My first weekend snapshot was taken this Friday. After waiting eleven long years for the first blooms on any one of my peonies, the one below rewarded me by FINALLY blooming. I am still holding out hope for the other two who have yet to bloom. I won't say that it was quite worth the eleven year wait but it comes close. A truly beautiful flower to me.
The female cardinal had a long wait for her bath on Saturday. After perching on the edge while the male cardinal bathed, a mockingbird cut in line and she had to patiently wait yet again. The female cardinal is on the right top part of the photograph below, and the mockingbird has staked out the bath in the first shot. This was after the male cardinal had a long bath and the female was already getting restless. 
She didn't have to wait eleven years for her bath like I did for my peony to bloom but I'm sure it seemed that long to her.
I could almost hear her singing in the bathtub. Tweetdledeetweetdeldumlalalala.
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21 comments:
That is lovely flower.
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aaahh....cute bird :D take a bath hi hi hi hi...
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lovely shots as always! I love bird baths. Watching them bath is so fascinating and cute
TUESDAY-BIG DAY!!!!!
Gosh, 11 years, hey? Wow... the wait was well worth it because that is one amazing flower! Beautiful.
The birds are delightful to see in these photos.
What a treat to see and I love the little bathtub song! =)
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did you really wait that long? WOW! Awesome flower! great shots of the birds too! have a happy week :D
11 long years is some wait! Glad you're finally rewarded for the long wait with the lovely bloom :)
p/s: I clicked on the wrong linky. It jumped to PH linky when I hit tab. :( sorry.
that's such a gorgeous shot! I say waiting for 11 years for it to bloom is well worth it! :)
cute bird shots!
happy WS
awww... so lovely! love the bird shots, too! :)
happy WS
Bird bath...so cute and it's not easy to take photos of birds. Love it!
That's a beautiful peony! What a long wait! And it didn't disappoint you. I would be ecstatic!
i wonder how many petals that flower has.
perfect timing!! cute female bird..I could almost hear her singing while bathing ha ha!
have a fine week ahead!
and thank you for visiting my entries :)
that was one wonderful flower...nice first entry for WS.
Mine is up too. hope you can check it out too:
http://www.myplanetpurple.com/2008/05/weekend-snapshot-3-three-is-crowd.html
http://howellabie.blogspot.com/2008/05/weekend-snapshot-1-mangroves.html
very lovely!
i remember my mom who beg her plants to bloom and they didnt dismay her.
these r lovely flowers but this week it is the birds that i love the most :)
Lovely, lovely! I was already thinking that I'd like to get a birdbath. This makes me think so even more!
Here's mine.
great shots with the flowers Carver. =)
The peony is beautiful and the birds are amazing creatures. They entertain us in any way.
11 years to wait for a flower - man that is patience. I'm glad the time has finally arrived.
I have never seen peonies in real life, Carver, so this is a treat, such a beautiful flower!! Hope the other two bloom for you this Spring,as you have waited long enought and you deserve it!
Beautiful shots of the birds and the bird baths too!
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