Sunday, August 9, 2026

Tuesday, August 4, 2026

Wild things and flowers

 I enjoy sitting in the gazebo in the afternoon and watching all the birds that fly along the river; the osprey diving for fish and the cedar waxwings catching bugs as they swoop down from the surrounding trees. There is a stump near the gazebo and every time I sit there the little house wren comes for a visit. 


It is the cutest tiny bird!  

     
Robin (I assume juvenile) with a white tipped tail. Sorry about the crappy photo; taken at a distance in a hurry from my cell phone. 

Then there is this fellow, pretty sure he is the same one I have seen for the last couple years. 


Other than wildlife, there are flowers happening here, finally. 


Cosmos and calendula that self seeded for the last 2  years

This is a tiny flower with foliage that is similar to maiden hair fern


Snapdragons


Portulaca


We had some dramatic clouds last weekend. 
Love it when there are fingers of light poking through holes in the floor of heaven. 


And of course, one must include horses! Dally has literally no forelock left. 

Who needs a forelock, anyway?