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Archive for December, 2007

Well, the blizzard is over and we got just 7 inches or so… DH was sick on the couch not able to speak with a cold this morning and when I mentioned my not going to church, he had a sudden cure and was up on the tractor plowing up another storm.  Which was sweet in [...]

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Super K is doing well today.  Would love input from other working parents of children with unilateral cataracts.  Super K had surgery at five weeks, and wears a silsoft lens in her APHAKIC eye.  I was concerned with all the attention on her weak eye when we all wear glasses in the family.  Turns out [...]

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Just getting the hang of this blogging.  Hope to meet some interesting people.  Self employment in our case is very isolating.  And now that we are homeschooling our oldest son, 12, it will be even more so. 
 Saw about a dozen blue jays, some titmice, field, song and chipping sparrows, gold finch, dove, the cardinal pair [...]

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LANDSCAPING TO ATTRACT BIRDS
The text that follows was taken from a US Fish & Wildlife Service pamphlet, “Homes for Birds,” and was edited by Terry Ross.

Table of Contents

INTRODUCTION
BENEFITS OF LANDSCAPING FOR BIRDS
BASICS OF LANDSCAPING FOR BIRDS
PLANTS FOR WILD BIRDS
HOW TO GET STARTED
READING LIST

INTRODUCTION
Among the fondest and most memorable moments of childhood are the discoveries of [...]

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