Almost Empty

Almost all of the bird feeders are empty. It took them only three days to do. The Finch feeder isn't empty but there are few birds that like the nyger seed so it empties more slowly. And the suet cakes aren't empty this time. The last batch of suet cakes were less suet-y and more like compressed bird food. I don't know what it was but the birds were crazy about it and pecked away at it like maniacs until the ground below the feeder was powdered with suet cake dust and the feeder was empty. This old standby suet cake isn't as popular so maybe it'll last longer. This Sparrow seemed to like it, at least for a little while.

 

On the ground the Mourning Doves pecked through the grass seeking any fallen goodies they could find. I don't know what's below there but they were focused.

 

Here's the biggest of the baby tomatoes. I checked on the tag and it's supposed to be mature in 70 days.That would mean that I won't get a tomato until the middle of September. I'd better go to the Farmer's Market next Thursday to see if anyone has tomatoes yet. Suddenly I want a fresh tomato badly. Or maybe a BLT.

In between listening to audiobook chapters to check for corrections I dived into the next project in Ink & Wash. It's a Sunflower and I was very hesitant to start it because I was sure I'd screw up drawing all of those petals with an ink pen. I think I did okay. I wish I'd painted a few more petals but over all it's not bad.

I spent most of the day listening again. Eight more chapters down, eight more to go and I don't have a full page of corrections yet so that's good. Most of the corrections are mispronunciations which are a challenge to write down because I have to do it phonetically so that TH can understand. I'm getting it. I think. I hope.

--Barbara