Quarrying our own stone

The weather has been
gorgeous the past several days - good for us since Tim is laying the flagstone walkways. Not only is he laying the flagstone - he is a real man. He is splitting the stone on our property - hand-splitting stone! When he
used the Kubota this past week digging the trenches for the sprinkler systems and the running of electricity, he dug up tons (literally) of rock and stone. Some of that stone is thin enough to use for our flagstone pathways. The stone that isn't thin enough will be split by he-man Tim. It's fun (okay, and darn hard work!) to be able to use the natural elements, indigenous to our property, for our infrastructure. Once the pathway between the house and the pavilion is installed, he'll put in our the first of the patios we're installing on the property. This will also be done with a mix of flagstone and Sage Creek Ranch stone.

I saw all three of these birds on the feeder at the same time today. This doesn't happen very often. They don't like sharing. Farthest left in the photo is the Titmouse, then the Painted Bunting, and finally, the Chickadee. Very shortly, a Bluejay came by and chased all of them away.

This little Titmouse snagged

a tasty morsel of seed. BTW - all my bird photos on this page were taken through the window - explaining the slightly grainy texture of the pics.


Here's a closer shot of the Painted Bunting. Unfortunately, a little blurry.

Mr Cardinal came to visit today.

This little Chickadee was waiting his turn to eat.

An update on the babies - there are three healthy

little ones. And not only are they healthy, but they are absolutely cute.

Last note for today: I've set up the blog to accept Google Ads. When they accept my request, you'll start seeing ads on my blog.

Thanks for sharing our life at the ranch with us.