Summer is quickly flying by. My husband and I took a walk on this beautiful summer day. It was warmer than we thought, but we managed to do a mile abefore returning home.
We walked all around our home and the pond behind our house. I took some photos to share to show you how far away our house looked from the other side of the pond.
Our community recently cleared the brush in and around the pond. It was cluttered with bittersweet that kept coming back and trying to take over all our trees.
This year we planted another Rose of Sharon bush in the center island outside our house. It is already flowering as you can see in the middle photo below. It will grow large and fill in the area beautifully!
The above photos of the bird houses show evidence of the destruction that squirrels can cause when they are hungry. They thought there was food inside there. They certainly don’t eat baby birds unless they ate the eggs.
The rabbits were plentiful this year because the feral cat we had in the neighborhood died. They are procreating like crazy now. But since the pond was cleared out, we don’t see them anymore. There is no place there to hide. Even the groundhog left to find a better home.We miss them but not all the bittersweet that was growing all around our yard.
I wrote a story for children in one of my Bedtime Stories for Children Series that talks about this invasive vine – bittersweet and how it can be curtailed or completely eradicated. I mentioned this solution to my community board president but he just smiled and nodded at me. I guess he didn’t take me seriously. If you would like to know about this solution, please check out my children series today. Here is the book with the story in it. I think you and your children will enjoy this series. It is informative, educational, and fun with six animal stories that will fascinate children ages PS-Grade 3. It has chapters for each story.
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The Bedtime Stories series is here once again with six more fun and entertaining stories for children ages 5-8. In this book children will read about a dragonfly, a goat, a candle, a chicken and a rooster, a boy and a pelican and a fish, and a starfish.
Each story carries important life lessons such as helping others in need, being kind to others, it’s okay to be different, family matters more than riches or being famous, friends are important, and be the best you can be.
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I hope you have enjoyed my photos of all the flowers and animals around my home. I hope you will come back again. There is always some new at JemsBooks!
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Lovely pictures, Janice. Bittersweet is not a plant I’ve heard of before.
Gorgeous flowers and wild visitors. I’d be living on your deck!
It is nice to look at all the flowers and watch the birds from my kitchen. I don’t sit out there as much as I thought I would. It is usually too hot or I am busy with my books and other stuff. Sigh!
How about enjoying a cup of coffee in the morning?
I do that as I watch the birds. Nice!
As soon as our weather calms into a fall cycle, I willl, too!
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