birthdays, etc.

part three

The last birthday we celebrated this spring was for a 5-year-old

granddaughter ~ she is beginning school this fall

and her mother used a kindergarten theme for her party.

Instead of birthday cake, we had a choice of birthday pies!

Her candles looked like Crayola crayons.

This was the highlight of her birthday gifts.

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One day, a couple of weeks ago, a couple of my relatives and I

went to a friend’s for the day ~ to visit, play games and have lunch.

This friend and her husband live along a ravine and are hosts

to a wide variety of birds and wildlife which

entertain them and their guests ~ right outside their big picture window.

~ nuthatch ~

Of course, I took my camera ~ the birds distracted me all day long.

I was shooting through the window though, at a distance from a darkened room,

so the focus is not very sharp ~ hope you enjoy them anyway.

~ goldfinches ~

~ downy woodpecker ~

~ red-bellied woodpecker ~

~ cardinal ~

~ rose-breasted grosbeak ~

~ pileated woodpecker ~

These birds are sooooooo big!   They measure from 16-19 inches long!

I think they look like they are left over from the dinosaur age.

~ Baltimore oriole ~

But my favorites to see at her house are the orioles ~ they have so many!

These are females . . .

. . . and this is a male.

They love the grape jelly feeders  that our friend puts out for them.

My friend and I got beat 5 games out of 7; my camera wouldn’t focus on

the birds half the time ~ it wanted to focus on the trees instead,

but my, did we have a wonderful lunch and visit anyway.

Can’t wait till the next time ~ there is never enough time for friends and fun!

“A friend loveth at all times . . .”

Proverbs 17:17

TGBTG