Tag Archives: deck

New Year Sunrise 2023

April 10, 2023blogs, Finnish, holiday, outside, trees, weatherdeck, favorites, me, photosteenyperk

Monday, January 2, 2023, 7:42 am — A grand New Year’s entrance … from the deck … from my other blog … My Haiku a Day … 17 syllables a day … more or less … seitsemäntoista tavua …

Separate Tables

March 7, 2023animals, birds, food, fun, outside, video, windowbird feeder, deck, squirrelsteenyperk

Wednesday, November 23, 2022, 3:38 pm — Who’s back there? … asked the young squirrel …

Below, video … Separate tables … Anna’s hummingbird at window feeder … squirrel at deck black oil sunflower feeder …

Can You See Me?

March 3, 2023animals, fun, outside, weather, windowbird feeder, deck, flowers, squirrelsteenyperk

Wednesday, October 19, 2022, 3:13 pm — Squirrel … deck flowers, fading into autumn …

… Can you see me eating suet? …

… Can you see me now? … I’m hiding behind these flowers …

Shadowsland Cats

March 2, 2023cats, computer, curiosity, outside, shadows, sleep, stretch, windowblinds, cat face, deck, flowers, ginger cat, Kitty Sills, me, newspaper, orange tabby cat, paws, red tabby cat, sit, tuxedo catteenyperk

Friday, October 14, 2022, 12:51 pm — Teeny Tuxedo …

Saturday, October 15, 12:58 pm … Teeny, Perkins … butterfly bush …

Tuesday, October 18, 1:54 pm … Teeny … “Can I help?” … New York Times … daily Spelling Bee … “Make words of four or more letters using the letters in the honeycomb, including the center letter. There’s always one pangram, a word that uses all seven letters and counts for big points.” …

Below … Wahoo! Reached Genius in the April 21, 2023 New York Times Spelling Bee! … Wrote a haiku using some of the words … More of my “Genius” Spelling Bee haikus at My Haiku Adventure blog …

Vital Bee
On virtual trail
With lariat
Caught true Genius

Non-Sharing Bird

March 1, 2023birds, fun, outside, video, windowbird feeder, deckteenyperk

Wednesday, October 5, 2022, 1:04 pm — Female Northern Flicker … keeping her eye on …

Below, video … Bird feeder on deck table … blue Steller’s Jay in front … sharing with male Northern Flicker, hidden on other side … Halfway through video, the male Flicker (red “whiskers”) rushes to chase the female away … No sharing with HER! …

After Midnight Raccoons

March 1, 2023animals, fun, outside, shadows, windowbird feeder, camera, deck, raccoonteenyperk

Monday, October 3, 2022, 3:53 am — Raccoon family … sunflower seed bird feeder … after midnight … Heard a rattling on the deck … turned on the light … Wondered why the feeder was spick and span clean in the morning … They didn’t come in on a red flying saucer … that’s a hummingbird feeder …

Below, original, dark photo … Above, photo has been lightened to gamma 2.31 …

Three years earlier, see a mother raccoon and 3 babies … same spot … Three Baby Raccoons!, July 21, 2019

First of Fall Frenzy

February 25, 2023animals, fun, outside, windowbird feeder, deck, favorites, squirrelsteenyperk

Thursday, September 22, 2022, 4:41 pm — What?!! … It’s the first day of fall?!! … Get outta my way! … I got lotsa work to do! … gatherin’, gatherin’ … gatherin’, gatherin’ … gatherin’ food for winter! …

… Quick!! … Black oil sunflower seeds are gettin’ low … Could you refill the bird feeder, fast as you can … I got lotsa gatherin’ to do!!! … Squirrelio may be young … but they know what they gotta do! … stash away seeds for winter …

Afternoon Rest Bird

February 25, 2023birds, outside, video, windowbird feeder, deckteenyperk

Thursday, September 15, 2022, 5:45 pm — Mourning dove … solo at deck table … they often travel in pairs …

Piano Keyboard Cat

February 23, 2023cats, fun, shadows, sleep, stretch, windowblinds, deck, ginger cat, orange tabby cat, red tabby catteenyperk

