Record breaking heat has descended on much of the U.S., including the Red House Garden. At least, that's what I hear. I am currently escaping the heat in Canada, on vacation here to attend a wedding. I'm a little afraid of what I might find when I come back, even though the person feeding my cats has been watering some of the plants. I'm worried for some of my newer plants - I hadn't counted on them trying to fend off 105 degree weather!
On a completely unrelated note, here is a picture of a baby blue jay. It is much cuter than a picture of my frying garden, I'm sure, even if I had fried garden pictures available to share.
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| Blue Jay fledgling |
We met this little feathery guy on our last round of travels in May. The baby blue jay was sitting right outside a rest stop building for quite awhile.
It was looking around and squawking, most likely for its Mother. It let me get quite close to it before finally flying a short distance away, confirming its fledgling status. (Sometimes baby blue birds will wander from the nest a couple days before they are able to fly.)
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| Is my Mother over there? |
I do hope it found its Mother!
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| You're not my Mother! Where is she? |
And I do hope my garden isn't fried..
What a cutely ugly little critter! I hope it found it's mother too!
ReplyDeleteWe have some jays here but they look for another. Cute baby!
ReplyDeleteHappy 4th July!
DeleteAwwwwwww...what a cutie. Hope you're enjoying your vacation xx
ReplyDeleteWhat a cute character! i was in Oregon for a few days last week, and I was concerned about my garden back home in Alabama, even though my husband was there to water. He did a valiant job in the 100+ heat, but there were still crispy patches. We have had little rain, though I now hear thunder in the distance, and I am hoping for a thunderstorm today.
ReplyDeleteFunny looking bird...
ReplyDeleteI saw a similar one on Monday, It had a coupla adult cardinals in attendance, I wasn't sure if they were there to feed it or feed on it... I went on about my business... Without even getting a picture.
I'd say that you picked a good time to go to Canada... Record-breaking heat spells and so forth... I wouldn't worry about the gardens, all the native plants will be fine. I always figure that anything that dies wasn't a good choice anyway.