Saturday, April 25, 2026

Dove roosting on my patio in a strawberry plant

My goal this weekend was to get as many of the potted plants I got this week into the ground.



 My Saturday began early with my usual coffee, and by 7:45am I was walking the river trail with Wolfie and Zana. They are my two heaviest dogs that need exercise the most, but isolating them from the rest of the pack isn't easy as they all want to join me on a river walk. Wolfie hadn't gotten his long walk in almost two weeks, so I know he was happy chasing Zana in the desert. High winds were predicted all day through the evening, but it wasn't so bad in the morning. I was only on the trail for 90 minutes and back home by 9:30am, repotting a bare-rooted Mexican lime tree and putting a new white oleander in the ground were once my Italian pine failed. I just can't grow pines in my front yard. Everyone has died so far, but the oleander are doing well.

I noticed a dove nest in one of my strawberry pots. A single egg standing on a few dried twigs. It's not much of a nest, but does Momma dove really want to roost there, with all the in-out traffic? I love watching birds and she is welcome to stay if my constant presence won't bother her. I just need to remember to take the side entrance more often. There were no birds on my property when I first moved here. I'm glad that is changing. I will try to leave Momma dove some seeds and water for her.

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