Showing posts with label daisies. Show all posts
Showing posts with label daisies. Show all posts

Tuesday, May 30, 2017

The Deer Appear...


I'm testing a new camera today so the pictures aren't as clear as usual while I get used to using the zoom lens. Sammy and Buddy wouldn't hardly be still enough for me to get good shots! As we walked back from the bridge today, a herd of deer appeared in Sammy's yard. The does have been scarce lately, they've been having their babies and laying low. I got one good photo. I also got plenty of photos of the birds at the feeders at Mom's and Pa's back porch.



Sammy and Buddy share a moment at the bridge.


As we turned up the road to Sammy's house, the deer wandered across her yard.


The turkeys are back.


The cardinal took over the South Pole feeder while a turkey wandered across the meadow. 


This little hummer fluttered so fast, the camera couldn't capture her wings!



This little guy is the male of the species - a ruby-throated hummingbird.


The red-wing blackbird was shaking his feathers, I had the camera propped on the rail.


This is a woodpecker...I think it's a hairy woodpecker? Or pileated. I get them confused.


The wild daisies growing by Mom's and Pa's driveway.



A couple deer wandered right across our front lawn and I was able to snap a couple quick pictures.

 
  
A closer photo of the second deer. Not sure if that's a shadow of the trees on her belly or if she's losing her winter coat.


Tuesday, May 09, 2017

1rst Week Of May...


We've been taking our daily walk with the dogs, stopping in to visit with Mom and Pa and taking pictures of the scenery and the wildlife. We're working on a number of things in preparation for the visit from family this summer, doing some building, and also planning some surprises for various people! :) There's always a birthday or anniversary to celebrate.



A few years ago, Pa planted a whole bunch of light purple irises along their driveway. With cross-pollination of our local bees, some of the irises have changed colors as the years go on. In this picture there are three colors - dark purple, bi-color, and a golden iris. None of these irises are the original light purple that Pa planted!


The golden iris.  You can see streaks of purple through the petals.


The bi-color iris. 


 The dark purple iris.


The valley we walk through on our way to the bridge has a hay meadow for the neighboring farmer's cows. We've seen lots of critters in the field, skunks, possums, and rabbits, mostly. Occasionally, we are surprised to see low lying fog as we go by, and when we turn around to come home, the fog has burned off  already!



Buddy enjoys the sunlight at the bridge.



Sammy snags a snuggle from Richard at the bridge.



A gathering of daisies in the ditch.


The Missouri primroses are blooming in the rocks and poor soil.


A monarch landed in our yard!