End Of April

Good year for Wild  Geranium   photo does not do it justice

Lily of the Valley has done well this year also.  The start of  these were brought to me by a childhood friend

Pretty sunset a few evenings ago

Birds

I  always enjoy feeding the birds every year....they have really put on a show this week. The  Goldfinches sure have their Summer colors on and have shown up in flocks.

And  we had some of these visitors this week!  So fun to see them....a few years ago we had a pair nest right in our yard!

We always have lots of Cardinals, and many other assorted birds

Fun to see this one too....just passing through...Rose-breasted Grosbeak

and a woodpecker photo-bombing!haha

Monday Morning

Pheasant-backed fungi  I found growing on  an elm stump in the Mae yard  probaby  a  foot wide

Intesting features  on some  buildings. several neat buildings in this town

antoher interesting building

would be an awesome place to live!

Neat sign!   Richard says he has seen it lit at night and it's pretty awesome!

Friday Randoms

Pileated Woodpecker

Oak Tree doing it's seasonal thing!

Wildflower Wednesday

Sunday Drive

Mute Monday

Out in the County

Small creek that runs into the Gasoncade

Eagle on the Maries River....where the swinging bridge used to be.

Pretty Dogwoods!

Dogwood Time

Dogwood!!

Wildflower Wednesday

Bluebells along the Gasconade River

Trillium something

Yellow flowers a few miles downstream

Bluebells down around Dry Creek

Bellflower something along the bluff towards Belle Chutes. really pretty

Sure are a lot of really nice wild flowers blooming right now!

Social Distancing

Pictures from a couple weeks ago....spending the afternoon social distancing in the woods...a patch of moss on a rock

some bottles I found in an old trash pile

burl on an Oak tree

Moss covered boot

Saw a few of these....like   a  terrarium  inside an old glass jar//bottle

It was a fun afternoon and good to get outside and enjoy the woods!