Eli's 'after' picture and other things

Thank you so much for the comments on my last post. 

Thank you to Sue, a new follower. 

A morning glory volunteered and climbed the garden fence...

a skimpy looking little vine, but I'll take it. 

Just about every summer I plant a morning glory seed but never see one grow.  

This blue bird box has attracted more than a vine this summer...

Back in early spring we were tickled to see a pair of blue birds going in and out, busy building. Wasn't long before the little female moved in.

Early one morning when Poppy was walking Eli, he spotted a five foot black snake wrapped around the pole with it's head right at the entrance to the box. Poppy's quick action saved that little family.

As soon as the Blue Bird family moved out, a big spider moved in. I guess he can stay, for a while, or at least until next spring. Hopefully he will eat plenty of insects from the garden. We have sure had a bug infested garden this year!

Oh, but look at these...

The driveway and the goat lot were full of these Eastern Yellow Swallowtails. I was making myself dizzy trying to get a picture of them flying...it's almost impossible! I took picture after picture and captured only 2 or 3 butterflies. But then...

some of them lit on the ground.

and as promised, here is that 'after' picture of Eli...

Oh my goodness, he smells so good and feels like a big plush comforter...

When I ask if Eli was a good boy, the groomers say he is the best! We love the girls at The Animal House!

our walk around the pond

Oh, look what Weetie got in the mail...

Poppy ordered her a brand new bed, Weetie says it just perfect.

and I have a little cat story...you know how cats enjoy teasing us...

Poppy yelled, "Mel, hurry! Come look at Smokey"! Well, there was smokey, way up on the roof of Poppy's shop, meowing like he needed help. We dragged the tall ladder over to the shop and I climbed up. Of course, Smokey stayed just out of my reach, staring at me. 

We decided to leave the ladder, which was almost as tall as the shop and Smokey could come down by himself. So, as I started down the ladder, Smokey ambles over to the edge of the roof,  jumps to the nearest tree and beats me to the ground.  

Cats delight in making us look foolish, don't you think so? :)

Here it bedtime, and too late to sew tonight. I've made a new skirt for the sewing table, but I'll show you next time. 

Thank you for visiting.

Love, 
Henny

PS: Granny Marigold, the bunnies are fine. I need to do a post about them. "Chief, Son of Bun" is a digger, and has dug a tunnel in his part of the lot. :)

Surprises

On one of those extremely hot days early last week, suddenly a cloud came up and while the sun was still shining brightly, that cloud opened up and poured down rain, right through the sunshine.

I said to Poppy, as we walked out on the porch to watch the rain, "I bet there is a pretty rainbow out there somewhere, but we would never see it, under all these trees".

But...to my surprise, the rainbow found it's way through the trees, right into our yard...

Such a strange sight, I could not believe my eyes! 

and speaking of strange sights, look who hitched a ride up to the garden, supposedly to help out...

adding all that extra weight to my work basket.

but that's okay. Smokey is my sweetie pie. I had to reach under him to pull my camera out. 

wasn't long before he moved to a more comfortable spot.

The flowers along the fence inside the teeny tiny garden are blooming and there are bees and butterflies and all sorts of strange bugs...

my favorite spot in the garden...

Poppy asks, "why do you take so many pictures of the same thing". 

"well, it's just hard to stop".

did you notice the long skinny wasp type bug on the sunflower leaf? 

Need to get busy. Poppy works today and you should see my "to do" list. Everything from mowing to mopping. Oh, one more thing...

We cleaned up dead fallen maple tree and when Poppy pushed over the stump...

he upset this little frog's home. Can you find him?

I mean, this little guy was living in a frog cafe, surrounded by all sorts of insects. We carefully placed an old shingle over the hole and left him alone. 

Hope to be back here soon.

Love,
Henny

A little butterfly video...such as it is...

While trying to work outside this morning, honestly, the flutter of butterflies and the buzz of bees caught my attention. Hope you won't mind my showing you a little more of the yard.

but wait, that's not all! Here's a teeny tiny video...

Sure hope the little videos will play. I simply had to share all the pretty butterflies with someone...

Poppy has been taking pictures of the snowball bush. Watching, as it progresses from green to big white snowballs...

This was March 27th

and this April 2nd

and today. It's beginning to rain and the wind just wrapped the flag around the pole. Maybe I can get another picture after this next round of storms passes, and the sun comes back.

So far, the bad storms have missed us. Thankfully!! There are storms forecast for later tonight and early tomorrow.

Poppy is kinda proud of this snowball bush. He bought it on sale several years ago and set it out here at the end of the back porch.

Thank you for stopping by.

Hope to be back soon.

Love,
Henny