Other Gardens

La Rosaleda at Parque del Retiro

Alan and I recently went to Spain for an awesome vacation. I am sharing a few roses that we saw in Madrid at La Rosaleda. Rosaleda is the rose garden in Parque del Retiro (Retiro Park). Retiro Park was named a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Even though we did not go at the peak season, […]

Birds General Gardening

Northern Mockingbirds

While I first saw a Northern Mockingbird in our yard in 2020, it was quite eventful.  While I wanted to keep feeding this mockingbird, he kept go after the other birds that I had been feeding for a long time and wouldn’t let them eat.  He especially did not like the cardinals – how territorial and […]