Saturday, November 13, 2010
SNOW!!
It's snowing! The trees look so pretty now! I always take it as a good sign when there is snow on the ground before my birthday!
Tuesday, November 9, 2010
I have Chickadees!!
After almost a week of an epic battle between me and Rupert (the gray squirrel) I finally have Chickadees and some finches coming to my feeders!
Rupert is a wily sort of squirrel! He can climb up our wrought iron shepherds pole hanger and nibble away on my suet. Memphis and I use our ninja skills to sneak out the door and unleash all that is Memphis upon him. I swear that when Memphis comes running back to me he has a big smile on his face. Rupert just sits in the crook of the tree staring at us. Silly squirrel, you think he'd learn.
I put Crisco on the feeder yesterday, but then had to leave before Rupert came back. I wanted to see him slide down the pole. Shucks. I'll try to get pictures of Rupert and my chickadees soon!
Rupert is a wily sort of squirrel! He can climb up our wrought iron shepherds pole hanger and nibble away on my suet. Memphis and I use our ninja skills to sneak out the door and unleash all that is Memphis upon him. I swear that when Memphis comes running back to me he has a big smile on his face. Rupert just sits in the crook of the tree staring at us. Silly squirrel, you think he'd learn.
I put Crisco on the feeder yesterday, but then had to leave before Rupert came back. I wanted to see him slide down the pole. Shucks. I'll try to get pictures of Rupert and my chickadees soon!
Monday, November 1, 2010
Monarchs!
I've been working on taking pictures of all things nature so when I do PowerPoints or have other needs for pictures, I don't have to care about copyright infringement.
ON THAT NOTE... All photos copyrighted by me. IF you want to use them... ASK FIRST!
Back to the topic at hand. This was the first summer I raised monarchs from egg to butterfly. I tried to get pictures of each stage. Enjoy!
Egg
1 Day old
Major stages - the largest was 2 days away from pupating
Chrysalis
Ready to emerge
This happened in August when I was still at Sibley, but I am just getting around to posting it now. One of my goals on my Bucket List was to see a Monarch come out of it's chrysalis. I did one better!! I got it on film!!
ON THAT NOTE... All photos copyrighted by me. IF you want to use them... ASK FIRST!
Back to the topic at hand. This was the first summer I raised monarchs from egg to butterfly. I tried to get pictures of each stage. Enjoy!
Egg
1 Day old
Major stages - the largest was 2 days away from pupating
Chrysalis
Ready to emerge
This happened in August when I was still at Sibley, but I am just getting around to posting it now. One of my goals on my Bucket List was to see a Monarch come out of it's chrysalis. I did one better!! I got it on film!!
Meet our Plants and Pets
This is Carl our Lemon Tree
This is Tom... our palm type tree?
This is Calvin our Christmas Cactus. We moved him to the new house and he decided to bloom. Is that a sign he likes his new digs?? :)
Meet Raj and Howard - our Tiger Salamanders. This pic was taken during feeding time so they have worms hanging out of their mouths. They were collected in their larval stage from one of the fisheries rearing ponds that had been drained earlier that day. I watched as they took their first steps from water onto land. I felt like I was witnessing evolution first hand! Since they have pretty much only known captivity, I decided it was better to keep them and take them with me than to turn them loose.
New Bird feeders at the new house!
I finally got new bird feeders for the house. It's only been a day - but no birds yet. :(
Memphis is waiting for the birds to visit.
Once again it has been a very long time since I have written! I do have good reasons though! Since I have last posted, I have gotten engaged, kept it a secret from my family for 2 weeks, moved into our house, and since have been setting up our new home.
So here's the news.
In the first month of officially owning our first home we have
1) moved in! I think that is a pretty big undertaking!
2) re-shingled our roof thanks to the help of our friends and family we got it done in 2 weekends - not bad for moving in at the same time. It really needed it.
Before
After
3) painted the spare room to a more pleasant shade of green
Here you can see our new green and the horrid bright green that it used to be.
4) got the first few coats of paint on in the room we are turning into our office.
This is a slow process. Red takes awhile.
5) And our next major undertaking is the garage. The walls were already finished and we (meaning Drew) are working on the roof. Drywall is frickin heavy and my small hands had a tough time holding on.
Drew has most of the vapor barrier up and soon will be adding the drywall. It will be so nice to have a warm garage for my poor car!
Every weekend since we moved in has been hard on the checkbook. Luckily we have been saving up for all these big expenses.
Some things I have learned over the last month: Not spending money on gas is a wonderful thing; shopping for a new comforter for a bed SUCKS!; Home Depot is far superior to Menards; We should hug all professional roofers!; Having your own house is MAGICAL.
Oh yeah did I mention we got engaged? Drew and I went geocaching in Redwood Falls on Sept 26th. Little did I know that the day before, while I was at work, he had gone there and hid a "fake" geocache down by the falls. Boy was I surprised when I opened the paper to sign the log - and written on it was "Emily Lorenzen, Will you marry me?" I turned in confusion and there he was holding out a ring!! PERFECT!
The Ring!
Memphis is waiting for the birds to visit.
Once again it has been a very long time since I have written! I do have good reasons though! Since I have last posted, I have gotten engaged, kept it a secret from my family for 2 weeks, moved into our house, and since have been setting up our new home.
So here's the news.
In the first month of officially owning our first home we have
1) moved in! I think that is a pretty big undertaking!
2) re-shingled our roof thanks to the help of our friends and family we got it done in 2 weekends - not bad for moving in at the same time. It really needed it.
Before
After
3) painted the spare room to a more pleasant shade of green
Here you can see our new green and the horrid bright green that it used to be.
4) got the first few coats of paint on in the room we are turning into our office.
This is a slow process. Red takes awhile.
5) And our next major undertaking is the garage. The walls were already finished and we (meaning Drew) are working on the roof. Drywall is frickin heavy and my small hands had a tough time holding on.
Drew has most of the vapor barrier up and soon will be adding the drywall. It will be so nice to have a warm garage for my poor car!
Every weekend since we moved in has been hard on the checkbook. Luckily we have been saving up for all these big expenses.
Some things I have learned over the last month: Not spending money on gas is a wonderful thing; shopping for a new comforter for a bed SUCKS!; Home Depot is far superior to Menards; We should hug all professional roofers!; Having your own house is MAGICAL.
Oh yeah did I mention we got engaged? Drew and I went geocaching in Redwood Falls on Sept 26th. Little did I know that the day before, while I was at work, he had gone there and hid a "fake" geocache down by the falls. Boy was I surprised when I opened the paper to sign the log - and written on it was "Emily Lorenzen, Will you marry me?" I turned in confusion and there he was holding out a ring!! PERFECT!
The Ring!
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