Hey Pals,
Just take a look at these:

Don't they look yummy? Papa picked all of these Morel Mushrooms from our land. Mama cooks them up to eat. Hmmmm, they never give us any though. Mama told us that Spring is finally here since the mushrooms are growing. There hasn't been enough sun for them yet, as they are still fairly small.
The birds have been starting to pick out nesting spots now too. Here is a Cat Bird, it's in the burning bush outside of the kitchen window. Usually the Cardinal birds nest here, but we think the Cat Bird is going to steal the spot this year.

Here is one of the many Hummingbirds that found their way back to us again this year:

Mama has all 4 feeders up & filled. They empty them all every 2 days. They sure keep Mama hopping making sugar water.
Here are some of the Magonlia tree flowers:


The petals started falling off of the tree yesterday. It's almost bald today now. Below is the flowering tree that was bent to the ground from the hickory tree that came down in the big storm last year. You can see it's still bent to the right a bit, but we're really surprised it's not bent to the ground still.

This is our big flowering tree that is up near the front of our land:

This is our young Redbud tree near the ponds:

We helped Mama outside today. She worked on getting the pond pump running. There are lots of things to do for this. She had to put the bottom drain & hose into the big pond & then get the suction going in it and place the hose end inside the water barrel that is buried into the ground. Then the pipe from the barrel runs to the pond pump. Here is the pump:

It sits under ground also. Then the pipe from the pump runs all of the way up to the water fall at the top of the other pond. That's how the water circulates between the 2 ponds. The top pond then floods & goes down the stream, into the big lower pond. Here is the stream just getting going today:

Ok now, where are my bullfrogs?? They like to sit in the stream & I like to make them jump!

Are you hiding under the bridge Mr. Froggy??

Do I look like I'm helping?? I'm just here to look cute!

Whew, we had a long day outside & we're tired. So I Butchy decided I better clean up Snickers' face & then we'll take a nap.

Wirey Hugs!
Butchy & Snickers
Labels: Bull Frogs, Cat Bird, Dogs, Flowering Trees, Hummingbirds, Ponds, Stream, Water Pump, Wire Fox Terriers