Borage for Bees and a Baby Robin

honey bee yard residents that are not honey bees

 4 baby wrens ... waiting on them to fledge out of the hive already!  

 oops, a bald-faced hornet nest on the inside of the gabled cover...

not cool

 sorry, you can't stay here

 just let me take a few pictures

 the queen and a spider...

 patterns

 these can be really nasty 

goodbye hornets

walking round the yard looking closer

 Tiger Lily

 Crazy Allium 

 Astilbe

Spirea

 Wildflowers in the bee yard

hmmm... there were five.   The wild turkey feathers are new.  hehe...  Silly wrens.

The calm after the storm and the catalpa's gifts

Last night we had a terrible storm that snapped one of the tall pine trees in our backyard in half.  There was hail,  torrential rain, thunder, lightning and crazy wind. 

This is what I found today...

 coral bells

perfect yellow roses

                                                                               one 4-leaf clover

 wallflowers

 Dilemma: do two 4-leaf clovers cancel each other out or is it extra good luck?  

 catalpa in bloom

 these orchid like catalpa flowers showered down with the storm 

flower press (gift from a friend) for pressing my luck (clovers) :)

Blueness

Mushrooms!

I found these!  I have become a mushroom hunter overnight!  I love this!  They are edible wild Morel Mushrooms .... gourmet mushrooms!  I have never tasted them but I hear they are amazingly good.  I plan to dry them and find some interesting recipes....

trees around me

= hungry birds

a walking stick tree (is much prettier in winter)

Winter Cleansing Flight for the Bees

                                                          (I am so happy to see them)