outside my windows

I used to take pictures of my yard, post them,  and called the weekly  (almost) post,   "What's Outside My Kitchen Window."   
I had some friends who would show me what was outside their windows too.
If I had been on the ball, I could have made it into a blog hop or something, but I didn't, which is probably just as well, since I don't tend to stick to things.

It has been so warm this winter, and we've had no moisture or snow whatsoever .....until this morning, so once again I took pictures of 'what's outside my windows.
The Handyman commented on my pictures,  "are those from today?"
me, "yes"
Handyman,  "well, its hard to tell, you take pictures every time it snows and they all look the same.   For the past 15 years."It does seem I take pictures of the same things all the time.....






Pictures of what's outside my windows.
I don't have that  many exciting garden happenings in the winter I guess.

(looking at these pictures of my backyard, I can tell that I never really winterized.   I should get out and do that once the snow leaves---which it will soon enough,  we've had a very dry winter)


Family room:

kitchen:

dining room:

Living room:

What's Outside My Kitchen Window

A week in the life of our backyard.

What a week we've had!!

First, we thought spring was here.

I even had a daffodil.  One.  One daffodil.

It is Northern Nevada, the high desert.... I will have more daffodills the middle of May.

But for now, I am very excited to have one.

And a robin in the tree.

Robins are a sure sign of spring around here.

Believe it or not,  I can see buds on this tree!

And back to Mr. Robin.

He was having  fun looking for stuff for his nest.

On Sunday, it was so nice and warm, the Handyman couldn't help but sit out in the yard and read a magazine.

That first hint of sunshine, spring, warmth, well, we just feel the need to bask in it.

(I guess.  Can you call sitting out there with a long sleeved shirt, a gun magazine and a beer, basking?)

That was Sunday.  On Tuesday, we  had the biggest wind storm I can remember.

The nightly news said that if it had been a tropic system, it would have been considered a level 3 hurricane. We had 80 mile an hour winds.  And we lost part of our roof.  And so now yay...we get to spend our savings on a new roof.  I'm sure the insurance companies awere bombarded on Wed morning.

We drove around during our wind storm, so I could take pictures.

(oh....and I took a lot)

Fences down, trees down, dust bowls, tumbleweeds.

City Crews cleaning up the next morning.

Check out all those tumbleweeds along the fence line.

Then on Wednesday afternoon,  rain, snow and hail came.

Notice the two doves in our tree?  They are all hunkered down trying to stay warm.

It was FREEZING.

(we don't really like the doves, as they are kind of an annoying bird, but they sure were cold.  I felt kind of bad for them.)

And then later.... Wed. early evening, we had snow.

Sunday, warm sunshine.... Wed snow.

Ahhhhh....spring in Northern Nevada.

Outside my Kitchen Window.

Marching Out Like a Lion!

I have a cooking blog (which I have lately been incorporating my book loving side into), on which last year, I posted "What's Outside My Kitchen Window" every Wednesday. (or I tried to do it every Wednesday...it got a little boring looking out my window week after week, after week, so I skipped a few), but today I posted about it again....starting off spring 2010 right!


Only look what our spring brought today.....
 

March went out like a lion!

It is time for me to map out my garden. Last year I did a "square foot" garden and was so excited. I asked my husband to make individual "cubbies" if you will, instead of just an overlay to the "square foots"
see here.

Yes, I know it was wrong, but it worked.

My father in law, thinks he is very funny, and sent me a newspaper article the other day, with directions on the "right" way to do a square-foot garden. Smart Alec!!
He loves his square-foot gardens and has always had good luck with them.
I plan to expand to two this year...and a compost pile!

And here is what it looks like outside my kitchen window this week.

On Sunday, the Handyman cleaned up the patio, go our patio furniture out and set up and also fertilized the yard.

On Monday I thought I should go take some pictures of my crocus that are poking thru the earth.  But I didn't get around to it.

On Tuesday, we had the wind storm to beat all wind storms.

Lawn chairs upended.

Watering cans blown off their hooks!

Bird feeders turned sideways

(empty,  yes, I know....poor birds)

And the patio, which the Handyman had just cleaned?

Scattered with leaves and debris...and signs blown off our fence.

And then today, Wednesday, What's outside my kitchen window?

Snow.