Woody got up early and walked twelve miles. Not long after he got home he asked me and Isaac to go on a walk with him to see a giant preying mantis. This walk was about a two block distance from our house. Woody had been trying to get me to go take a picture of this creature for a while...so I knew that it couldn't be alive since it was still in the same spot! Friends of ours live here and happened to be out in the yard watering when we got there and I started taking pictures from the road. The gentleman of the house makes these wooden yard decorations. They invited Isaac to go take a closer look and "ride" on it. They also had a birdhouse that caught Woody's eye...a St. Louis cardinal birdhouse. We got to talking to them about birdhouses and birds that would nest in the bird houses. Before we left we were gifted with a new blue bird house. It is already "planted in our garden.
This is a pretty neat birdhouse...the house part is made of PVC pipe. Now we will see if blue birds find it interesting. Our one bird house that the house wren has taken up residence in has baby birds singing quite loudly from within. Now we will see if we see them when they leave the "nest." I rarely see the baby birds leave the bird houses. Today has been a beautiful day...giving some hints of Fall...lower humidity...so it has stayed very pleasant all day. I think that the temps are on the rise over the next couple of days, but this little respite has felt good. Right now Woody is taking care of the seven neighbor grandkids while Nathan and Kathy are out on a 15th anniversary date. I'm heading over there as soon as I blog to talk some into getting ready for bed. Tomorrow the neighbors (Nathan and Kathy and family) are going to have a yard sale so if you are in need of treasures...perhaps you can find some there.
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