We were so excited to have such a beautiful bird visit our yard this week! One morning Hannah happened to look out and notice this sweet little woodpecker in the lone, little tree in our backyard. He was so cute hopping around and pecking on the tree and the girls really enjoyed watching him. I decided to see if I could catch a few pictures of him out the back door so we could enjoy him after he was gone, but he decided to fly off before we could capture his image.
This morning at breakfast though I just happened to glance out the window and saw that he was back! Hooray! We watched him for awhile again before I grabbed the camera. This time I just snapped pictures through the glass so I wouldn't scare him off.
He is such a cute little guy, and we are just delighted that he visited our yard! We looked him up in our Audubon bird app on my kindle to find out more about him. And then we drew and painted his picture in our nature books. My girls just LOVE nature, and did not stop talking about our little woodpecker all day...well, okay, neither did I. :) It is just such a wonderful thing when God shares little gifts like that with us.
Since it was such a nice day today (nearly 65 degrees and sunny!) we decided to take a bike ride to see what else we might see. We saw lots of mourning doves, heard a meadowlark, examined some cattails and enjoyed the fresh air. Along the way, we stopped for some play time in a grove of trees behind our neighborhood. And we spent a good hour at the playground before heading home. (The girls went right to sleep at bedtime tonight!)
After our ride, we came home and played in the backyard and worked in the garden. I got more than half of the weeds cleared out of the garden space which felt really good! The rest will probably have to wait as we are expecting a bunch of snow this weekend. Winter isn't quite through with us yet!
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| The raspberry/strawberry patch...hoping we get some yummy treats from here! Tickled pink that this was here when we moved in! |
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| So thankful that we found a place to rent that has a nice garden space! |
It was another great day in Colorado! Laughing, learning and playing together!
Blessings!
"The heavens declare the glory of God; the sky displays His handiwork. Day after day it speaks out; night after night it reveals His greatness."
Psalm 19:1-2
It looks like spring has arrived at your house! Not so, here in MN. Love the pics, and can't wait to see what you plant in that great garden space!
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