Wow, in this case, that old saying “Birds of a feather stick together” really is true!

I can’t imagine these little birds getting any closer! The two outside birds almost look like they’re being ear muffs for the bird in the center! Cute!

I don’t think that we have this kind of bird in our area, but we do have slightly similar looking small birds that seem to love our backyard and our clothes line! They sit on the clothes line fairly close together like these birds too! But not quite as close!

It’s hard to think of this tiny little deer as a pest when it’s so cute, isn’t it?

Luckily in my area I don’t get deer in the garden. Even though I’m in a large city (Toronto), just a few blocks away from me, people that live near a ravine complain about having deer in their gardens! So I guess I’m lucky that I don’t live there!

I get raccoons and squirrels in my garden and of the two, it’s the squirrels that are the biggest pests this year. They keep digging holes in my garden beds! They’ve also dug up some bulbs and displaced small plants. Little buggers!

What kind of garden pests do you have to deal with?

I wonder if they ordered a salad and a cocktail?

BTW – sorry that I haven’t posted a Green thumb post or any updates lately. I’ve been getting my gardening done (planting young plants and seeds etc), but I’ve also been very sick with Crohn’s so I haven’t felt up to writing.  Sorry!  I’ll be making some updates soon.

The Blue Jays around here aren’t very friendly.

Sure, they’ll eat from the bird feeders and visit some of my plants, but the minute that either my husband or I go outside or one of our neighbors enters their yard the Blue Jays are gone. I’d never get a shot of a Blue Jay landing on a hand held camera in a million years!

It’s been quite rainy here in Toronto today, but the rain has just stopped and the suns out … who knows for how long … but I’m going to try to go out and get a little gardening done.  I have some annuals to plant in planters and a few bulbs to plant in the garden beds.  It would be nice if I could get this stuff done before it begins to rain again!

What do you think of this house/ building? Doesn’t it look like it’s built with with tree roots? Or maybe it’s just made to look that way …

BTW sorry I missed Green Thumb Sunday. My back was too sore after working in the garden for hours on Saturday. I just couldn’t move!

Here’s some oddly shaped mushrooms … at least from this low angle …

I guess if you’ve ever wondered if mushrooms are male or female this should answer your question … I’d say they are distinctly female. Wouldn’t you?

I don’t know if this bird is overjoyed that it discovered some berries and it’s doing a flip in the air as a result … or if this is just the start of a very bad landing ..

What do you think? Bad landing or joy? Or maybe it’s just really windy?

Either way it’s both a pretty picture and a funny picture at the same time. I think so anyway!

Oh sure this deer looks cute … but I’ll bet it’s just been in someones garden eating all the roses and tender shoots on someones prized plants.

It’s sticking out it’s tongue because it’s saying “Ha ha I got your plants, again! Oh and I’ll be back for more!”

Ok maybe it’s not saying that but I’ll bet that anyone with animal pest problems (deer, rabbits etc) in their garden would probably agree that the deer could be thinking just what I said it was above!

Here’s some pumpkins that you do not want to mess with:

LOL isn’t that interesting?

If you have several pumpkins or if by chance you’ve grown your own you could make your own pumpkin man too … maybe not one as violent as this one though …

LOL have you ever seen one bird chasing another? Probably lots of times, right?

I’ll bet that you never saw one catch the other by it’s tail before though!

BTW I didn’t take this picture, wish I knew who did as it’s a fantastic shot, isn’t it?