tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5091316613928276649.post2845539756674094408..comments2024-02-11T05:15:15.006-05:00Comments on Notes From The Cloud Messenger: SUNDAY IN THE YARDDeborah Godinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15175977572194074388noreply@blogger.comBlogger13125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5091316613928276649.post-51394337368962490692009-05-04T23:59:00.000-04:002009-05-04T23:59:00.000-04:00Love the white of the shell and the white of the v...Love the white of the shell and the white of the violets...so different from the white of the last few months!<br /><br />hurrah and huzza--<br />Thanks!Beth P.https://www.blogger.com/profile/02621990661878989356noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5091316613928276649.post-4569365173208687202009-05-04T08:53:00.000-04:002009-05-04T08:53:00.000-04:00Deborah, maybe some bird is doing their spring hou...Deborah, maybe some bird is doing their spring housecleaning and the shell is a left over from last year;s family. I notice I have a white violet in bloom in my garden today, also a smallJOHNNYJUMP UP IT LOOKS LIKE a minature Pansey in bloom<br />Annme ann my camerahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06083671096943783249noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5091316613928276649.post-58370469365935167132009-05-04T05:24:00.000-04:002009-05-04T05:24:00.000-04:00Wonderful signs of spring in your yard. I always ...Wonderful signs of spring in your yard. I always marvel over the intelligence of birds. They certainly know what they are doing. I guess they have to in order to survive.Kimhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05539583838978744802noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5091316613928276649.post-61577755343819355052009-05-04T02:34:00.000-04:002009-05-04T02:34:00.000-04:00So you have a mystery to solve.So you have a mystery to solve.Indranihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13097788106899971708noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5091316613928276649.post-64042860103543605352009-05-03T23:14:00.000-04:002009-05-03T23:14:00.000-04:00I am hoping to attract a Rose-breasted Grosbeak to...I am hoping to attract a Rose-breasted Grosbeak to my feeder this week. They did come one year. I planted a couple of violet plants from a friend in 1987 and they have taken over! After they bloom each spring I thin them out. They are such cheerful blooms.Ruthhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15892804871759397018noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5091316613928276649.post-64244257828007618622009-05-03T22:23:00.000-04:002009-05-03T22:23:00.000-04:00how beautiful the violets are! hope you can see th...how beautiful the violets are! hope you can see the birds around soon! They are a clever lot aren't they.Sylvia Khttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05484577678585907669noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5091316613928276649.post-10927282797318690392009-05-03T22:22:00.000-04:002009-05-03T22:22:00.000-04:00Ah, red maple. I remember it well!Ah, red maple. I remember it well!david mcmahonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18009095220051075552noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5091316613928276649.post-40259442731104003362009-05-03T19:21:00.000-04:002009-05-03T19:21:00.000-04:00I didn't know that birds did that. It explains why...I didn't know that birds did that. It explains why the shells are never under the nests.<br /><br />Our yard is full of violets now, too. Mostly white, but a few purple ones, here and there. The johnny jump ups will be showing up next.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5091316613928276649.post-38976147547895243382009-05-03T19:20:00.000-04:002009-05-03T19:20:00.000-04:00I didn't know that birds did that. It explains why...I didn't know that birds did that. It explains why the shells are never under the nests.<br /><br />Our yard is full of violets now, too. Mostly white, but a few purple ones, here and there. The johnny jump ups will be showing up next.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5091316613928276649.post-83482062138414773922009-05-03T16:52:00.000-04:002009-05-03T16:52:00.000-04:00I absolutely love flowers growing in a lawn. That...I absolutely love flowers growing in a lawn. That's one of my favorite things about violets. They look so pretty and old fashioned snuggled into the lawn.<br /><br /> That dang old fussbudget of a perfectionist that I'm married to mows em down every spring. He doesn't get the whole "naturalization" thing in a garden. Oops! Daffodil popped up in his mowing path. It's gone! But I hold him at bay as long as I can. <br /><br />I also had no idea that a bird would carry an empty shell in it's beak to protect the nest. Interesting to learn that. <br /><br />Wayne and I have been out hunting for eggs along the ditch banks and in the taller grass of the pastures. Our chickens aren't laying in the coop the way they were. We're wondering if a couple of them haven't started laying outside. We may have to pen them in for a few days to see if we can figure out what's happening. <br />I hate to have the hens lay out where the hawks will swoop down and eat the eggs. <br /><br />What does any of this have to do with your post? Sorry... I got the engine cranked up and didn't seem to be able to turn it off...wispy willowhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10194020052008879681noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5091316613928276649.post-85187764939190281632009-05-03T15:38:00.000-04:002009-05-03T15:38:00.000-04:00Check out this one if you don't already read it.
h...Check out this one if you don't already read it.<br />http://riverdaze.blogspot.com/<br />He's talking about indigo buntings today.bobbiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00658103343742852411noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5091316613928276649.post-65129944280907190912009-05-03T15:24:00.000-04:002009-05-03T15:24:00.000-04:00Birds are pretty darned clever, aren't they?
Your...Birds are pretty darned clever, aren't they?<br /><br />Your violets are so pretty!bobbiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00658103343742852411noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5091316613928276649.post-80427323396599215362009-05-03T11:24:00.000-04:002009-05-03T11:24:00.000-04:00lovely spring scene, I never knew birds dropped th...lovely spring scene, I never knew birds dropped their egg shells somewhere else to fool predators-smart birds.Great Grandma Linhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11791149428495689835noreply@blogger.com