A Divergence

This year we were lucky enough to have 3 bird houses full of babies in the backyard at Old House.  We had wrens.  We think they're all out now.  We had sparrows - not sure about them.  And we had bluebirds in our bluebird house.  This has been very exciting to watch.  There have been babies in the box for several weeks, and just last night, Hubs was able to catch them starting to come out:

Daddy and Mommy Bluebird are fierce defenders of their house and babies.  For many evenings over the last few weeks, we were able to sit out on the patio and watch Dad sit in the nearby tree ready to chase away any birds that got too close.  We saw him swoop down on Blue Jays at the feeder, and he really didn't like the Cow Birds.  It's very exciting to get to see the babies.  Since we haven't been over there much in the last week, we thought we might miss the coming-out.  

The other garden photo I have to share today is my new rose.  I ordered a rose from David Austin Roses in Texas.  They have a lot of English and "old world" varieties. I got one that is a yellow climber called Golden Celebration, and it came as a bare root stick.  We planted it according to the directions - several weeks ago - and we weren't seeing ANY sign of growth.  Until last week, while I was in the hospital, it decided to start to grow.  Here it is as of Sunday the 16th:

Who knows, maybe I'll actually have flowers to share yet this season!

More later.  

:)Amy