Monday, August 8, 2022, 12:20 pm — Perkins …

A Bee Day

February 23, 2023blogs, outside, videocamera, deck, favorites, flowers, insectsteenyperk

Friday, August 5, 2022, 1:37 pm — Another deck flower perennial … echinacea (coneflower) … ready, willing and able to welcome a busy bee … See video of earlier generations, 4 years ago, Flower Power Deck Bees, July 26, 2018 …

Close-up of the earnest bee … finally found the action setting on the newish Lumix FZ300 … Also posted on my other blog, My Photo a Day Adventure …

Statuesque Rabbit

February 23, 2023animals, outside, shadows, trees, video, weatherbird feeder, camera, deck, flowers, rabbit, sitteenyperk

Tuesday, August 4, 2022, 8:21 pm — Cautious rabbit … sat perfectly still … for 5 minutes … while I quietly took photos from deck …

… Setting sun highlights tops of trees in east … burgeoning butterfly bush on left … White arrow points to rabbit …

Video below … the only thing moving is Bunnster’s wigglin’ nose …

Little Brown Bird

February 23, 2023birds, outside, windowbird feeder, camera, deck, favorites, me, walkteenyperk

Thursday, August 4, 2022, 4:47 pm — Little brown song sparrow … or are you a house sparrow? … has the bird feeder all to itself … Surprised that my newest-ish camera, Panasonic Lumix FZ300, 2019 … caught the action of this flitty bird … (have more to learn!) … My 3rd Lumix … 2nd, FZ200, 2015 (my favorite) … 1st, FZ20, 2005 …

Once Upon a Time Cats

February 22, 2023cats, curiosity, food, health, kittens, outside, shadows, sleep, stretch, windowdeck, favorites, ginger cat, orange tabby cat, paws, red tabby cat, retro, tuxedo catteenyperk

Tuesday, July 26, 2022, 1:34 pm — Teeny Tuxedo, Perkins … the window to the deck has gotten smaller … after the new French door was installed, June 17, 2020 …

15 years ago! … it was infinitely larger … and they were tiny … July 24, 2007 … Perk and Teeny’s adoption month! … First saw them, Friday July 13, 2007, SW Washington Humane Society … a lucky day! … Brought them home a few days later … after their spays …

Little curious cuties! … their 1st days exploring together … The first week they were kept apart … Teeny had developed a cold … luckily, she still ate … Perk is the picky eater … (The deck has been replaced/remodeled since then) …

Sherbet & Flowers Cat

February 21, 2023cats, family, food, fun, outside, shadows, sleep, windowblinds, deck, flowers, ginger cat, orange tabby cat, red tabby catteenyperk

Monday, July 11, 2022, 11:53 am — How about a refreshing scoop of lime sherbet … served up in the center of golden rudbeckia flowers! …Perennial rudbeckia are truly hardy … on the deck for 5 years … jasmine in back … many thanks to cousin L …

Perkins says, “Don’t forget me … I’m orange sherbet!” … The lime sherbet golden rudbeckia are on the other side of the deck window …

Outside-In Cat

February 21, 2023cats, outside, shadows, sleep, windowdeck, flowers, ginger cat, Kitty Sills, orange tabby cat, red tabby cat, reflectionteenyperk

Thursday, July 7, 2022, 1:06 pm — Perkins … deck reflected in window …

Celebration Cats

February 21, 2023cats, holiday, shadows, sleep, windowdeck, ginger cat, Kitty Sills, orange tabby cat, red tabby cat, tuxedo catteenyperk

Monday, July 4, 2022, 12:38 pm — Perkins … 4th of July … yippee! … THIS is how we celebrate! …

Teeny Tuxedo … purple watering can … it arrived in 2019 …

Perfect Spots Cats

February 21, 2023animals, boxes, cats, food, fun, outside, shadows, sleepcat face, deck, flowers, ginger cat, Kitty Sills, orange tabby cat, paper, rabbit, rainbow toy, red tabby cat, sit, toys, tuxedo catteenyperk

Friday, July 1, 2022, 1:13 am — Teeny Tuxedo … box of paper to recycle … perfect sitting spot … but the camera flash is too bright …

1:44 pm … Perkins … a column of sun on the deck Kitty Sill … perfect sleeping spot …

