garden visitor

I bought a praying mantis egg sac for my garden in hopes of the offspring would rid my garden of grasshoppers...each sac is suppose to carry up to 200 eggs...didn't know that but I only saw 4 of them and only 1 grasshopper, which landed in my hair while I was watering...my screams could be heard down the block. They are kind of fascinating, the way they turn their head to look at you. I hope one of them laid an egg sac for this year...time will tell.

garden visitors

This cooper hawk visits often in search of a meal...hasn't had any luck so far....

hummingbird heaven

Cosmo and Cali's Garden?!

This is a picture of my garden...well now its their garden. We had to fence in all my garden temporarily until they got older because they ate EVERYTHING in SIGHT! They are now 15 months old, and the fences are finally down. Now I have the joy of trimming everything back down to normal size.

Introducing Cali & Cosmo!

Cali is a Chocolate Lab..Cosmo is a golden retriever. In this picture, they are 4 months old. It was my idea to raise 2 puppies at the same time...Was it a good idea?? NO! They get in a lot of trouble...Have to be watched constantly.

We don't bother with a paper shredder in our house...Cosmo and Cali are our shredders!!! Pretty good job huh??

This is my first post. You probably thought there wasn't going to be any...so did I. That's because I'm new at this...my dear friend got me started on this and though her blog is quite nice,she knows what she is doing and I don't...but just wanted to get this started so you will know that I do exist...I'm winging this...pictures will be included in my blog just as soon as my friend COMES OVER and helps me. We are experiencing a TERRIBLE heat wave and no one wants to go outside. I have to go outside just to keep my gardens alive...I should have planted all cactus but I love flowers and this weather is unusual for us. My yard which is usually bustling with bird activity , is pretty quiet...too hot...but this will pass .My hummingbirds are choosing to feed in the early a.m. and p.m. My dogs are living the life in my 77 degree house....so hang in there...hope to have some photos up soon.