Monday Morning...07/11/11...6am...51°...☀

Forget Me Knots...mostly gone.

Spent over an hour yesterday pulling the last of the forget me knots, leaving thousands of seeds to grow next year or for the birds to eat... Late evening as I sat on the deck reading, I noticed Nuisance's ears perk up, then heard the voice of the quail that hang around our place...In a soft voice, I called to Nuisance, she turned, then reluctantly moved back closer to me still on alert...As I continued watching, the "Dad" assumed his perch on the garden bed post and the "Mom and babies" appeared under the apple tree. (the night before Herb and I had counted 15 babies, fuzz balls on legs)...It was very hard to see them, first they are so tiny but secondly they are the same color as the ground...We, cat and I, sat like this watching for about 5 minutes, then the Mom made her little clucking sound and in a flurry they were gone, across the lawn, onto the road, down the hill to greener pastures, with Dad following close behind...The house wrens continue to entertain us with their songs as they dart about...They must have a baby or two in the little house now as they take turns bringing food, then perch nearby and sing.

It was a quiet day on Barton Heights yesterday...Neighbors (Williams') now quiet after a busy weekend gathering for their family reunion...and on the other side everything quiet after Bronec's held a small wedding in their backyard...Herb worked at doing laundry and changing water, while I worked in the flower beds watering, digging and pulling...Late afternoon we took showers and had oven fried chicken and baked potatoes for dinner... Then our usual "Sunday special".. we climbed into bed between line dried sheets, for a peaceful nights sleep...Oh that smell, brings back memories from childhood.

Will work outside again today, watering and spreading chips on the flowerbeds to tidy them up, now the undergrowth of forget me knots is gone...Also there is always dead heading to do...So goes another day, another week...Rusty is winging his way home from Austria and tomorrow is a milestone as Cienna turns the big 13...~OWAV:))