Wildflower Walk

It was a freaky 80+ degrees yesterday so Zoe and I decided to pack a picnic lunch go for a walk at Shenk's Ferry Wildflower Preserve.  Poor flowers, it was a bit too hot for them, and us too!

Dutchman's Breeches, in the bleeding heart family.

Their seeds are planted by ants, no wonder they were everywhere!

Even growing off rocky areas.

Wilty Virginia bluebells don't like the sun and heat.

Bending over to fix my shoe, I nearly put my hand on this guy!

A wolf spider perhaps?

A lovely tree planter created by Mother Nature.

 We found this neat looking hobbit hole.

One of my favorites, a yellow trout lily.

Marsh marigold.

It was so hot, the cool creek felt like heaven!

Everything is starting to turn green. My little Zoe looked like a woodland fairy child. :)

Funny, very funny!

Mother Nature laughed at me today. She made me pull her finger. She lifted up her great green skirt and mooned me. She is a tricky one and quite the prankster.
I was really busy today setting up for our garage sale so I didn't get a chance to walk around my gardens much. When I was sitting in my dining room trying to relax after a very long day of hard work, I looked out the window and saw not one but TWO BABY GROUNDHOGS completely helping themselves to my garden's bounty. They didn't even have the nerve to run and hide when I took their picture.

This is what it looks like when Mother Nature laughs at you...






But of course she delights me on a daily basis with all she has given me. Singing wrens, pretty blue borage flowers, dainty Scottish Harebells and delicate mushrooms that appeared as if by magic over night. I should feel blessed with all the beauty in my garden. Perhaps I should just adopt these two rascally, orphaned ground squirrels. What do you think, time to get a fence for my veggies?




We cannot command Nature except by obeying her. ~Francis Bacon






To live a pure unselfish life, one must count nothing as one's own in the midst of abundance. ~Buddha