Robin red breast

I live just outside of the city of Toronto, and I am surrounded by nature . This is a blessed thing as I am often, so totally over stimulated by the time I come home at night. I just look out of my window at the forest and know there is nothing to prune, or weed, or plant. I sit back and enjoy the humming birds that visit, the deer that graze and the Robins that nest. I have no yard chores other than gathering up all of the brown bags that are in a huge heap and take them to the dump .

Last Fall, maybe in a moment of laziness, I am not sure, but a 5' ladder was left leaning against the back wall. It is in a very sheltered position, and when my crew was up last week transplanting seedlings, eating Natalie's delicious food and harvesting the wild leeks, Emma spotted a Robin's nest with 4 blue eggs . We all gathered around and  ohhhed and ahhhed  and said "isn't that amazing?!" It reminded me of the first time I saw a Robin's egg when I was about 5, and I was transported to another time. About 3-4 days later I went back and, there were  these fragile little creatures. They can't even open their eyes yet. It looks like I have some new neighbours. I'll try and get photos every couple of days and let you see the progress.

Speaking of neighbours, Bear and Sarah are on the road back from Florida and should be here by Wednesday or Thursday. They are also my neighbours and my friends and my employees. You'll get to meet them pretty soon too.  They are a couple a characters. Bear has a real gift for teaching and will be showing us how to build sheds and decks and create beautiful solid stone work.

Enjoy this beautiful weather, just remember to water everything! It is very dry out there.