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| A Pileated Woodpecker, a daily visitor |
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| Blossoms on the Mirabelle Plum tree. |
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| Blossoms on the Italian Prune Plum tree. |
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| Bluebells |
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| White and yellow daffodils. |
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| Unknown; grows all over. |
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| Blue flower carpet behind the house. Violets? |
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| Added some planter boxes for vegetables within the deer-proof enclosure of the fruit trees. |
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| Set up a primitive water supply for now. |
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| Daffodil close-up. Daffodil is "Osterglocke" in German, which means Easter Bell |
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| So far mostly daffodils, but other flowers are coming out too. |
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| The happy pair. |
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| Just glowing in the back lighting. |
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| All over the hillside |
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| A two-toned variety. |
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| White daffodils |
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| Wall flower (Name to be clarified) |
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| Grape Hyacinth |
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| Oregon Grape |
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| Built a new birdhouse for a Flicker. We saw a flicker hammering away at another, larger birdhouse as if to attract a mate. We hope to attract a pair with this new birdhouse. |
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| The front is lined with bark. it is hinged at the top and can be opened for cleaning. |
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| Here it is up on a tree, in plain view from the veranda. |
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| The Northern Flicker from the bird book. It is a type of woodpecker. |
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| Another birdhouse recently built and mounted. This one is intended for a family of House Wrens. They were nesting in an older house in the same location last year. Now, in case they are interested, their house has been replaced with a new model. |
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| Freshly planted ornamental plants in the best soil you can imagine. |
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| Insulation and vapour barrier - all done. Inspected by Chris, the building inspector. |
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| Meanwhile in the garden. |
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| Daffodils galore |
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| Flowers on Rosemary bush |
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| Sleeping bumble bee |
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| Judy contemplating garden design. |
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| She is a digger. Digging rocks out from the soil. |
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| Ready for transport down the hill. |
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| Great for filling potholes in the driveway. |
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| An on-going project. |
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| The rocks will soon be rolled flat into the softer ground. |
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| Still a construction site, but we are making steady progress |
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| The mini daffodils are out |
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| Full size dafs are everywhere now. This old rock wall was built - not by the Romans - but by Urs in the early years, the 1990's. |
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| A female Anna's Hummingbird |
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| A tiny tree frog. It is about the size of half my thumb. |
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| We also hear them calling vigorously in the forest. |
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| Progress with insulation and vapour barrier. Kitchen |
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| Bookshelf bumpout |
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| Window bench bumpout |
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| Desk bumpout |
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| Bed bumpout |
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| Details around a door: Yellow - low expanding spray foam to insulate the gap between door and framing Blue - Blue skin foil around door opening to keep out moisture Black - Accoustic sealant to seal vapour barrier to wood Clear Foil: 6 mil vapour barrier to keep moisture from getting into walls from the inside Red: Duck tape to seal overlapping parts of vapour barrier |
