45 Years ago today...

...I married my best friend.

                    

Pink Peony

YUM!

Kid's Got Style

LOL!  This photo of Grandson*the*Younger shows his personality well!  😄

Roses by the Quilt Shop

Brown's River Waterfall

Summer Sky

Summer begins today at 11:54amEDT / 8:54amPDT☀️SOLSTICE!

I want this instead of a lawn!

Ta Daaaa!

Going Out In Style...

Simple Beauty

To all who guide and upbuild and love others unconditionally...

Wow. (Does anyone here know what this is called?)

Flag Day

A little Sunshine in the Garden

Red Bleeding Heart

White Bleeding Heart

The World in Blossom

Deep Lilac

Blue Lilac

Classic Lilac

Even Greener Now

The Greening

Canadian/Eastern Hemlock

Peppermint

Indigo Bunting

Suddenly, it's June...

Goodbye Sweet May!

Later Addition:

We have clear skies today, but the sky is completely white outside.  That's due to dense smoke aloft from wildfires burning across western Canada. Here's a model graphic depicting current coverage of smoke aloft across the nation. The local National Weather Service office added the trace of Vermont, so you can see what we're dealing with here in NW VT.  I am experiencing respiratory irritation.  Sigh. I'm so grateful that we have heat pumps, because we were able to put them in Air Conditioning mode and at least freshen the air inside the house. 

Can you believe we still have Tulips in bloom here? We can't!

Bleeding Heart

Ruby Throated Hummingbird

Remembering...

Shad in Full Glory

Baby Beaks

If you look closely, you can see baby beaks poking up out of the nest to be fed...!

Chippy

Pick Me!

Day 4: Are they cute or what? 

Three healthy baby Cardinals. I took this last planned photo today, as it was warm and sunny, 

there will be rain the next few days, and the day I'm home again is their likely fledge day. 

Mama and Papa Cardinal are being wonderfully attentive and hard working. 

I admire them greatly. And I leave a grub on the porch for them whenever I find one.

Northern Flicker

Rose-Breasted Grosbeak

The American Cardinal chick eggs hatched on Saturday!

We noticed that the male was feeding the female, as happens when they have chicks.

So when she was briefly off the nest, I slipped outside to the bush, stuck my hand through the Rhododendron blossoms, aimed my iPhone toward the nest I couldn't see, and got lucky!  

Then I got out of there fast.

Just let it all wash over you...