Flowering Trees at Easter

Apple Blossom

Cherry Blossoms.

Plum Blossom.

Japanese Honeysuckle.

Violetta.

Easter Gold -Yellow Headed Blackbird and Goldfinch

Easter was a perfect day. Warm, lots of birds and flowers just beginning to bloom.

... and the chickadee with its spring foliage.

Easter Eagle at Kestrel Farm April 4th, 2012.

I always see the eagles approach the farm from across the lake while I am piddling around outside. Today I noticed a younger eagle fly over and take up residence. His purpose: to do a little trout fishing. Usually in Colorado we get eagles in January and February but for some reason (the lake) I get them year round. Plus they like wood rats as an appetizer.

 

... and I don't think we will see the last of the eagles.

April 4th, 2012.

Leucistic RWBB Spring Return to Colorado

White, fat and sassy and back to Colorado in Springtime - The leucistic red winged blackbird.

March 28th, 2012. Kestrel Farm

More tomorrow.

Winter Fever-Easter Itch 2006-2007

It was the winter of 2006 that the madness (cabin fever) set in. December 20th 2006 began the longest, snowiest winter of my life. The Denver airport shut down stranding thousands.... and it continued to snow and snow and snow every week for two solid months. It finally stopped when we hit March. That year we had to dig paths through 5 feet of frozen snow- iced over. The horses were at times stranded in the snow. They had to be led out and back to their home.

I snapped. My reaction that winter was to fast forward to Spring .... specifically Easter.
I started with one purchase... a 4 inch Rosbro bunny, yellow with pink ears, hard plastic... a 1950s treasure for toy aficionados. 

This past Thursday I drove an hour and a half north to get this ..... for the collection. Another several hours went into oiling the wood and cleaning the glass.....


These little guys and gals were getting a new home. My madness is now complete.

Actually, their little brethren went into the newly expanded home for Easter collectibles.

Mr. Knickerbocker Rabbit (with pipe) and the Easter Rocket Bunny guard the cabinet.
And it all started with one little yellow plastic Rosbro bunny with little pink ears.....

Happy Easter!! Vernal Equinox!! Printemps!!



Colorado Snow Christmas 2011

This Christmas was a doozy in terms of navigating through over a foot of snow. Getting our gate open alone was very entertaining as we had to roll the thing thru a mountain of snow. Going out of the driveway involved 4WD. Nonetheless we had a great Christmas.

 

 

 

Happy New Year



The Dark Phase Blue Goose-Blue Gray-White Head Snow Goose Variant

This weekend I had two surprises. One- a friend of mine suddenly showed up unanounced from Florida. Two- Oddities on the lake- a squadron of Canada Geese brought friends, some Snow Geese -the regular kind and their relatives, the Blue Goose. There was one Blue Goose w/a white head and one all gray goose flocking with the Snow Geese.

Blue Goose floating w/the Snow Geese

White headed Blue Goose flying in the middle of the crowd. (Upper right)

Snow Goose and Blue Variant