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The goldfinches are enjoying the sunflowers and the purple cone flowers.


surveying his world


please don't look at the pitiful flowers


this agriope (common garden spider) wove it's web between the tomato rows. I have worked around it's web all season long.


pipevine swallowtail on zinnia


eastern blue swallowtail chrysalis on fennel


Momma Wren built a nest in my fern basket. We now have some babies hatched.


and momma was not happy when she returned to the nest and saw me. such a scolding I got!!



Whee, ok...hope you enjoyed the wildlife tour from the wilds of the Tn hills

ve

you remind me of myself & all my interests in nature! Laughing about the wren! The one in my birdhouse would take patrolling his area very seriously! LOL you must really live in an area rich in wildlife. Thanks for sharing the pics with us! I really enjoyed them Ve!

you may think those flowers look pitiful, but that finch is LOVIN' it! Tons of tasty seeds!
Nice pics and observations...

So where's the pig???I was expecting to see a pig!!!!

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Cool pics Vera. Have the turkeys departed? Think I thought I'd see "real" wildlife...deer, possums, skunks, coons, etc. LOL.

Great pics!! Love the babies!!! tfs

Great pics. Thanks for sharing.

Thanks for the tour!!!

LOL Thumbie, sorry, no pigs here except me with my camera

Thanks girls. I'm glad you enjoyed some of the critters around here.

Muddy, I do love nature, everything about it. We're blessed to live in the woods in a very rural area...so yes, there's lots of wildlife.

Jan, I'm sorry there were no critters while you were here. Maybe we scared them off with the laughing.

ve

Thanks for the tour! Love the wrens!

I was expecting some "wild" things too and a pig!

LOL,next time you name your discussion with an"oink" in its title, you better show a pig!!!
Love the gold finches, butterfly....keep your spidey...blah

Your so funny Thumbie! Demanding pigs now? LOL
what about bats? I loved that topic here!
How many years ago was that? Hahaa Thumbie was home alone with a bat flying around & was coming on the Board every ten minutes giving us reports & asking for advice! By far the most hysterical thread in Garden Board history! Wonder if anyone can dig that out of the history files?! I didn't want to go to sleep that night! I was just laughing like crazy at the computer but trying to brain storm to help her! DH was like ~~What's happening there?! That must be years~~~ ago now?

Muddy, that is hysterical...and I have been racking my brain trying to figure out where I can find some pigs so I can take a picture for her.

I do have a pink pig ornament, and a sun catcher pig...think those would work for her in the meanwhile?

I will find her some pigs - you can count on it!

ve

here's one

LOL muddy! That had to when I first joined or the year afer. Mods let it go for the longest time! It is funny now but NOT THEN!!!!

I think you were under a blanket half the night & throwing things at it! I was so worried about you GF! I think your DH was out of town or something? Poor Thumbie! I would have been worse than you! I've told that story to several of my friends! Still smiling~~sure wasn't funny then!

[QUOTE]Originally posted by thebrownthumb:
LOL,next time you name your discussion with an"oink" in its title, you better show a pig!!!

I was expecting to see pigs too. But hey, it got our attention, didn't it??!!

I clicked on to this topic to see pigs and saw very neat wildlife pics instead. How lovely. Both you and Muddy take such great photos. Really enjoyed them.

O-M-Gosh - you gals are so funny. We will have to take a little country road trip and find a pig farm.....there aren't too many of those around here, but by gosh, we will have real Oinkers if I can find any.

Love the flying pig! That may be the only way I find pictures......when a pig flies over the rooftop!

still smiling here.

ve

edited to add: guess I was thinking about the old Garden Talk board......when one of us posted a bunch of pictures in one post....or several posts with lots of pictures, we'd preface it with Oink Oink, picture piggy here, etc. Sorry you girls thought it was real pigs, and yes, it certainly got your attention.

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OK, if no one has a real pig to show I have this one from a few years ago...he just walked right in the addition when we were putting up drywall.
He didn't really oink..just squealed a few times when DH tried to hold him still for the photo..



We've had two Carolina Wren nests so far. One in a flower pot under the pergola and one in a hanging basket. They sure are noisey when you get near their babies.

Those are some great photos of the babies and I love the yellow finches. We have lots of those agriopes too.

I remember the Bat thread...it was hysterical and so was Thumbie!

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Would you like this one better??

hehehe

I like the 1st one z9...so cute.
I wouldn't mind some of the other either, some salad and a cold beverage, YUM!!!! He does look a bit uncomfortable. OUCH!

Ouch is right! That pig has some sunburn!
Doesn't even look real but some shiny plasticy creature!

Actually, like Thumbie, I was also expecting a pig somewhere in the pictures.

LOL Z9 - love the pet piggy......agree with Jvelo, the second one looks a bit like plastic......but if he isn't, then pass me some ham!!

Lordy Mercy Girls.......I'm gonna find some real pigs somewhere


ve

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Oh no!!!! I just had a thought, z9 you didn't fatten that little piggy up for a bbq did you?

We had one like # 2 on Saturday night here at the campground. Was late getting pictures and was already in the dismantling stage when I got over there!

Nothing cuter than a little pig, but lordy help you if he squeals and his mama is around!!!!

Ya'll are too funny! Nope the little piggy was the neighbor's pet that got loose and came to visit with us about 4 years ago, I'd imagine he is pretty huge by now.

The second is DH's first try on his new rotisserie. Trying to get a 70lb slippery raw pig on a rotisserie rod is not a pretty sight, but it sure did taste good. He usually digs a pit and cooks it in ground like they do in Hawaii with Banana leaves.

Here he is fully cooked..a little crispier