the birds and the beets and the flowers and the cat

Let me tell you about these pictures.

Two separate families of birds have decided that the ledge inside our front porch is the perfect place to build a nest.

It is adorable. But they also get really freaked out whenever we enter or exit the house. You win some you lose some.

Speaking of winning some.

Oh my goodness. (And there's another beet in the garden still that puts this bunch to shame.)

The roses are doing pretty well:

We had to replace a couple of them, but I think we still ended up with a good variety of colors.

Also, a while back Chloe had to wear this collar. You might have seen this scene before on Annie's blog but the picture... well,

Yeah.