Peaceful and Vibrant

The Poppies are popping out and the Iris are rising up

.....on this early misty morning at sunrise...

which looked like this earlier...peaceful water colors...

and the reason I came out...

which led to taking photos of the more vibrant colors...

in the yard...like...the oranges and purples.

the glowing purple Iris...

and the fiery orange Poppy...


But...one can easily find things for...
.
calm...
.
serene...
.
peaceful photos...
.
like this Robin sitting on a nest...



a nest with 4 vibrant blue eggs to begin...



and 4 peaceful baby Robins in the end...




and here's 4 leaf clovers again...

Too easy - just 2


I had spotted a chipmunk going into his tunnel...
with the clover peacefully standing guard.


Here's more peaceful water color flowers

in the yard...

Fern and Great Waterleaf

The light lavender Waterleaf and peaceful blue Ajuga



Family of five pale peaceful Jack in the Pulpits




When I took my walk last week with Andrew...

we came upon this cool peaceful scene in the woods...





I also liked this tree...if you enlarge and look closely...
you can see that it abruptly ends.....a tree behind makes it
difficult to see...photographer's fault!
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Just a unique grape vine in the woods!
Do you see anything?
Andrew saw a go-cart...Dylan saw a "pac-man" face!

Photos of Andrew near a cliff...

Don't slip Andrew!

Oh no!

Just kidding Cindy(Mom)...it only looks dangerous.


After spending time with Andrew that day...

Granddaughter Amanda came by for a visit. She
just finished her 2nd year of college...this summer she is
editing a manuscript of a professor's book.

She's peaceful and vibrant!

Then a few hours later...
Grandson Dustin stopped by. While having dinner
at a restaurant with his parents and brother Grant...
Dustin...being a licensed EMT...was able to assist a
patron that was having a seizure or stroke.

He's peaceful and vibrant too!

I've had a fulfilling week with nature and grandchildren...

so I made Herhusband a few fulfilling meals!

Peppers Fettuccine with Salmon...



and Banana Coconut Pecan Bread with
Coconut Lime Glaze



Yesterday morning...I went out...with camera...
again very early...peacefully quiet...except for birds!



Took this photo on my way to back yard...
It's a Solomon's Seal plant that's not quite open yet...
which sprouted here on it's own last year.

It will open to this soon...

This is just proof that I do work sometimes...

and I do get distracted sometimes by birds...

like this Rose-breasted Grosbeak at the feeder...

they have a vibrant red neck!
We have two sets of them this year and I can't get a

decent photo...but if you look in the upper left corner

you can see the female...she really blends in!

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Female

Later while working in the herb garden...

something else caught my eye...well
I actually heard it first.

It's half way up the skinny tree...to the left of center...

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a Pileated Woodpecker

He eventually flew to a tree right above me...

I just barely managed a quick photo of his

...vibrant red head...
before he went even higher.

He stayed about 20 minutes...all the while...

calling to another in the distance.
I recorded his call...
..."warning"...

It's not peaceful!!!

In The Yard

Most sunrises this past week have been very bright...

with very little coloring...almost white.....

I'm of the nature that I prefer getting up before dawn.

I like having my coffee and hearing the "noise" of the song birds

break the silence of morning...while the sun rises .

I am often out very early...either walking in the woods...

or working in the yard...with temperatures close to 80

this week...the yard work was done early...while

the shadows were still long...[that's the only time I'm tall.]

Herhusband managed to place the cover on the gazebo...

while I brought the furniture from the shed in a wheel barrow.

.

We've only sat under it once so far...but that will change...
there's plenty of time...after
.

we plant a small garden...

continue to pick up brush from winter...

and spray a few plants to keep the deer from
feasting on them...like they did the

Yucca plant this past winter.

I may spray a harmless concoction to keep the deer off...
but I don't spray the dandelions in the yard...
they are as welcomed as the wild violets in the yard...




These are wild flowers too...that find a home here
on their own...in the yard.




The Trillion though.....prefers to stay in the shade
of the woods and stay really wild and untamed...




almost as wild and untamed as a wild boar...

which if you look closely you may also find in the woods...

I did...can you?



I was just taking a photo of yet another tree that fell
oddly between two others...when I noticed the resemblance.

Here's another fallen tree that needs attention...
looks a little dangerous...since grandkids don't stay in the yard.




So the yard work and "inspection" of the woods...
...not all the walks are just for enjoyment...
has us eating quick meals...like...
a green olive & sun-dried tomato pizza...



pasta and vegetable salads...



and taking a few quick breaks for tea.

Tea time and apple blossom time seem to go together..

because some prefer honey in their tea...and...

bees make honey.....after visiting the apple blossoms...

Here's one doing that now.

Along with the apple blossoms each year we have

the sweet smell of the Lilly of the Valley....

and the very pink Bleeding Heart blooms.

So the flower garden is growing well...

and Alivia always finds the time to dabble in mud...

somewhere in the yard...

and play with the cat that has adopted them...

the cat that may be expecting and that

Alivia's Mom always feeds .

Alivia's Mom...by the way...on Monday...

is having a birthday!

Alivia's mom Sherri ...Alivia...and cousin Dustin!



HAPPY BIRTHDAY SHERRI !!!

Sherri.....Alivia.....Amanda
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This is a video I made of the Birds at Dawn!