Garden Party

Maybe I should name this lone little fawn....

who I just happened to look out and see.....

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having himself a party....in my garden...

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He was standing in the middle of some wild daisies.

I approached slowly and he didn't appear frightened...





but he did hike his tail.....





and ran away....




leaving my garden a little empty and boring.....




except for yellow lilies and yarrow...I just have
a few purple flowers in bloom...

Most of the Coneflowers still look like spiky buds....

so the garden is a little plain...well, except for a

mysterious face in the ornamental grass...My

son discovered it Sunday...while enlarging a photo

on last week's post....Can you see it?

After clicking on photo to enlarge...the statue like

face appears half way up...just below the plumes

of the tall ornamental grass...

-enlarge to see-

While some of the family was leaving Father's Day...

we saw the Mother and three fawns in the field.

Remember them?

The fawns kept her there several minutes....

nursing...and then they too...went away!

At least they aren't eating my Hostas this year....

not yet anyway.

Even with all the rain and moisture in the air...

I still have to water the potted cherry tomatoes

on the back porch every day...sometimes twice.

This end of the porch takes you to the back yard...

where the other tomatoes are planted and a small

water fountain for the birds is located...

You may be able to see a Finch sipping water in

this blurred photo...I took through the window.

-enlarge-

A birdhouse is located back here too...

the Carolina Wrens use it...

they are working on their second nest...

of the season.....

also back here....sometimes we see

Woodpeckers on the trees.....

-photos enlarge-

...and in the trees!

sometimes you may also find.....

Alivia...in a hammock!

Doesn't she look like she's day dreaming.....

...maybe about a "garden party"...

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!!!



-enlarges-



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!