My family knows how much I enjoy watching the birds, so they gave me a purple martin birdhouse for Christmas. Kevin has dug the hold and put in the pole to put it on. He also spent two evenings putting the “house” together. It was a much bigger job than he expected. It is almost time to put it up. We have been told that the purple martin scout birds will be arriving around the first of February and then the females come next. Since this is a new house I’m not sure how many nests we will have. Have been told it may take a year or two. The “house” is in my back yard and I can see it from my window when I am working on my computer. I’ll take a picture as soon as the house is up and will keep you informed if I have any nests. I have a lot of birds coming to my new birdfeeder. Since the birdfeeder is in the front of the house I watch them from several places – including while sitting on my deck. Yes, it has been warm enough to do that. Luckily the rain has been happening during the night.
Renea won four movie theater tickets via a radio station, so she treated herself, Kevin and me to see the new Muppet movie. It was okay. The second half was good because it was like the old muppet show. After the movie we went to dinner at Cracker Barrel. Kevin and Renea had been given a gift certificate to Cracker Barrel for Christmas.
I have also been told that I am now a great-grandma. Sarah and Adam had a beautiful baby girl on January 4, 2012. She weighed 8lbs 10 oz. Her name is Kallie Elizabeth. Mother and baby are doing fine (so is dad). This means my mom is a great-great-grandma. How awesome.
I’ve ordered a new clock for my living room wall. Will take a picture when it arrives. The picture sure looked good on the internet. I also ordered two wall hangings to go with the clock. Kevin’s To Do List is getting longer. This could be a problem, he started his new job today.
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Everything sounds wonderful! Hope you enjoy your nest watching. I've really gotten into bird watching too. One of my favorite little birds is the Carolina Wren. I love this chubby little brown bird, just think it's so cute!
Our kids gave us a purple martin feeder about 2 years ago, but so far we have just had imposters making their nest. I think they are tree swallows, not the real purple martin. I am still hoping we can attract them. It has been raining here today and we are supposed to get some snow tonight. We have been lucky with the weather, so far this winter. Take care and don't forget to water the tree!
Love, Arlene and Bob
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