 Head submerged

He either swallowed it or I missed it all together

I sure didn't see the fish if he got it

 Looking a little wet and angry he doesn't stick around

Up and away he goes

 

To God be the Glory  ~~  Great Things He Hath Done

Surprise Sighting

 On a little road trip out in the country I spied a couple of 

deer really far away....but

 When I got home and got a closer look I was excited to see a Piebald Deer

  Really hard to see with all those trees in the background

Another cool sighting was the Baltimore Oriole always in the tops of the trees in the yard.   So I put out the oranges and used the ipod and yea!!  It came down. 

joy

  Enjoy!!

To God  be the Glory  ~~  Great Things He hath Done

Oh Baby!

 I was on the deck and caught motion out the corner of my eye....

looking up I saw what I thought were two squirrels fighting on the wires coming into the house from the pole.

I grabbed the camera and started shooting.  To my surprise it was

a mother Gray Squirrel with a baby.

 What happened next was unimaginable!  The little guy was squirming so much....  

She dropped him and he landed in the grass in the yard

 She just let go and dropped down to see if he was ok

I thought he would be hurt or dead, but his half open eyes showed life

She checked him out sniffing and sniffing at his face

  She grabbed him by the scruff of the neck just like a cat

 But he was not having it and squirmed and moved

 

Finally Mom gets a good hold 

 And off through the yard they go

Through the tall dandelions stems

Walking on her back legs at times

Heading for some shelter

She hid him in a large Hosta by my yard bench

I went in the house to put the dog away so I could get a closer better look and when I returned she was gone!  I have no idea where she went.  I searched the nearby trees but saw no nest.

What a fun little happening.

To God be the Glory  ~~  Great Things He Hath Done