FROSTPROOF FLORIDA IS FINALLY GETTING SOME RAIN...THANKFULLY!

SPRINGTIME AT THE FARM!  Finally we are getting some rain here at Frostproof!  Today, so far we have received over an inch and it is forecast that there will be a 50 percent chance of rain ALL WEEK!  It makes the garden grow...I think our leaf lettuce grew several inches overnight!

Here is a femail Cardinal on the fence in the yard.  The beautiful Male Cardinal is always nearby also, but we have not been able to capture him yet on the camera!

This woodpecker was busy recently trying to drill himself a NEW home in the utility pole outside the pump house.



COUNTRY LIFE IS GOOD

This time of year is some of the MOST PLEASANT here in central Florida.  The nights are cool and days are warm, usually with a breeze.  The air is full of the fragrance of citrus blossoms as ALL the citrus groves are white with BLOSSOMS.  The honey bees are sure busy trying to pollinate EACH blossom.

Our container garden is growing with leaps and bounds...we had about an inch of rain last Thursday and everything really need it!  There are small tomatoes on the Cherry Tomato plant and tiny yellow squash...hopefully they mature.  We have broccoli, yellow squash, zucchini, three different types of tomatoes, green beans as well as our Malibar Spinach growing!

HAWK at the Farm!

There is a large HAWK nest in a tree just inside the pasture here at the farm!  There is at least one young HAWK that can fly but is still being fed by one of his parents.  We often see them with what appears to be mice or snakes dangling from their beaks! 

Pappa's Chair...Who's the Pappa?

Marlin is Russ's 11 year old Bulldog and he has been VERY happy to have us here with him.  Before we moved out here Russ or Dianna came by everyday to feed him, but otherwise he was here alone!  He loves sitting on the little deck outside our travel trailer door...it puts him eye-to-eye with Denny and he tries to give Denny "kisses" or to climb into his lap!  This shot was taken right after Denny vacated his chair after repeatedly refusing Marlin's pleas to sit on his lap!

EASTERN BLUEBIRD at the farm in Florida

One of the first weeks after we moved out to Russ' farm, Denny was checking out the wildlife in the pasture and saw several Eastern Bluebirds flying around him.  Here is a great photo of one of them that posed for him!