More Weekend pictures

Woodpecker on the Bird Feeder

Here is an adult Red-Headed Woodpecker on the bird feeder in the Rose Garden

The Author poses for the press

Here I am looking pretty happy at the top of the deck stairs. It was a pretty good weekend, I can tell you.

More pictures from my World this weekend

Here are a few more pictures from the World:

Adult and Baby Red-Headed Woodpecker
in the Rose Garden
This is an adult and baby red-headed woodpecker - Big Lady took the picture. She says the adult is sitting on the suet square and the baby is sitting on the trellis waiting to be fed

She says she saw the adult breaking off pieces of suet and feeding them to the little one. I've seen the woodpeckers hanging around a couple of times but I don't get the chance to chase them as they hang out in the Rose Garden so much.

Irises by the Deck


You have to admit she grows a good Iris. These are a nice color. That's me in the background, by the way. You may have recognized the handsome black fur making a nice setting for the purple flowers

I have seen the Bunny

I can report (and Big Lady and Big Guy know) that I have seen the Bunny. I chased it out of the garden this evening and Big Lady said it went under the shed.

Their excuse for this portable piece of fence is that they are protecting the grass which is just starting to grow in all the mud behind the shed.

I know they're just making it easier for the Bunny - and this is me telling them I know it's here.

Warmer Weather

Big Guy and Big lady have turned on the Air Conditioning in The House now that it's got warmer. This is especially useful if you're a dark-colored hairy dog like me.

I think all dogs would do this given the chance, but I'm very happy to report that Patrick and I have our own air-conditioning vents to keep us cool. I also like the tiled area by the front door very much.

Squirrel Sighted!!

Before we saw the Bunny(or Bunnies) on we got a Squirrel in the back yard on Sunday morning. He was checking the Bird Feeders but they either have stuff he doesn't like (Safflowers, I think) or the feeders are made of metal and they don't let squirrels get in and take the seeds.

It's much easier being a dog. I wouldn't like to have to go climbing all over things to get food... unless it's a sofa, or Big Lady.

Finally the little guy walked away

But Patrick knew he'd been around, and showed us what the appropriate hunting pose is when you scent a squirrel. I don't know where he gets these ideas. We do see some squirrels when

we're walking in the park but then we're wearing our leashes and we don't get to run after them.

Will THEY be in for a surprise if they wander in here again !!!

Bunny's Friends

This may be a relative of the big bunny. I don't know. JJ chased him around the garden today and he hid under the deck. However he's also learned the trick of not being interrupted by anyone except human photographers inside the house if he hides in the Rose Garden

The Bunny Is Back!!

The Critters are back. Some of them are familiar and some of them are new to me and also new to Big Lady and Big Guy.

This is probably the same bunny i chased last year. He still goes and sits in the Rose Garden where Patrick and I aren't allowed very often.

He's also brought a couple of friends...

Happy Cinco De Mayo!

Happy Cinco de Mayo to all my canine amigos. It's getting much warmber in Southeast Kansas although there were a few days of very sharp frosts a little while back, which made Big Lady and Big Guy worried about some of the plants and small birds. It was a little like autumn again when the frozen leaves started to fall off.

There are some new visitors to the garden - and a couple of old friends are back.