It had been raining off and on all week and we had a somewhat warm day, so I took a stroll around the yard. Everything was wet from the rain and the textures just seemed to pop out at me. I decided to get the camera and take a few shots of some of my birdhouses.
I really love how the bark had peeled from the growing Dogwood and the birdhouse looks really good against the contrast of the tree.
This little Wren house hangs in the white Lilac tree and I really like that it has some lichen growing on the roof giving it some character.
Another smaller Wren house hangs on the inside corner of a trellis to the entrance of the vegetable garden. Last summer a Housewren raised 3 babies from this one.
I have three of this style of birdhouse around the yard and the sparrows always occupy them all summer long. On average each family raises three batches of babies. It is always a joy to watch them caring for their young all summer long.
The tree next to where I lay in a hammock on warm summer days has grown a lot of lichen on the bark. This shows you how much rainfall we have had to create that much on the tree.
As you can see the moss grows up the entire tree which gives it a real interesting photo op.
I had to buy 4 new birdhouses last spring to replace some of the ones that had seen better days. This is the style that replaced the bluebird houses that I had up for about 15 years.
This little Wren house reared a Chickadee family last summer. It hangs on the Limelight Hydrangea bush and is very hidden by all the branches when in bloom. I think that is why the Chickadee chose this house.
This old house was the first one I purchased from a garden sale when I first moved in over 25 years ago. It has housed Sparrow families every year and I am afraid it is really beginning to fall apart. It has been repaired a few times over the years, but I think this winter I will try and create a new one for that post. This one sits right above the Hemlock next to my little pond and has always been my favorite.
The fern next to the porch has finally succumbed to the cold weather and lies in a heap on the ground now. I never cut it back as it was still looking good in the early part of December.
The Ostrich ferns are all trimmed back and are only nubs in the garden now. I find them interesting this time of year, especially in a photograph.
Well, that was the extent of my little walkabout for the fun, weekly #wednesdaywalk posting community by
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