Painted Birdhouses

I painted some birdhouses.  I gave 3 to my parents and kept 3.  I've never painted something like this, so I practiced on the back of each one, before I tried my design on the front.

I think they turned out pretty nice!  My parent's already have birds nesting in the birdhouses that I gave to them.  Mine are still empty, but I have some other bird houses in the yard full of nesting birds, so maybe they will be chosen to raise a little family next year.

Plums

Picked the plums off of ONE of my trees.  Lots and lots of plums.  All three trees are plum trees.  Who knew?!?  They are just different varieties.  So no apricots.  Or cherries.

Fruit Question

I've thought that this was a cherry tree for the last 3 years.  Am I wrong?

It grows like a cherry tree, has leaves like a cherry tree and bark like a cherry tree, but these are some BIG cherries!

This is the first year that it has had any fruit.

My finger for size comparison.

Next tree.  This is a plum tree.  It has had plums before, so I KNOW that is is a plum tree.

One of the 3 currant trees that I planted last year.  They are growing HUGE!

Finally apples on the apple trees.  Well, on one of the trees.  The other 2 still don't have any fruit on them. 

And that beautiful apricot tree with all the blooms?  Zero fruit.  Last year I had a few apricots even with all the fruit drop after the late freeze.  BUT I remembered to prune last year.  Next year.....

Fruit Blossoms

The fruit trees are in bloom and covered with blossoms!

So far there are just apricot and plum blossoms, but the cherry is almost blooming and the apple trees will be right behind her.

I don't know why, but I think of the trees as girls.

I suppose, because they have fluffy blossoms and make fruit.

Pine trees and oaks, maples, ect. are boy trees......in my opinion.

Above apricot blossoms.

Below plum blossoms.

Last year I had 1 apricot and 4 plums.

I hope there will be more fruit this year.