My front yard - more specifically, my driveway and just inside my garage -
has become a haven for small garter s****s. Except for two, they are all
the
size of a number 2 pencil. They are in the coiled up hose, basking on the
blacktop or hiding just under the garage door. They are joined by a huge
garter s**** - about as thick as my thumb and approaching 3 feet long and
a
more slender 2+ footer.
I'm going to unwind the hose, maybe even shoot some water down it before I
put it away for the winter.
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Finally seeing the blue jays back in town. A pileated woodpecker has been
drumming on the house. His (her?) hollow tree feel down in the last storm
and my eaves must make the right echo.
Haven't seen the goldfinches but once this fall.
Cheryl
