I know what it is, do you? I am so excited, as I work to make the garden, improve the soil, open the overgrown spaces, create living fences, place watering stations... how much wildlife has gathered.
Especially birds.
Or maybe...
He came to see the sweet potato sprouting on the windowsill. I could stare at it for hours. I was outside all day yesterday. Digging up rocks to border a new humming bird garden.
It is raining today
so I will get back to cloth,
and paper,
and whatever is patiently waiting.
forever BIRDS
sending love to you
(I have just come here from Dee’s latest post, in tears)
Sweet potatoes are magic Jude
Every bit grows and everybit is edible.when you get some long shoots pop them in water and they’ll send out roots too. You can eat the leaves and young shoots like spinach or salad,chooks love them too, and of course bake or mash the tubers,there are even receipes for cakes and brownies with sp.
Next time I’ll plant mine in a container or raised bed cos they are survivors and will spread through the whole garden.
Love your work and your words and your birds.
Keep well
yeah, I need a plan to handle them.
How wonderful- the sighting, the photo, the bird…so distinguished! There were hummingbirds yesterday, and this morning while stitching, a goldfinch out the window. A bit of yellow sunshine in the middle of pouring rain.
one, I think there are a zillion goldfinches here, always a crowd. they almost whistle.
How lovely he is! I have a purple sweet potato growing on my porch. Rained here yesterday as well, sunny today.
potatoes make nice “just” plants
Aren’t they beautiful? Rose-Breasted Grosbeak. They love a feeder with jelly in it.
jelly?
A sweet potato! I have one here I had every intention of using, and now it’s got shoots coming out of it. No leaves. Have you had experience growing them?
Not really, just experimenting.
We heard the Cuckoo today, and Cuckoo Flowers…volunteers….are flowering in our garden’s wild patches. So happy.
I don’t know what your gorgeous visitor is…so beautiful.
Sweet Potatoes are a staple food for us. I don’t think they’d grow here though…hmmm…it wouldn’t hurt to try…
Seeds went in the soil today…yay.
one sweet potato took root from the compost the first year. I don’t really have room unless I grow them on containers or towers, maybe next year.
I saw our first-of-the-year rose breasted grosbeak at our feeder this weekend. He took my breath away! He and she are back just now … simple delights hold so much grace.
and “she” is so different.
I just learned something interesting about why female birds are so very different/plain – while bright males are much more likely to be preyed upon because they stand out, females are safer because they blend into their surroundings, kind of a survival of a species thing … I haven’t investigated further but makes sense …
They are suddenly here too. My husband put out an oriole feeder and orange slices and we suddenly have orioles too. And hummingbirds. And green, green, everywhere green! I’m a little giddy on spring.
(And agree with your sentiments about instagram. I loved it for a long time. Such a shame for what it is turning into.)
yes, giddy here too.
Yes Instagram was about beautiful photos in the beginning, them about simple sharing, now it is hard to even scroll through to get to anything you might want to see. It all turns into endless commerce so quickly.
Beautiful ! A splash of color against the awakening trees.
easy to see these early days, closing in quickly
We just saw our first grosbeak of the season too!! They are one of my favorites.
so striking
Yes, I know this bird from the northern woods of MN up near Brainerd. First sighting was marked in my bird book when I was 11. Fabulous Picture!
Rocks, Paper, Scissors! Is what I thought of your recent days.
it took many tries to get a clear pic.
rock scissors paper was written on an early cloth piece. You made me remember
Lucky you Jude. That bird is a rose breasted grosbeak. We have them at our feeder in Southern Ontario, just east of Toronto quite often this time of year. Lovely, aren’t they?
Gorgeous!
I must be hungry: reading quickly, my first thought was “Roast breast of grosbeak”! In Saskatchewan I am delighted by the House Finch. It’s the reddest flash on a bird in the city aside from the occasional Pileated Woodpecker.
oh ha, we have the house finch and pileated too. so many birds with blush
“if you build it, they will come… ” thank u, jude, for creating lovely sanctuaries for winged beasts ‘n ragmates.
each day we learn
Beauty! Life! Spring! More than the words can contain!
what joy, May…
Wow! What a beautiful being this is! I would have no idea if folks hadn’t said so. Not a SoCal bird I’m thinking. So, thank you for sharing your world view 🙂
I was surprised, never seen one here before
So alive for you! Window feeders the best…we have had a Blue Grosbeak feeding. Have you read When Women Were Birds by Terry Tempest Williams. Truly a piece of wisdom.
I haven’t but I know of it.
I got red and rose mixed up, but I knew what it was in spite of never having seen one in person. Related to cardinals is what I read.
Oh, happy spring! Bringing bright blessings galore!
Thank you for sharing so much life, so much aliveness this morning!
Yes, a cardinal style beak…
I watch the birds at my feeders while stitching too! Always exciting too see a new bird visitor 💙
And just now, a huge crow.
Raining here this morning too, hoping to get out in the garden this evening for a bit. Mom and Dad get Grosbeaks at their feeders but they are further inland, in the foothills.
so pretty, that rose…
Ooo! ( I know what it is) Nice!! I’ve never seen one around here…but I did see a redwing blackbird the other day 😄
And the mockingbirds, cardinals, and wrens are all busy feeding babies in our yard!!
Who could possibly stay indoors this time of year!? ( Unless, of course, it is raining! Ha)
Love the new cloth…
( Bleeding?)
This , a section from an older cloth, and I’m not sure.
it’s so new, always new, spring.
I really need it this year.
That is a Rose-breasted Grosbeak!
Yes!!!
Thank you. I got as far as rose-breasted…….
good enough!
Never seen this beautiful bird….what a treat!!
Sweet potatoes( which I love)….never seen them sprout!!
Today’s post…full of treats.
Pointy end in a jar of water, happens very quickly.
Ohhh…I’ll try that. Thanks Jude.