Alivia's Birthday

This little girl is having a birthday Saturday.....

only.....she is a big girl now....

Alivia spent most of yesterday with Gramma...




climbing up into the Honeysuckle Bush...




and then back down...when she decided to




take a few photos of her own....

-a glass butterfly-.....

-a fallen leaf-....

and....

-a brown mushroom-.

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Then it was back to climbing again.....

this time on the swing.....

under the Walnut Tree.....

carefully crossing to the end.....

then she was off again...

this time running to the field....

faster than me!

Slowly circling the apple tree.....

then jumping in the air.....

just to pick a little green apple.....

then she darted off again...leaping in the air...

racing me home.....

where we quietly painted some masterpieces!




That's how I usually spend my days with Alivia!

"Happy 6th Birthday Alivia!"

" Love, Gramma & Grampa "

Thank You

I would like to acknowledge and thank Jientje at
"Heaven is in Belgium"

who kindly gave this creative award to me...which

she herself received for her beautiful blog.

Thank you Jientje!

In return I have to name seven things I love.

1. Grandchildren
2. Making memories
3. Good books
4. Walking in the woods
5. Dark chocolate
6. Hazelnut coffee
7. All things nature

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Also... Claudia was very kind also.....

for giving me this sisterhood award.

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Claudia's blog...

"Journey of an Italian Cook"

always has great recipes and stories.

Thank You Claudia!

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!