Picture of the Day for June 15, 2018

The various critters in my yard slow down my mowing since I have to wait for all the little bunnies to get out of the way of the mower. And the toads, frogs and the little spotted fawn. And I even had to stop for a butterfly, Red-spotted Purple, when I saw it trapped in the window screen.  It is mainly a black butterfly with iridescent blue with red spots and it is often found taking nutrients from gravel roads, roadsides, or scat.

Red-spotted Purple

Red-spotted Purple

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Picture of the Day for June 14, 2018

A few more flags may have been flying in the air today to celebrate Flag Day, which commemorates the day when the flag’s design of 13 alternating red and white stripes and 13 white stars over blue was finalized on June 14, 1777. The origin of Flag Day has been accredited to different people, including several school teachers, but it wasn’t official until 1949 when Congress permanently established June 14 as National Flag Day.

Flag Day

Flag Day

Picture of the Day for June 12, 2018

The other evening, a deer was eating grass on my yard and bumped into a rabbit who took off running and scared a squirrel who caused a robin to take flight. I may need traffic signals out in my yard. Both the deer population and the rabbit numbers seem to be high this year and this spring’s young bunny is growing up fast as it nibbles on my lawn.

Baby Bunny

Baby Bunny

Picture of the Day for June 11, 2018

Although not in the road ditches peonies, in a range of colors from dark red, pink and even white, can be seen from the road. You can smell them in the breeze even before you get close to the large blossoms. The ground under the flowers will be eventually turn to white when the petals drop but the white isn’t from cold snow.

White Peonies

White Peonies

Picture of the Day for June 10, 2018

I didn’t get to see the sunset tonight, even though I was outside when the sun went down, as I was mowing behind the tree line. I did some some pink bouncing off some clouds to the east. But even though I missed the sunset, I did see a lot of other offerings from Mother Nature as I mowed, including two different batches of baby bunnies, a little fawn with spots and later probably its mother but the grass was too tall to spot the fawn again. Also noticed some rodents and insects and got off the mower once to pick a wild strawberry only to discover some critter had already eaten the bottom half.

Summer Sunday Sunset

Summer Sunday Sunset