Several mornings of thunderstorms at dawn...
left the Clematis dripping with rain...
and the Lilies covered with drops...humidity was high!
This morning felt fresh...so I ventured outside...
...went to check on the garden...
tomatoes I spied.
...under these leaves...
...zucchini did hide...
cucumbers I found...not big around.
That's it...no more rhyming!
The garden was fine...so I went to check the flowers
...fearing the deer repellent may have washed away...
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Last year...deer ate almost every Stella d' Oro bloom...
and did devour every single Hosta bloom.
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This year I'm having better luck by spraying.
They even nibbled on the roses last year...
thorns and all.
Still...I like the deer and run to take photos of them...
and that's what happened this morning...
Sherri...Alivia's mom...called to let me know a
mother deer was headed back our way...
A mother and 3 babies...
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that were very active...kicking up their heels...
two ran off together...leaving one alone with mom.
I was lucky to get their pictures
Being out at the end of the drive...I went into the field.
The pears are slowly growing
This peach is almost ripe...
but there just aren't very many this year.
Some years.....Herhusband has much better luck.
Getting closer to the house I found the Daylilies
starting to bloom...the deer ate on them too last year.
Lucky again...because these I didn't spray...
there are just too many.
As I turned I noticed some feathers....thinking the larger
had been lost by a hawk while attacking a smaller
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bird.....before carrying it away..
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But then I remembered.....
turkey had been in the field yesterday....
Some unlucky turkey was losing it's feathers.
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I was lucky this one posed for me.
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I left the feathers behind....and went over to the taller grass...
where last week Herhusband and I were lucky to see
an Eastern Phoebe sitting on what use to be a
light fixture in my mother's home....
I thought today with luck.....I might find something...
Lucky I was.....as you can see.
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" Widow Skimmer"By this time...it was lunch time...with a little iced tea!
Thanks for visiting me!
