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!

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.