It has been months since I've posted on my blog! I wont go into the boring details but my life got very busy and my blog fell by the wayside. I'll do my best to change that and will write a post as time allows. So keep checking back now and then. Thanks.

This post is for all of you who come to my blog to check out my Gypsy Caravan pages.I found this really cool caravan web site that I know you will want to visit. It is called.......RGT or Romany Gypsy Trailers. I know you will find this site very interesting. Just click on all the buttons to the left side of the page to see all the beautiful caravans. When you come to the last page, click on the Roma Glengarriff button for a pleasant surprise. Thank you for stopping by. Do come again.                    

xo Colette

Wow! I've been away from my blog for several  months now! Not that I've been intentionally neglectful mind you. Rather, one of my son's was in the process of moving up here from central California in order to be closer to us.
He was staying with us during the transition. It was a bit of a change for us from our daily routines and rather quiet life style. But well worth it. Now he is all settled in his own space and we are gradually getting our routines back in place.  It's not a bad thing to have one's routines shaken up now and then....but it can be a challenge all the same.

During that time we also had visits from two of our other sons as well.

So today I  come back to blog land and all of you out there. I hope you have missed me as much as I've missed you!   : )

I came across this interesting site this afternoon. It's the site of Jim Tolpin, a woodworker in Port Townsend, Washington. He has a page on his site with a video that shows an amazing Gypsy Wagon that he built. He has actually built six wagons over time. Check him and his beauties out here. I know you will love the video of this lovely Gypsy Wagon as well as enjoy reading about Jim's classes and expertise. Jim also has several woodworking books at Amazon.

Enjoy!

xo Colette

It's been weeks since I've posted. Been pretty busy around here. However; I haven't stopped taking pics of the numerous wildlife critters that have been visiting our gardens.

I caught this woodpecker eating bugs he spotted in a piece of driftwood standing in one of my plants.
Then another day, I caught this stellar jay, digging for almonds in the half barrel planter that the chipmunks had hidden there.

A family of deer came to call....

and brought a tag-along young buck from the mama deer's previous season.

This little guy above, prefers the dry seeds of a carrot plant. Yum!
Below are a few more critters that stopped by to get their picture taken.

And that my dear friends is all she wrote. I hope you enjoy my little animal parade.
Till next time....be happy.
xo Colette

Our wildlife gathering has increased it's numbers recently. One morning I looked out on  the back deck to find this..

Isn't he cute!? I just love him. Here's a close-up of him below....

This little guy came faithfully to our slider door for about two weeks, when one day, a second little one showed up and chased this guy out! Here's the second one....

This little "chipper" has a little more orangey color than the first one. He is also plumper. Probably since he chases off all the other ones and has the bounty all to himself. ; ) Here he's feasting on lobelia seeds.

Here he's nibbling on a piece of a dried mushroom he found in one of my planter boxes.

As the days went by, the first little chipmunk was getting hungry I guess, cuz one day I opened the slider door and to my surprise, a striped little furry ball streaked past my feet into the house and ran all over the place! Was I surprised! I quickly got some almonds out of the bag nearby and began placing them on the throw rug by the slider door and talking to the little frightened chipmunk and calling him to the door. He finally came over to the almonds, filled his pouches and RAN out the slider door. Since then, he has been the one to come back each day for food and handouts. They like sunflower seeds but they LOVE almonds. They fill their cheek pouches and run off somewhere to hide the seeds. Presumably for winter. I am now finding little diggings in my potted plants and planter boxes on the deck. ; )

There is more to this story but I'll save it for another post.

Meanwhile, have a chipper week end!

xo Colette