This old tractor on the edge of an apple orchard probably had put many hours into hauling wagon loads of apples at harvest time and may welcome its retirement years.
Tractor Past Prime
Picture of the Day for May 25, 2021
Yellow rocket is considered to be a weed which is in the mustard family and some are growing on the edge of my pond that I didn’t get pulled earlier this spring.
Yellow Rocket Display
Picture of the Day for May 24, 2021
This afternoon I was getting alerts about lightning strikes near my house and could hear some thunder once in a while, but the actual thunderstorm cells just skirted by. By evening the clouds, both in the east and west, had hints of pink in them.
Missing Storm Sunset
Picture of the Day for May 23, 2021
There was a break in the clouds this afternoon, but the sun had a hard time filtering down to the carpet of pink and green. The wild geranium is a native woodland flower and is also seen in road ditches as they grow well in full sun as well as light shade.
Carpet of Pink Blossoms
Picture of the Day for May 22, 2021
It did not rain today, but the sun was still absent part of the day and was barely showing beneath the clouds before sunset.
May Cloudy Sunset
Picture of the Day for May 21, 2021
The flowers have been watered with the recent rains and maybe tomorrow the sun shine on them again.
Bleeding Hearts
Picture of the Day for May 20, 2021
Other birds seem to enjoy the flowering apple trees too and later when there are apples, more birds will savor eating the fruit.
Oriole in Blossoms
Picture of the Day for May 19, 2021
The nodding trillium has blossoms that hide under the leaves, which may be why my deer don’t see the white to eat them or the leaves have a different taste as the nodding trilliums survive in my woods where the great white trilliums get grazed off.
Nodding Trillium
Picture of the Day for May 18, 2021
So far this spring the bluebirds seem to be down in numbers as I have only seen a few this year. Hopefully more have returned but I just haven’t noticed them. Some years I would see them in the apple tree blossoms, which make a pretty backdrop.
Bluebird in Apple Blossoms
Picture of the Day for May 17, 2021
Part of my lawn was covered in white, but at least the white color isn’t from snow. As the quaking aspen female catkin mature, they release lots of tiny cottony seeds which blow in the wind.
Aspen Catkin
