Hi, Nina! I wish it was a vacation. It's just the busy time of year and I can't keep up with FL and real life. See you again soon. 😊 💖💖💖

Indeed! No pressure at all, just let whatever happens happen 😊

I’m on level 3, but have been doing “reach for the stars” from level 2.
Not rushing anything and just going on the background.

Good luck! I only need 1 more fish for mine 🙂

Nice! Are you doing a quest?

We don't have magpies. But we have cardinals, blue jays, goldfinches, hummingbirds, junkos, sparrows, orioles, crows, turkey vultures, merlins...plus sea gulls as on the lake and other water birds like ducks, Canada geese, herons.
Squirrels are grey or dark brown(looks black) and then tiny red squirrels. In a town about an hour away they have white squirrels.
Oh I forgot raccoons...we have raccoons too. One year I put up an evergreen tree that a store was giving away free and I tied apple slices and other treats for the animals. A small raccoon visited and loved to eat the apples. It was cute.
There are groundhogs living in the countryside...they are a danger to horses and cattle because of the holes that they make...can cause a broken leg.

Willie is the name of the groundhog. At one time they had two albinos...the second one was Wee Willie...he was a stand in in case there was an issue with Willie. The handler had to wear thick gloves to protect from nails and teeth.
I live in a small town. We see squirrels, rabbits and chipmunks on a daily basis. Next would be skunks and then the odd fox and porcupine. Even rarer is the black bear...but he has been in our neighbourhood the past couple years. I have not seen him...but someone photographed him...and it was a couple blocks away. Have also see bear scat in the woods...which is about a half a block away.

On February 2nd...the groundhog is roused from his burrow and if he sees his shadow...he heads back into the burrow and it means six more weeks of winter weather. If he does not see his shadow...then it means spring weather is on its way. Most groundhogs used are brown...but the one near us is albino as were his previous two prognosticators.

Yes...things like this happen.
It wasn't Bill Murray's Groundhog Day...so it doesn't repeat over and over...hahahah
Groundhog Day is important here...there is an albino groundhog about a half hour from me...and it gives predictions on Groundhog Day. We don't pay attention to other groundhog predicitions as not for our area.

They should show up in the Marketplace sometime this fall...late fall. About a month or so after the sunflowers are no longer available. I usually try to grow extras...and that is what I am doing now.