Restless Knitter

So yesterday I had grand plans of showing you a bird that frequents our backyard (I always type backyarn and have to fix it) and titled the post. Then I promptly forgot to post about the bird! Before I forget again

This is a roadrunner. Meepmeep. He hangs out near the roses, strutting his stuff, eating bugs and lizards and maybe a rattlesnake (I haven’t seen one and hope not to). I’m a little disappointed that I have yet to hear him meepmeep. There’s a little irony in that we’ve been told our dog is part coyote. Get it? Wile E Coyote and Roadrunner? No? Okay, well, I was amused. A little side story to this is that the previous owner told me that one of the things we might see is a roadrunner. I was trying to tell The Man all the things she told me we might see and I couldn’t remember roadrunner. All I could think was that it was something that wasn’t real or would ever be seen in these parts, something like sasquatch, or a silverback gorilla. Again, amusing to me.

Anyone know what these are?

They’re around 6 feet tall, have huge leaves, and the stems are a dark red/purple. I don’t know if I’m supposed to cut these when the blooms fall off or if I’m supposed to leave them alone.

Same with these.

They’re only about 4 feet tall, have green stems instead of red, and the leaves aren’t huge like the previous ones. Most of them are yellow with spots, with only a couple that are two toned like this one.