Flowers, Birds, and Mother Nature in St. Louis

 Spring has sprung at our house in the past few weeks. We have had unusually warm weather (actually hot - close to 90 degrees!). Our grass is green, the weeds are going full force, and plants are blooming. The first picture is my Clematis. I don't remember the name, but I do know that the tag said they were red. Since our front door is red, I planted this close to the front porch. Oh well, it sure is pretty!


 I believe this vine is a Vinca vine. It started in a hanging plant and now it's all over my beds. This one is under my Butterfly Bushes, so I am going to leave it. The others will meet their timely death with Round Up.

 I found this nest a few weeks ago. I was so happy to see that the birds planted a nest in my tree instead of my door wreath (baby bird poo is hard to clean up!). The eggs were really this color! Note I said "were".

A few days later, I wanted to see how the eggs/birds were doing and I found this. :(
I don't know if eggs can hatch/birds fly away this quickly, but I doubt it. It looks like Mother Nature had a plan for the eggs. Boo.
When the kids were little, we had a hanging basket by our front door. Every year a bird would lay their eggs and we watched as the eggs grew, birds hatched, and learned how to fly away. Since our front door had a glass insert, the kids could watch the entire cycle without disturbing the eggs (although they had to tolerate the door being opened to come and go).

Any guess as to what happened to the eggs?

Through The Eyes Of Dogs

This is how my two Cairn Terriers spend their day. No Soap Opera's for my two!

HAPPY 4TH OF JULY!! I'm spending the day with my family today. My DD came in from Chicago and we are having friends and family over for dinner and fire works.
The picture above is a Columbine bloom. I started the plant, by seed, last year and it bloomed this year!

An Awesome Etsy Seller - ImagineStudio

I was chatting with ImagineStudio the other day and admiring this picture. I couldn't take my eyes off of it! To my surprise, she offered to send me a 4x6 print of it!
I received it Saturday and I can't believe how beautiful it is in person! The colors and clarity are out of this world!! Her other work is amazing too, so be sure to stop in and be as amazed as I was!!

http://www.etsy.com/view_listing.php?listing_id=10908456

Come visit ImagineStudio's shop...you won't be disappointed!

My Little Bit Of Spring!!

Life in crutches makes it hard to see all the glorious signs of Spring! I peeked out my front door yesterday and caught a little bird "tasting" my Weeping Cherry Tree! Of course, it flew off before I could take a picture, but I couldn't help capturing the beauty of the tree. I can't wait until I can "fly" off these crutches...and the time can't come any sooner! :)