I did see my garden in the early morning and again in the evening

i spent much of the day at the doctor's office and the radiologist. My original appointment was just a routine check-up but I'm thinking that after limping for 4 years maybe it was time to get that hip checked out! We'll see.

The top picture includes my favorite wren/chickadee/titmouse house; rough calculations suggest that 20 years time 3 broods/year....that's a lot of birds. Look at the brown turf in the second picture; we haven't had any significant rain in over a month. I hand water exclusively and the turf is on it's own. I'm starting to feel a bit sorry for it though. Oh well.