Changes

Remember the nest of 4 eggs in the pine tree...

with mother Robin keeping watch...

.

then they hatched into fragile babies with fuzz...

who all slept a lot...

.

well they sprouted a thin coat of feathers...

but remained just as sleepy...

.

within days their feathers thickened...

and wide awake and hungry they became...

...changing...

between feedings
they would still close their eyes and rest...

...waiting to be fed.



Always ready for food...
opening their mouth wide...
when they thought it was time.




They became very alert...
looking more like
their parents as they grew...
... changing...




Then one day I found them in the trees...

and not long after that...changing to this...

but not a complete change...

still being lovingly fed...

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and later taught to search on their own.

Baby deer can be found this time of year...

quietly waiting somewhere for their mother's return.

This was a family of three last year...

-twin fawns-

The mother brought them to the bird feeders often

throughout the winter.

Then this early spring...

they could be seen visiting alone...

-changing-

They each have different personalities...

one is a little more cautious than the other...
and always seems ready to flee.

Just last week they were visiting in the field...

you can see they are beginning to grow antlers.
-changing-

Maybe those antler nubs itch a little!

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Remember
the Morel mushroom I found in the woods...

but didn't pick because it was passed it's prime.

Well it later changed to this...

In the garden

the Poppies and Iris are still in bloom...

but with each day...changing.

Spent Iris blooms turn in on themselves.

The Poppies...once so full

turn into seed pods on long thin stems...

...changing...

This moth changed once from a caterpillar...

maybe a caterpillar that looked just like this...

and this clinging pod only looks like a caterpillar on a Poppy...

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which makes for a unique change in the Poppy.

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