Because I was up in Canada, I didn’t get a chance to post the Backyard View post for May last week. You’re getting it now, though – now with updated pictures that show the date on the photo. So it may be late, but it’s much improved!
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The background: Over last summer, I loved watching the Tuesday View posts of Eliza’s Garden at her website (which, in turn, is part of a regular feature at Cathy’s blog, Words and Herbs). Inspired by that, I thought it would be interesting to take a weekly picture of our backyard to see how it changes throughout the year. So, every Tuesday (well, usually Tuesday – sometimes I miss a day or end up taking a picture on Wednesday), I’ll head back there and take a picture. Then, at the end of the year, I’ll have 52 or so pictures to combine into a slideshow of how the yard changes throughout the year!
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Travels with Choppy 
What a beautiful back yard and great photo journey. The seasonal changes are so pretty – we only have two seasons here: hot and less warm. 😉
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That’s better than the two seasons we joke we have here: winter and bad sledding.
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April was a nice month!
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It really was – though if we can keep the mosquitoes from swarming us, summer is generally amazing here. It’s usually not too hot, though this summer is already proving to be hotter than normal.
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May looks so much nicer than any other time.
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Our spring was really nice this year – nicer than many springs. We don’t have hot summers (usually), and early fall can be gorgeous as well. Winter? Not so nice.
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Reblogged this on Die Erste Eslarner Zeitung – Aus und über Eslarn, sowie die bayerisch-tschechische Region!.
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Wow! What a wonderful backyards, looks like small everglades. 😉 Are Choppy and Schooner good in swimming? 😉 Michael
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Oh gawd, that made me laugh; Schooner swimming. hahaha
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Why not? 😉
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Good question. Every cat I’ve ever known hates bathing and getting wet. Perhaps Schooner would be the exception. 😉
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Maybe, but dont test it, she will run away for asylum in FL. [hahaha]
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Paul told me that he found Schooner in the bathroom sink the other night (note: he is not allowed there when I am in the bathroom and I never see him there. Paul is not so strict with him). Apparently, Paul turned the water on him and he just sat there. So perhaps he is OK with it.
Oh, and one of Paul’s mom’s cats loves the water. He waits for you to go into the bathroom so he can jump up on the sink and play in it.
Otherwise, most of the cats I know have hated water.
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Guess for a change I was right, Schooner is an exception. lol I have to admit that after I made that comment I went to utube to look for “cats in water” and did see some interesting vids. 🙂
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I’ll have to get one of my MIL’s cat next time I am at her house and post it here – Schooner doesn’t mind the water, but Rudy (her cat) truly loves it.
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Thankfully, no alligators – unlike the Everglades!
Schooner has never gone for a swim (as far as I know). Choppy can swim, but she doesn’t like it. She does love to wade, though – she’ll go up to her neck or lie down in shallow water if given the chance.
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Goodness…how many acres constitute your ‘back yard?’
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It’s not actually that big! The whole property is just over an acre. We have a large front yard, so I would guess there’s probably 2/3 of an acre back there.
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Not big until you’re on the John Deere, I’d say. 😉
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It would be big, but it’s relative in my case – I used to mow 6-7 acres at my parents’ house. This is a postage stamp of a yard compared to that!
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I love this! I’m amazed you still have flooding, but then you (and we) have had a wet spring. Bet the toads and frogs are having a field day. Do you have nesting ducks this year?
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The DNR had suggested the floods were ending this week, but we’ve been inundated with rain since I read that, so it appears the flooding will continue for the time being!
We had lots of nesting ducks around – a pair of wood ducks uses the box next door, and there is at least one pair of mallards somewhere on our cul-de-sac. The geese went nuts this year, though – there were probably 30 of them in the pond this weekend, the vast majority of them in their awkward teenage geese years.
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I should do this. Not like I don’t already 😉 Just not all of the plants at once!
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I was thinking it would be great to see all the pictures at the end of the year, but it’s already very cool to see it changing over half of a year. I highly recommend it.
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great project. can’t wait to see all 52 next year and the changes.
-Wendy
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Thanks! I am excited to see them as well – fall should prove quite pretty!
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Awesome views.
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Thanks! We had storms last night, and the pond scum was swirling about like it was having its own watery storm. It was very cool (so long as you could think of it as something other than pond scum).
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This was a pretty video and your backyard was quite entertaining, Sarah! 🙂
It has great reflections on the water when it isn’t frozen! 🙂
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Or when it isn’t covered in green – it’s kind of a mess right now. We really need to get some aeration in there to keep it from getting gross this time of year.
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So true, but I think many animals don’t mind the algae.
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