HI Cathie!
We love our yard too. It takes a LOT of work and upkeep but it's so nice to be able to sit out there and enjoy it.
We feed our critters the bags of food from the Ace Hardware store. It has seed, cracked corn, and sunflower seeds.....something for everyone for around $5.99 a bag. We go thru a lot of it feeding so many critters every day though. Today we had 9 pigeons too!! We started out with only 2 pigeons.
The squirrels don't fight much. We spread the food out in a wide area (appro. 20ft by 20ft) so everyone has their area space. We love sitting and watching them eat.
We get tall Cranes here in our yard some times and we worry about them trying to eat the fish out of our ponds. I'm waiting for the hummingbirds to show up anytime now. I have 5 feeders out this year and all our flowers are in bloom now.
As for the IC.......I've had it since I as around 20 yrs old and have had some really miserable years with it. I'm doing great now on Elmiron, Elavil and Freeze dried Aloe Vera. I wish I'd had those drugs years ago!
I had my 2nd infusion today......it went better than the first one did but I'm sure tired tonight.