Morning Discoveries

One morning I discovered this beautiful little bird...

a Purple Finch...

sitting on a small pile of rocks out back...

seeming to just be taking in the view...

and then doing a little exploring on the ground.

The same morning I discovered this cute Lady Bug

underneath a Sunflower leaf...wet with rain.

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But then...

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every morning...
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I discover a Lady Bug ...
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greeting me with a smile!





I pass it on my way to check the small new garden
just off the back deck...where I have growing...
tomatoes, squash, cucumbers and peppers.





In the past...I have grown
small size tomatoes in a pot on the deck...




which Alivia would carefully pick by the armful...

and sometimes...

just stare intently at what she first picked!

Herhusband has a larger garden over in the field...

lots of cucumbers were grown there last year...

and a few Sunflowers for the birds.

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The Parsley...

Rosemary...and...

Basil are also my responsibility to grow...

along with all the flowers of course...

like the Yarrow...shown here

with the Wild Fire Pink from the woods...

and here..
an Asiatic Lily, Veronica, and Russian Sage

in the back...plus a little Autumn Joy...

then some Roses and Mexican Primroses...

along with a few Wild Daisies in the back.

Then there's some shade loving Hostas

around a small birdbath which needs cleaned.

Out of five birdbaths...there's always one

that needs to be cleaned.

These shade loving Fern came from the woods.

Something else I discovered this morning...

coming from "wood"...

water vapors rising from the fence.

If you enlarge this photo you may see

Bluebirds sitting at the end of the same fence.

Enlarge this photo and I hope you see raindrops

falling to the fence from the leaves.

The nicest thing I discovered this morning...

was

the Mother Deer and Fawn visiting again...

out by the wishing well...

just coming out of the woods...

and off down the drive they went...

but they will be back...as I hope you will be too!

HiddenThings

We've had cheerful blue skies often this week...

giving birth to billowy clouds...

with glowing light reflected from the sunset...

a sunset hidden from my view behind our mass of trees.

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Almost completely hidden from my view...

was this newborn baby fawn...

hiding behind it's mom...

in that same mass of trees...

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which leaves me wondering if the fawn might just
have been there too in this photo I took earlier of
a deer resting in the field... there ...but hidden.





This is an Indigo Bunting.....who decided to
finally visit the feeder...
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whom I have seen on occasion over the years ...but he usually stays pretty well hidden...
he visited with us all day.





On Alivia's last visit...seen here with her puppy
named Biscuit and her ever present little purse...
...she never leaves home without one...
she had $5.50 hidden in it!




she wanted to explore the barn...
and see what we might find hidden away...




we found yet another bird's nest...
with only one egg so far...in an old wire basket.




Warm weather is bringing new life to everything...
including the flowers in the garden...



right along with the weeds...

which has kept me busy removing them...

and I'm sure there's more hiding out...

but after spreading composted cow manure...

and spraying the lilies with a concoction
to keep the deer away...

I'm just going to enjoy the flowers for a while...
like this pink Peony...

seen here with an ant circling an unopened bud.

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Just a caterpillar of some sort curled up on a rock.

He would be better off if he hid from the birds.

I found this toad on a rock...

hiding in my small vegetable and herb garden.

Doesn't he look just a little bit grumpy?...

that "look" reminds me of someone...

I wonder who...

...maybe our Birthday Boy Dylan!

Don't you see that same look on this cute face?
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He does get a glint in his eyes sometimes...

and then tries to hide it...

he's charming...

he's very sweet!...

and he's getting older...turning 11 on the 28th.

HAPPY BIRTHDAY DYLAN!

"THERE'S THAT LOOK AGAIN"

My youngest grandson Dylan Michael!

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Here's how the view from my porch looks today...
please come back and visit.

A Carolina Wren and a Wood Thrush singing.