Birthday

Guess whose birthday it is Friday....

who spends his time in different ways...

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he sometimes does some sleeping here.....

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and must always have.....his bike near...

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riding it in the drive or yard

for him...getting it dirty isn't hard...

climbing on those fallen trees...

leaves him tired as can be!

Now riding on...his green dirt bike...

is one of the best.....things he likes.

Happy 13th Birthday Andrew!!!

IN...AT...ON

In this room I get distracted...when trying to read...

there are books on the daybed...as you can see...

but it's what goes on outside this window...

that constantly...bothers me...

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first it might just be birds at the feeder...
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or new baby woodpeckers...together on the tree...






or 3 feisty squirrels...playing at their game of tag.




This morning a deer came in for a snack...




Last year they ate on my Stella de Oro Lilies...
seen here this morning in the rain.



and these are the Asiatic Lilies from my last post...
but...heavier here in bloom.




This gazing ball is in the middle of a....





long flower bed that leads to the gazebo....





...in which I like to sit.....and read...

I discovered someone else enjoys it there too....



which leaves me wondering what to do...

found it in the gazebo...on the half barrel table...

it's too large to bother...

once described by a "Scribe" (click to see)

as the size of a German Shepherd!!!



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What would you do?

Scream and leave it alone...

maybe...find it a new home???

Here's one last look!
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After that you deserve something sweeter...
so here's a baby fox...

and a not quite sweet peach still on the tree.

Here's tomato blossoms hanging on the vine...

and little mushroom umbrellas growing in the garden.

We do have baby Bluebirds...here's one on the bench.

This is a leaf twisted in on itself...caught in a bind!

-photos enlarge-

Ripening raspberries on a bush....

a Butterfly on a Daisy...

and unripe Mulberries up in a tree.

A sunflower seed...dropped by the birds...

sprouting on a rock in the birdbath...

A just found heart-shaped rock...in a blue dish...

note the moss and the facial features on it.

Several heart-shaped rocks in a wooden box...

and here we have Brownies on a plate...

which inspired Alivia to get us some iced tea!

Here we have a younger Alivia...

sitting on Aunt Cindy's knee...

Cindy is Katie, Andrew, and Dylan's Mom...

my son Steve's wife!

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...and June 4th is her ?? Birthday.

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"HAPPY BIRTHDAY CINDY LEE"
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Your son Andrew "only sat"....on this Cindy....

...his older Cousin Dustin's motorcycle...

sitting in the drive.

All are welcome down the drive anytime!

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...
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calm...
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serene...
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peaceful photos...
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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!!!