Theme Thursday--Animals!

 Cari, over at Clan Donaldson, worded the theme "Animals" 

PLURAL

So, 

here are pictures from the past week.

(otherwise, we also have foxes, wild turkeys,

badgers, opossum, deer, chipmunks,

owls, vultures, ravens, all kinds of birds

 and rabbits, oops, the fox ate the rabbits)

The girls put birdseed on the back deck, 

in hopes of birdies coming close to the patio door.

Instead we found this guy.

Usually he's sitting on the birdfeeder feasting

(actually we have tons of squirrels)

 They sure are fun to watch though!

 Totally fun!

 On our mommy date last week,

 we went to Cherry Berry and

then to a small lake in town, 

with a special little pond for swans

 Love Red Winged Blackbirds!

They were all around the swans.

We used to live by some marshes and I saw these all the time.

I love the sound they make.

 The only pets we have are fish, 

but our neighbors have doggies.

Lots of our neighbors have doggies, 

this is Karly.  She's our left neighbor's dog.

The girls love, love, LOVE dogs.

My 6 year old here says she is going to be a farmer when she grows up

so she can have lots of animals.
 Because we don't have any.

(Poor thing)
I tell them I do children, not pets.

 The girls take Karly out and play a few times each day

(oops, they were running too fast, I clipped off the doggie)

 Look at how she poses!

 The girls also like to play with our right side neighbor's doggies, 

Manny and Moe. 

(no pictures though)

They also know the doggie 4 houses down, 

and pretty much every doggie on the block.

 These ducks came to visit  us early on Monday.

I could not even see the female there,

I could see her mouth moving--can you see her?

How about a close-up?

There she is!