Your cottage walkway has filled in so nicely! I remember when you first posted that. What is the flower in the 3rd pic? So different - I'm really liking lime green with red/pink tones since I got my Picasso Wave. Love your hollyhocks and of course gotta love those Waves! Enjoyed the pics.

Great pics!! I took a stroll thru your yard pics - absolutely beautiful!! You've been busy. Love the Wave petunia/Creeping Jenny combo; the Elephant ears w/red petunias?; the Caladiums/ferns; and the Cottage walk. I've always wanted a path like that here in the woods, but the Copperheads won't let me. What variety is the Canna?

Thanks all. I do feel lucky to see them, especially in a suburban area. Fortunately we have a lot of woods and habitat around for them. They do seem to come and go. I will see them daily for a while, and then go for a stretch where I don't see them for a few months. When they're here, it's hard to keep up with their appetite! I bought a case of suet plugs last week.

don't know about your woodpeckers but i have a pair of lewis's woodpeckers who have nested here last 3 years. i also have lots of orioles and i put out fruit and jelly and watermelon for the orioles, the young Lewis's love the jelly and watermelon and eat lots of fruit and they come back every year. i also have downeys and hairys and flickers that use the same feeders as the Lewis's