Spring Has Sprung
(April 4, 2005)
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Where's Flapper? This Spring, Flapper & Georgie love to sit under the rhododendron. Can you see them?
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Flapper, why don't you help me with this photoshoot of the garden & yard.
Can you hold on to my lens cap for me?
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"Thith doetn't taste vethy gooth."
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Georgie is up to SEVEN eggs now. The smaller, darker eggs are hard-boiled chicken eggs.
I'm trying to get Georgie to stop laying 'em and start warming 'em.
(That's 14 eggs total: 7 sent to Pennsylvania to hopefully hatch, and 7 right here in the nest)
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Spring means gardening and planting. Why don't we plant some good food for you guys?
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Let's start with a salad bar, right outside of your pen.
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"Salad would be good. I need to shed some of this belly fat."
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Then we'll plant some super-tough cacti near the pond. Plants so strong even YOU can't eat 'em, Georgie!
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"We'll see about that."
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Over in this planter, we'll put some baby organic spinach and some kale. That should be tasty for you two.
Let's see what else is growing in the yard!
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There are wallflowers and some spirally thing growing in the frog planter.
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The cherry tree is in full bloom.
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These things I thought were weeds are blooming too.
Turns out they are Lunaria biennis, "Honesty" or "Money Plant."
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There are panzies planted in the bricks by the driveway.
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This other kind of whatever tree is blooming too.
I've found out now it's an ornamental cherry tree.
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And finally, this fancy guy. Not sure what he is, but he's a beautiful, bright orange color.
Found out he is an Azalea (a type of Rhododendron).
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"Mmmm. Spring tastes good!" (Flapper is munching on Heuchera).
Special thanks to Liz Katz for the plant name updates!
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In other news...
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The cats have decided to sleep straight through spring.
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Except for Meelee, who got up for a drink of water.
Happy sleeping, guys!
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Flapper would like to say "hi there" to his new bunny friend, Birthday.
Birthday the bunny was a present for Hattie's well, birthday.
He is a Sandy Flemish Giant. If you have a bunny rabbit and are wondering
how to talk to him, check out this cool bunny language page.
:: stay tuned ::
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(include your address for an autographed Flapper photo)