Tonight, on our evening walk with Sadie, Ryan and I noticed that one of our little friends returned after a brief hiatus from the neighborhood.
That would be a woodpecker’s handy work.
We noticed the woodpecker pecking into our neighbor’s mailbox a few weeks ago and had a good time keeping tabs on his progress until our neighbors caught on and sealed the hole. (We were seriously bummed out when that happened!)
The sealed hole deterred the woodpecker for a week or so, but today he pecked through and returned. That mailbox will be his home! What a resilient little guy. The animals in Ocala never cease to amaze me.
Dinner
After our evening walk, we came home and made a fast dinner. Neither of us were in the mood to cook so simple broiled salmon and roasted Brussels sprouts seemed like an easy option.
We got a little sidetracked when the salmon was in the oven, so the fish was a bit overcooked, but not too shabby.
Plus my third nectarine of the day!
Off to do some reading before bedtime. Enjoy your night!
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Fruits & veggies are my favorite snacks/desserts. Sometimes I feel like a horse because I find myself snacking on carrots and apples all day! Neighhhhhh! 🙂
Nectarines are the bomb – i’m so glad they are in season! I had a peach today as well and it made me happy 🙂
now craving a juicy nectarine!! looks so good.
Love this meal!! My fave! The other night I totally made a “Julie” meal. I roasted brussel sprouts and sautéed some chicken apple sausage in the skillet. I mixed it together and topped it with an over easy egg. I might have died it was so amazing!
Your nectarine looks delicious!!!!!! We had a woodpecker on our front porch for a while growing up, he was trying to get into one of the columns, and he was so loud!
All the peaches and nectarines in the grocery store are making me love summer!
A mylar balloon will keep woodpeckers away. (Not sure if you want to put one of those on your mailbox tho 😉 )
After reading your post with the fruit kabobs and goat cheese & honey dip, I tried to think of a lower fat option and tried Trader Joe’s 0% fat Greek yogurt with Honey. It is a delicious desert and my news go-to fav!
I’m confused by why you wouldn’t tell your neighbors there was a woodpecker pecking a hole in their mailbox??? lol
there’s no way they didn’t see it on their own before (it’s really obvious!), but i am assuming they just took a while to get it patched up. 🙂
Ohh I love nectarines. And what a seriously resilient woodpecker! Im thinking happy digging thoughts for him! ;p
I’ve never seen a woodpecker in real life before! Crazy!
That nectarine looks GOOD!!!! I love fruit, especially in the Summer time!
I’ve been inhaling all of the delicious fruits that are in season right now! Peaches, watermelon, pineapple … it’s all soooo good!
Can’t go wrong with a, or three, nectarine!! 🙂
Salmon and brussel sprouts – a few of my favorites! 🙂
That nectarine looks absolutely divine! I haven’t been able to find any good stone fruits yet around Maryland, but hopefully the good stuff will be coming into farmers markets soon!
Mmmm YUMMY nectarine. Must go buy some. I love those little guys.
That nectarine looks so yummy! I bought a bowl of plums from Trader Joes on Sunday and literally eat 2 everyday
-_-. Haha! Fruit is so good! 🙂 I would love to see a wood pecker.
That woodpecker is sure perserverent! I have to admit I’m a little terrified of everyday animals right now. We have birds trying to live in our grill. And I’ve had squirrels chew through my window screen and eat my cupcakes before! (this post http://www.whatsanniemaking.com/sprinkles-and-squirrels/ ) It was terrifying!
What are you reading nowadays?
drop dead healthy! i’ve been rather slow at getting through this one… it is good, but not a “page turner” for me.
I was just thinking about how I hadn’t had salmon in a few weeks. I miss it! I need to make some soon.
Hi Julie – What kind of salmon do you buy? Alaskan? Is it fresh or frozen? Just curious! I’m sure you’ve mentioned it before but I don’t remember 🙂
we just buy whatever kind of salmon is on sale behind the seafood counter at publix! 🙂
Don’t want to sound like a know it all but I thought I would give you a heads up salmon. I am an RD and I have done a lot of research on this subject
I would be careful buying the farmed salmon from the grocery store. They contain a lot of contaminants, PCBs, antibiotics etc.. (all potential carcinogens) Plus farmed salmon is terrible for the environment.
I would recommend wild alaskan salmon. It is more than double the price but at the moment it is the only type of salmon that is sustainable/safe for us to eat
That salmon looks sooo good! And I’m not a big seafood fan!
Check out my latest recipe @ bakingblissful.blogspot.com
Fresh fruits are definitely one of my favorite things during the summer. Melon, pineapple, strawberries, peaches… yum, yum, yum!
I have a woodpecker that divides his time evenly between the two telephone poles near my house. He’s always pecking away at that wood. They are resilient little buggers
I bought nectarines this past week and they are sooooo sweet and juicy!!! YUMMM 🙂
That woodpecker is very determined! I don’t think I’ve ever seen one in person before!
Dinner looks great! 🙂 I’ve been wanting to buy nectarines and peaches but none of them are ripe near me.
We had very resilient woodpeckers attack our house last summer. They pecked about 15 holes in the stucco and the largest were the size of tennis balls. Nothing would keep them away and we tried a lot of different things including fake owls, shiny streamers and wind chimes. Then can cause some pretty serious damage. Your neighbours are lucky that it’s just the mail box.
I am in a search for nectarines today.
That woodpecker would leave their mailbox alone if they just put out some suet for him/her to eat instead.
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