and another

Now we have a pair of Carolina Chickadees!
I love all the new fall birds!

New wildlife sighting

So the husband and I were sitting down to a late lunch of homemade corndogs (who knew such a thing even existed), when I looked out the window and saw a new type of bird. After a little investigating in our "Birds of North America" book, we determine we had a pair of Dark-eyed Juncos. How very exciting, it has been a while since we had any new species.

Here is a picture for those that are interested.

Ready for Fall

Ok, so I know that this is probably wishful thinking, but it is really starting to feel like fall. For those of you not in Texas, it will sound crazy, but we are only supposed to reach 90 one time in the next 10 days. I am taking this a clear indication that fall is on its way. Don't get me wrong, I enjoy warm summer days as much as the next person, but this summer has been brutal. We have had some of the highest temperatures on record and a drought on top of that just to make it fun.
So needless to say, one of the things that I love most about summer has been sadly missing, the flowers! I love the flowers and all of the colors and how it just brightens everything up. But this summer the only color that seems to be standing out was brown. Everything just keeps dying.
So one of the things that I am excited about with fall is that maybe just maybe we can have flowers. Fall flowers are not quite as exciting to me as summer, but at this point, anything that is not dead or dying will make me very happy. So hopefully we will have some fun plants soon.
Hope you are all having good weather where ever you are.