RE: Bird bath/gate project

I'll be looking forward to the photos, Theresa.  It's good to take it a bit
easy in those temps, Theresa!  We are about 10 F. cooler than you are for
the next several days.  That's hot enough for me!  I won't be out in the sun
any longer than it takes to walk 5 dogs past 10:30 a.m. until about 8:00
p.m. when it starts to cool back down a little.  

Jim, I'm glad the Cardinal couple could enjoy a little time (almost) alone
in their bath and breakfast.  I love hearing the Cardinals here chirp.  It
is combined with an orchestration of finch, robin song.  I heard a bird song
last night that startled me.  It sounded very tropical, but I couldn't pin
down what it was or which bird had emitted the song.  I'll be keeping an eye
out.  (And your schedule makes me yearn for the days I could still drink
that carbonated beverage...Dr. Pepper...or any other than water for a change
for that matter.)

Blessings,
Bonnie (SW OH - zone 5) 

-----Original Message-----
From: owner-gardenchat@hort.net [o*@hort.net] On Behalf
Of Theresa W.
Sent: Sunday, July 16, 2006 7:04 PM
To: gardenchat@hort.net
Subject: Re: [CHAT] Bird bath/gate project

How nice for you to share the cardinals afternoon spa!  Unfortunately, my
fountain birdbath ran dry while I was recovering from my surgery and now no
longer is a fountain.  I'm hoping it is just the pump that got fried and
that I will be able to buy a replacement (I haven't looked yet).  It would
really (*&*%&) if something happened to the solar panel, which I'm sure will
be more expensive to replace.  It is roasting here-
105 and supposed to be the same for the next 3 days.  I've had the mister on
the back porch on all afternoon yesterday and today.  I did actually go
outside for a couple of hours and redid the inside part of the small gate
off my new patio.  I put lattice into the frame and then 
took the regular fence boards off the outside.   I didn't put the 
lattice on the outside yet (so it still looks unfinished)- but I was hot,
tired, and the battery for my circular saw was out of juice also.  
Just as well- it was time to cool off.  It will look so much better when I'm
finished.  I'll put up pics once it is final.  Also, some morning I'll get
outside to take a picture of one of my crinum flowers before the heat cooks
it!

Theresa

james singer wrote:
> The mister system in my lath house includes, among other things, a 
> dripline that refreshes a wall-mounted birdbath on the back patio 
> fence. The mister system fires off three times a day--on a Dr Pepper 
> schedule of 10, 2, and 4--for 15 minutes each time. Mr Cardinal has 
> used this bath often. Today, for the 2 PM refreshment, he brought Mrs 
> Cardinal. I've never seen them together at the birdbath before.
>
> It's a small birdbath. She went first, and when she was sufficiently 
> wet, he took his turn. She dried herself with the customary ruffles 
> and flourishes, then dropped to the basil pot beneath the birdbath and 
> feasted on basil seeds. Mr Cardinal meantime sat on top of the fence 
> and dried himself.
>
> When he seemed to be over with his drying and preening routine, he 
> chirped at her in that unmelodic cardinal chirp, and they flew away.
>
>
>
> Island Jim
> Southwest Florida
> 27.0 N, 82.4 W
> Hardiness Zone 10
> Heat Zone 10
> Minimum 30 F [-1 C]
> Maximum 100 F [38 C]
>
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