Black-capped Chickadee

These cute little chickadees have been busy first thing in the morning at my feeders. I also have a feeder attached to my window and they just come and eat out of it. It has been so much fun to watch them.



Chickadees can gain as much as 10 percent of their body weight each day and lose it all again during a cold winter night. Chickadees weigh less than one-half of an ounce. Good thing we have had such a mild winter. Temps have been in the 40’s.

 

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Double Trouble

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Still a little "Fall" color

We had a beautiful fall. The colors were gorgeous, but I didn't take very many photos. Hope to get my camera out and take some more this week.

Raining Sunshine

 This was taken at a lake on my way to work.

In the early morning it looked like it was raining sunshine.

Final winners of the Kandiyohi County Fair

These are the people's choice awards.  These were taken on the 4th day of the fair.  They still looked good.

Seed art winner, under 10 years old.

Seed art winner, 11-18 year old.

Best Specimen, Senior Division

It was such a fun week.  I am looking forward to next year.

Winners of the County Fair Arrangements

 Open Class - Award of Merit

 Open Class - Judges Honorable Mention

 Senior Division-Award of Merit

 Jr Division (10 and under) - Award of Merit

Jr Division (11-18) - Award of Merit

Award of Merits-Open Class-Specimen

Class 1 

Annuals-Lisianthus

Class 2 

Perennials-Oriental Lily, pink

 Class 3

Gladiolus-Pink Medium

Class 4

Roses-Hybrid Tea - peach or apricot

Class 5

Hostas-Medium

Here are the Award of Merits-Open Class-Specimen. Stay tuned for the winners of the arrangements tomorrow.

And the winner is.... Kandiyohi County Fair - Best of Show

We had gorgeous weather on entry day.  I will post more photos tomorrow of some more of the winning entries.

Gray-headed Coneflower

 Ratibida pinnata
(Gray-headed Coneflower)

This is a native Minnesota Plant

 They grow along the road sides and in the ditches.

I just love the wildflowers this time of the year.

I just love Butterflies

I believe this is an Eastern Tiger Swallowtail.  Please correct me if I am wrong.

Garden 2- Bedroom

Here are a few photos of by flowerbed - bedroom.

Garden 1 - Potting Shed

Here are some photos of my potting shed and back flower garden.

Fairy Garden

Every year I create a mini fairy garden using sedum. This is the one I created this year. It has grown so much since I had taken this photo. I hope to post another photo of it next week.

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