Happy Valentine's Day

Happy Valentine's Day, friends!  
Do you have special plans for this day of love?  We will be having a family cookout and enjoying the nice weather.  There may be some chocolate involved at some point since hubby and son both know how it puts a smile on my face. :)

Much love to you all,
Marie

Eastern Blue Birds

This is my grandmother's favorite bird, they really are beautiful.  She and I share the same passion for animals.  
The birds sure do enjoy the holly berries in our backyard and I enjoy watching the entire bush shake when all of a sudden it's as if they just found this buffet.  lol  Some days there's only a couple of Wrens out back and other days it's a like a festival of birds, which we very much enjoy.  
The very first bird I helped rescue was a baby Mocking bird.  I was about seven and dad and I raised him or her until it was ready to be on it's own and flew away.  Do you have a favorite bird? It's a challenge for me to choose only one but, Cardinals have always caught my eye. :)

Merlin the Mole that is actually a Vole lol

On Saturday we saw the neighbor's cat playing with some little critter in our front yard.  Hubby ran outside and scooped up the critter.  Turned out to be a young mole.  He seemed to enjoy being held.  We snapped a few photos then son released him in our backyard.  We have a lot of moles around.  My dad believes God gaves us moles to keep the ground aerated.   
Kyle named him Merlin. :)  I thought it was a fitting name seeing that he disappeared into the ground in a flash. :)

Is anyone watching the superbowl tonight?  We pre-ordered pizza and wings yesterday from our favorite place..Johnny's.  

Apparently moles get blamed for damage they don't cause.  For some mole facts click this link: Facts about moles
My friend Sandra, aka MadSnapper, has just informed me that we had a Vole not a Mole.  We should have noticed the difference because we've seen moles before, but I thought this one was just young.  We will have to keep an eye out for him. :)

Thank you, Sandra, aka...MadSnapper.

Is Merlin cute or what?!  He seemed to enjoy being held.

First Day of February

My first day of February started off with spring like weather.  I sat outside watching my pups play while I enjoyed a glass of sweet iced tea and the birds were singing.  I wish it were the weekend and everyone was home to enjoy a cookout.  Hopefully the perfect weather will carry on through the weekend.  Hope you enjoyed a pretty first day of February.

I'll share a few photos that I took while enjoying today's weather.  In the first photo Rocket is peeking at me. :)

Top Notch Cuteness

Hubby & I watched "Super Squirrel" on National
Geographic channel a couple of nights ago.  It was so funny!  
God gave these little rascals some serious talents and built in tools.  
If you get the chance to watch it I highly recommend it. :)

Sharing all this cuteness with my friends.
Happy weekend!

this is a youngster and must be hungry to be so far from a tree.

this one is building a  nest.
he or she took a break on this branch and then jumped
to a large pine tree and straight to the top this cutie went.

my grandmother loves blue birds.
I love my grandma. :)

Love to hear our Carolina Wrenns sing.
Most of the time it's the first bird I hear in the morning
and the Cardinals are usually  the last bird I hear in the evening.

Birds, Dogs, a Squirrel & Snow

It was only one day of snow, which is pleanty for me, and we made the best of it.  We made sure to put plenty of food out for all our critter visitors.  And inside we had lots of yummy food cooking in our new pressure cooker.  We made open faced roast beef sandwiches, I had been having a craving.  It turned out yummy!
Anyone still getting snow?  I think 55 degrees mixed with sunshine is a perfect day. 

sitting patiently, ready for the snow