Dry Days.....Wet Days

June and July have given us dry days...

that bring the bugs out...

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and wet days that keep us in...

and Magnolia blossoms wet...

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Saturday was a wet day for us...



so when Alivia came down to visit...
out came her favorite book...and
behind it she hid!




just ignoring me and...
even trying not to smile for the camera...




but actually, I later got what I wanted....
one of her...deeply engrossed in her book!



Later she was off to draw...but what would it be...



After giving it some serious thought...


she made up her mind...and created some art...
that's how I enjoyed yesterday.


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Today...being a dry day...
Herhusband walked down the drive to
retrieve the trailer from the barn...



while I waited at the gazebo...

which yesterday...being a wet day...

the swing wore a raincoat ready for rain.

So after Herhusband left to help grandson

Dustin move some things...

I went into the field...with camera...

pass the windmill...

and pass the bench in the field....

to the hillside just beyond the wire fence,

where the blackberries are....

it is quite steep here in places...

with ragged old trees...

and areas of plants with tall white blooms.

It's thick with tall straight trees...

and dense with low growing fern...

On a walk here last week I discovered...

a Hawk feather...a small snail...

then an even smaller snail...

and an old empty shell...

on the ground just beneath.

Also on that walk I placed something...

at the base of this middle tree to see

how it might change in a week's time.

This was it a week ago...a little green walnut

on a stack of rocks...even had a smiley face.

Today it looked like this...

green turned to gray... the leaf pulled away...

and the pebble fell off...

but he's still smiling.

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In a week I will return to see what I find.

On my way home this Box Turtle crossed my path..

with dark leathery skin...

and glowing pink eyes...which I just learned means

it's a male...females have yellowish brown irises.!

I found this slight heart shaped rock near him...

so I thought I'd take it home...

Eventually...I reached an entrance to field...

walked pass the pear tree...

then pass the Magnolia tree which has

a dry bloom today.

Oh, remember Alivia's artwork yesterday?

Well, she drew appropriate pictures...

One dry day.....One wet day!

Note which one includes a smile

and which one a frown!

For All To See

Everything was wet after a horrific early morning

thunderstorm at 5 AM yesterday...but at sunrise.....

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the morning sun brightened the day with it's rays...

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casting shadows that I couldn't resist....

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sending light rays through the trees.....

spraying sunshine all around.....

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luring me out closer.....






and down the drive....





where I was greeted by this young Song Sparrow
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who could just barely fly.






Being already out...I walked over behind the barn...

high in the trees....I found wild grapes forming...

.

the deer will stand on their hind legs to reach them.

I found the mulberries dripping with rain....

then checking the raspberries.....found

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them slowly ripening too....

along with this brown mushroom...but I think

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I may have overlooked a 4 leaf clover by it's side...

-enlarge to see-

but later in the day....

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overlook...I did not...
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Bluebirds in the birdbath!

Still later in the day....

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I just barely caught these Turkeys walking by....

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Herhusband saw them first...

.

and I quickly ran outside.

Last week while I was standing by this vine...

something flying in and out.....caught my eye....

I don't know what it's name might be...but

appears to have a cartoon-like face.....to me.

-enlarge to see-

So my yesterday started with a hazy view...

but soon was filled...with things to see...

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like morning rays...on this Redbud tree...

....Such magnificent views....for all to see!