7:52 pm … Rabbit … peaceful summer evening … table is set with little yellow flowers … perfect dining al fresco spot …

Two Rabbit Tales

February 20, 2023animals, grooming, outside, shadows, trees, videodeck, ears, favorites, kitchen, paws, rabbit, sit, walkteenyperk

Friday, June 24, 2022, 6:59 am — “Concrete Rabbit” … lives on the north side … not shy about being out in the open … grooming on the driveway … have seen him / her several times, early in the morning … Stay safe! …

Video below … cute, early morning bunny ear cleaning … ragged top of left ear … from kitchen window …

Monday, June 20, 2022, 5:18 pm … “Country Rabbit” … lives on the south side, in the trees … ventures out onto the lawn … eats scattered bird seed by the deck …

Video below … decorated by shadows of tall grass bending in afternoon wind … from deck …

Boys’ Lunch Birds

February 20, 2023birds, blogs, food, outside, video, windowbird feeder, deckteenyperk

Saturday, June 18, 2022, 4:06 pm — Late afternoon suet lunch for two of the boys … a male Downy Woodpecker … working hard for his food … The red on top of his head is the clue … Females look quite similar, but no red … See a lady Downy suetizing, Oct. 16, 2021 – Delicious … on my blog, My Photo a Day Adventure …

4:18 pm … and a male Western Tanager … glad he’s still around … That suet is certainly messy! …

Videos below … the two boys in action …

Sizzle ‘n’ Walk Cat

February 20, 2023birds, books, cats, curiosity, outside, windowbedding, bird feeder, camera, deck, ginger cat, orange tabby cat, paper, paws, photos, red tabby cat, tails, walkteenyperk

Thursday, June 16, 2022, 9:31 am — Male house finch … likes the new bird seeds … “Sizzling Variety with Habanero” … “Squirrels detest the pepper oil, but it’s harmless to birds” … Especially like that it has “no milo, no filler” … Songbird Selections, by Audubon Park, Seattle … who “work to help support small farms by purchasing local seed from local farmers as much as possible.”

… 10:35 am … Perkins … perambulating with a purpose … through the paper maze …

Green, Dash of Red Cat

February 20, 2023birds, cats, outside, sleep, windowbird feeder, deck, flowers, ginger cat, Kitty Sills, orange tabby cat, red tabby catteenyperk

Tuesday, June 14, 2022, 1:54 pm — Perkins … catnapping … while the butterfly bush keeps growing …

… and a male Downy Woodpecker makes ready for a suet lunch … (to the right of the green bird feeder above) …

Rain, Rabbit, Rain!

February 20, 2023animals, blogs, outside, video, weatherdeck, ears, rabbit, rainteenyperk

Friday, June 10, 2022, 7:10 am — Mr / Ms Rabbit is catching a moment of sun between the rain … Look at all those raindrops on the grass! … “It’s not your imagination: Portland is experiencing the wettest April, May and early June of any time in at least the past 81 years.” … “12.23 inches of rain at PDX from April 1 through Sunday mid-morning, June 12, 2022” … We’re north of the Columbia River on the Washington side … (photos from deck) …

Sunlight through translucent ears … More photos, My Photo a Day Adventure …

Video below … Munching in the raindrops …

Pretty in Pink Feet

February 20, 2023birds, food, outside, shadows, video, weatherbird feeder, deck, squirrels, walkteenyperk

Saturday, June 4, 2022, 10:55 am — Mourning dove … pretty in pink feet … and exquisite blue eyeliner … Not sure if it’s male or female … both are very similar … females a bit smaller … Males have pink-tinted breast feathers … females have gray …

Some fancy footwork …

Video below … Mr / Ms Pink Feet Mourning Dove thinks the new bird seed is delish … “Sizzling Variety with Habanero” … “Squirrels detest the pepper oil, but it’s harmless to birds” … Especially like that it has “no milo, no filler” … Songbird Selections, by Audubon Park, Seattle … who “work to help support small farms by purchasing local seed from local farmers as much as possible.”

Tuesday, June 7, 2022, 9:30 am … The next day … full morning sunlight from left … compare to the gentle overcast sky lighting in photos above …