Cats and Trails and Garden Tales
Musings on cats, travel, gardens and life
Springing with the Birds!
I love this time of year when color brightens up the garden, starting with the azaleas.
The birds love it too as they woo a mate and look for nesting places. Wrens and chickadees visit the tiny houses, and the choices are endless.
“How about one of these, Midge? Do you prefer stationary or swinging?”
‘A little too close to the neighbors, Bill. And I was hoping for something more traditional, perhaps in stone. What about this one?”
“Perfect,” he said. “Let’s get to work.”
-Susanne
Cats and Trails and Garden Tales 
Love that diffused photo with the bikes, and also that you have so many places for the birds to stay when they visit! A great photo essay!
Thanks so much John. As I watched them visit the accommodations, I couldn’t help hearing – I mean imagining – their conversations. 😄
The beauty of spring shrubbery! Too bad it doesn’t last longer.
Yes indeed. 😊 Fortunately if you have a lot of plants and shrubs they take turns. My clematis next month will steal the show!
Oh, you are making me so lonesome for the days when my knees allowed me to garden. Among other plants, I had over a hundred rose bushes. Now I have only memories.
Wow, over a hundred roses!! I keep trying and manage to keep a few roses alive! You’re welcome to visit my garden anytime!
Your bird houses are so cute! Did you make them? Plus I love the flowers😀
Thank you! Bob made a few birdhouses and we also bought some. 😊
A great selection of birdhouses indeed, Susanne. The Azaleas are lovely. We don’t have the right kind of soil to grow those in our garden.
Best wishes, Pete.
Thanks Pete. It’s fun watching the birds check out places to nest. Azaleas and rhododendrons thrive here. 😊
I like seeing a preview of our flowering azaleas. It is fun that you are just about a month ahead of us. Our robins have returned for the third year to nest under the porch off my study. Last year she had three broods. A very busy pair indeed.
How wonderful that you have nesting robins. We mainly have smaller birds nesting in our yard.
Today’s post mentions the downside.
Ah, you have azaleas out already! Beautiful! It’s still a little early for them here in London. I love your imagined bird conversation 😆
Aw thanks so much. 😊 Yes we have early booming rhodies and azaleas here in the Pacific NW.
Beautiful bright blooms..so refreshing these look. Love the variety of birdhouses.
Thanks so much! 🙂