Also worthy of mention was the kindness and solicitude of all the people involved in it, staff and volunteers, who worked hard to make sure everything run smoothly.

Our booth

Other view

Both parents take turns feeding them, in and out all day long. I got them some mealworms but I don't know if it's going to work because there are other birds which also like them and right now, until I can figure out something, it's a first-come first-served affair.

Besides the bluebirds and chickadees nesting in our birdboxes, we discovered also in our Japanese maple, next to our grill, an American Robin nest with 4 eggs. No more barbecues until the little ones hatch.

American Robin eggs

I looked yesterday into the chickadee box. At least three babies have hatched and I think that probably the bluebirds too, because I have seen both, male and female, entering and leaving the bird house several times today. I’ll check tomorrow.

Real bluebird eggs, with one masquerading as an Easter egg.

My second entry, Circle of Life - Yellow Orchids, will be on display at gallery 313, 305 N. Main Street, also in Anderson.

Circle of Life - Yellow Orchids

There are still a couple of prints in Sautee and Clayton, but after they are sold we will not do any reprints. However, we will keep offering the Blue Mystique note cards.

When I checked several days ago there was a little blue egg there and since then, they have been in and out several times each day. The male comes, look inside the birdhouse and then the female goes inside while the male perches on top and watches for any threat. He also checks on her from time to time. I may very well have to retract my previous comment about the male-female roles in the bluebird world. (Backyard Tales in facebook)

The rest don’t seem to like very much their new home. One came from Hawaii and it has never bloomed. Probably not enough humidity or sun. But it keeps growing new leaves; maybe one of these days it will surprise me.

A white-lavender-blue C.G. Roebling 'Sentinel' is the last kid on the block, I just got it a couple of months ago. When it finally blooms it’s going to be beautiful but it will probably take some time. I have learned to wait; it took a couple of seasons for my other plants to start blooming but it was worth it.