Rain Results

We've had more than our share of rain...resulting in the

patio rocks becoming a haven for moss...there's a...

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patch of 4 leaf clovers next to the rocks...see if you

can find the 5 I found...and the one I missed.

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All the rain has resulted in numerous mushrooms
coming forth...like this small perfect one in my flower bed.

I found this perfect larger one in the woods....
although in the photo it appears smaller.



You get an idea of the size...compared to my shoe.




This large dead tree leaning in a dangerous way
was a result of all of our rainstorms too...it broke...




near the bottom and needs attention soon.


Can't hold it in place with a bungee cord...like I did
this sunflower that sprouted from a bird-dropped seed.




This one...already in bloom...was started by birds too.




The birds will carry the seeds over to the baby birds...
waiting in the trees to be fed. At first I thought
I was watching a Cardinal feeding it's off spring...
...but it was actually a young cowbird that
had been hatched unknowingly by the Cardinal.
Cowbirds sneak their eggs in other bird's nests.

The rain has helped our garden...especially the tomatoes.

These are plum tomatoes hanging heavy on the vine.

This was our first zucchini out of the garden...

it's already been eaten....

with some of this basil from the garden too.

I have my eye on this apple in the field...

I'm putting a tag on it that will say...Wanda's.

You can see the rain still on it...the field

was very wet...when I took this photo.

Also in the field this week were these two fawns...

I walked out slowly with my camera...

and stood.....quietly watching.

Then one started kicking up his heels and

playfully running around...moving too fast for

my camera...suddenly he was...

running straight toward me...no time to aim...

not that I was nervous or anything...

but that fawn ran a circle around me and then

back into the field he went just as quickly...

to catch up with the other one that had run

a little ways off.

After catching up...

he then ran circles around his friend...

more than a few times....then suddenly

he was headed back my way again...

I think he just wanted to play...

anyway...nervous as I was I thought to set the

camera on video...everything was happening so

quickly and taking photos wasn't working very well...

This fawn came up to me several times...

so here is a little of what I experienced!

Morning Discoveries

One morning I discovered this beautiful little bird...

a Purple Finch...

sitting on a small pile of rocks out back...

seeming to just be taking in the view...

and then doing a little exploring on the ground.

The same morning I discovered this cute Lady Bug

underneath a Sunflower leaf...wet with rain.

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But then...

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every morning...
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I discover a Lady Bug ...
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greeting me with a smile!





I pass it on my way to check the small new garden
just off the back deck...where I have growing...
tomatoes, squash, cucumbers and peppers.





In the past...I have grown
small size tomatoes in a pot on the deck...




which Alivia would carefully pick by the armful...

and sometimes...

just stare intently at what she first picked!

Herhusband has a larger garden over in the field...

lots of cucumbers were grown there last year...

and a few Sunflowers for the birds.

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The Parsley...

Rosemary...and...

Basil are also my responsibility to grow...

along with all the flowers of course...

like the Yarrow...shown here

with the Wild Fire Pink from the woods...

and here..
an Asiatic Lily, Veronica, and Russian Sage

in the back...plus a little Autumn Joy...

then some Roses and Mexican Primroses...

along with a few Wild Daisies in the back.

Then there's some shade loving Hostas

around a small birdbath which needs cleaned.

Out of five birdbaths...there's always one

that needs to be cleaned.

These shade loving Fern came from the woods.

Something else I discovered this morning...

coming from "wood"...

water vapors rising from the fence.

If you enlarge this photo you may see

Bluebirds sitting at the end of the same fence.

Enlarge this photo and I hope you see raindrops

falling to the fence from the leaves.

The nicest thing I discovered this morning...

was

the Mother Deer and Fawn visiting again...

out by the wishing well...

just coming out of the woods...

and off down the drive they went...

but they will be back...as I hope you will be too!