Helen, Simply lovely! Makes me want to come visit 8)
As for the birds, on the deck which is off of my bedroom, I have a birdbath with a little waterfall/recirculating motor, and the birds love it. I always enjoy watching the little guys, but, honestly its the larger birds, the robins, catbirds (one of my favorite birds) and blue jays that get
down! Every single day there is a whole lot of splashing going on. I took a video, but can't get it to load without being sideways (oh well)
So, here are some flower pics instead.
Starting at the front of the house...
Moving to the back, there is the rock garden...
And then, the deck with the bird feeders, bird bath, (the table has the grape jelly for cat birds, kind of confusing to look at if you don't know its a glass tabletop) ... and of course Ernie dog.