Birdfeeding

[ysabetwordsmith]

Today is cloudy, breezy, and cool.

I fed the birds. I've seen a few sparrows and house finches.

I put out water for the birds.

EDIT 5/21/26 -- I did a bit of work around the patio.

EDIT 5/21/26 -- I started cleaning up the goddess garden. I got about halfway around the outside, trimming grass around it and digging out weeds. Setting up this garden is today's main project. I need to finish the cleaning, reinstall the statue, and put in the new plants.

EDIT 5/21/26 -- I finished going around the outside of the goddess garden.

I've seen a male and and a female cardinal separately.

EDIT 5/21/26 -- I started working on the inside of the goddess garden.

EDIT 5/21/26 -- I finished weeding the inside of the goddess garden. Progress!

EDIT 5/21/26 -- I reinstalled the garden goddess in the center, then backfilled with a little compost. This is a ceramic statue of a woman's head and shoulders that I put out during the warm season, then bring indoors for winter.

EDIT 5/21/26 -- I planted two golden lemon thyme and one English thyme toward the front of the goddess garden. There is a little bit of surviving mother-of-thyme on each side. That leaves the back bare of thyme, but I may figure out a solution for that later.

EDIT 5/21/26 -- I planted 8 hot pink moss roses and 8 pale yellow moss roses in the goddess garden. I still want to go back and add more compost around things to make sure it's all covered.

EDIT 5/21/26 -- I topped off the goddess garden with compost, then watered the whole thing. Today's main project is done! \o/

EDIT 5/21/26 -- I planted 8 dianthus of assorted colors along the edge of the north notch in the prairie garden.

EDIT 5/21/26 -- I planted the Riddell's goldenrod in the prairie garden, along the south side of the east-west strip.

EDIT 5/21/26 -- I did more work around the patio.

I am done for the night.