The kids woke me up one morning to come and tell them what the critter in the back yard was... this guy was the size of a turkey platter.. no joke... and we have seen another one, a snapping turtle the size of a dinner plate. I also found a baby snapping turtle while planting a hosta.

Remember I told you about the 10 little ducks? I thought they had all died ... then I went outside one day and there they were...

Meet the outside family

I bought this bird house because it was cute and I thought

it would look good in the garden. I hung it up and started walking 

back to the house. I turned around to see how it looked and there

was a bird going in it. Now he/she is working very hard to get it ready

for babies... I only wish I could identify the bird... I have gone through

our books and online but I have no idea what it is.. It is brown/ rust on top with cream

belly. It look just a little bigger than a humming bird. They, there are two of them now

have a wonderful song and as far as I can tell they do not eat at the feeders..

When I set up the feeders in December these two Mallard Ducks

came and have come everyday at 9:00 am.... then they brought their babies.. 10 in all...

But they lost their babies and now are sitting on more eggs... because they don't come together 

any more.. so I figure one has to stay put to keep the eggs warm.

This is Peter Rabbit. He lives somewhere close to us... he comes to visit everyday.

He has a wife now that we named Bunny. She too comes every day.. Shinji came running to 

tell me one day that Bunny and Peter were playing and Bunny kept jumping on Peters

back. I told him that I thought it was Peter jumping on Bunny's back....

Another new blog

I will tell you about the critters we have living around us...