Sassy and I took our morning walk first, because she insisted. Next, I watered a few places in the Rose Garden and the Butterfly Garden. Roses and Borage are doing well. Mature Joe Pye is growing fast heaven-ward, twice engulfing a rose bush. The roses still bloom, wrapped in scented leaves, and I cut excess JPs back to allow some sun.
I needed to wash and refill the kiddie pools re-imagined as bird baths. Instead, I dumped the dirty water and put a sprinkler nearby to fill the pools and provide a water-park for everyone. They already had some popcorn on the two barrels.
I came back to a happy bird and squirrel riot. The food was gone, squirrels and birds were having mock battles over the water. One squirrel made a flying leap into the pool, scaring birds away. They came back to harass the squirrels.
A bit later, two pools and a shallow dish had water for everyone and "dry" areas for landing. I turned off the water to preserve the shallows and allow vegetation to drip down for that outdoor shower experience.
Birds and squirrels are happy to use up the food I sprinkle around, but they love water the most during a drought.
We can see in the layers of Creation, the purpose for each creature (not evolute). They are divinely programmed, engineered for certain tasks, which they carry out tirelessly. Birdlings and squirrelings get fed when they are young and vulnerable. They learn how to get their own food. The obvious answer is "Eat at Jacksons and leave us alone. The trouble with you is you are spoiled. Spoiled rotten!"
When the creatures splash the water, the tiny animals flourish - earthworms, slugs, beetles, ants, moles, spiders of all kinds. Enemies do not wipe out the competition but control it with measured, carefully determined (by Whom?) measures. Daisies are now blooming, attracting a type of outdoor fly that plants eggs on, in, or inside destructive-to-plants insects. The babies hatch and devour the unfortunate victims, then mature into parents who lay eggs on, in, or near the insects they devoured as new-borns.
