ducks, flowers, and the three musketeers hold a sale...

It has been quite an eventful Sunday here @ 612

Duane and I were starting out our morning with  a nice Sunday breakfast

outside on the dock table

and Duane stepped in the house for a minute when I heard a THUMP

and saw that  the cause of the noise was a momma Wood Duck

under the tree about 50 feet or so away.

That thump was followed by 5 more tiny thumps

as I watched in amazement her babies fall from the tree like acorns!

I ran in to get Duane and my camera and came out to find 8 more little ducklings had fallen out of the tree!

It was the craziest and sweetest sight!

I tried to get some quick pics but the momma wasn't impressed with  my paparazi like moves and led her little ones to the bank of the river in a hurry.

I came in and did a bit of research and found out that they are wood ducks and that wood ducks are one of the only ducks to nest in trees.  They live in the cavity of a tree that is near water. 

I am hoping that they make their way back up here so we can see them again.

Our river bank is not easily visible from the yard, but maybe we will go down and visit them soon.

I don't want to upset the momma though, she really didn't want anything to do with me.

can you imagine that ;-)

Then Max and his buddies (we call them the 3 Musketeers) threw together a yard sale and lemonade stand to sell off some of the "extras" in their ever growing stockpile of goods.

now tell me...

wouldn't you buy a weapon or teddy bear from these three?

They have quite a collection of 'extra' nerf guns

and then they threw in books and teddy bears for good measure!

They ended up selling lemonade but alas we are still stuck with the extra toys.

They had fun, it was a good little project and they said they would try  it again

if I put together a sale.

too cute.

I thought I would show you how things are growing around here...

a dear friend of mine made the barn bird house for me.

Thank you Gary! xoxo

I am going to make a confession here people...

I am not a gardener, I don't even play one on t.v. I have been lucky enough to grow certain plants, but the truth of the matter is that I don't know what they are.  Take this crazy, pretty and almost unkillable bright pink/purple lovely.  It will grow in rocks I swear.

A few years ago a friend was downsizing her garden and so was selling perrinials by the box.

You brought a shovel and a box and you could fill it for under $10.00!!!

That is how I got quite a few of the flowers for the garden but I can't tell you what they are.

really, don't ask cuz then I will just make up a name and you will never be able to find them at your nursery!

(o.k. just kidding)

I do not know what these yellow ones are either, can anybody out there clue me in?

They grow like crazy too and I have had to thin them out and I started new little gardens with them.

ahhhhh lavender...



Oh look, here comes Hannah's cat Babes...

and our faithful dog Jazz.

I am happy to report that the dresser garden seems to be flourishing!

One last, albeit blurry look at the momma duck just as she was headed down to the river.

Whew... what a Sunday!

love,

Theresa xoxo