Petcretary is working this weekend, so we allowed her to dig in her photo library...so some are flashbacks, some are sort of fails, and a couple are of a sweet pup who came regularly to see his mommy until she went home after learning to walk on her broken legs again...hooray for her!
Summer is fast fading, so here are some pics from our yard and garden from August and mid September.
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| Three 'volunteer' oak trees that have been there for about 30 years now, thanks to the squirrel 'gardeners'! They are now big enough to provide some shade to the patio in late afternoon. A huge catalpa tree in the background which is very messy, and old and beginning to drop large limbs...and will soon be removed...makes nice shade but no one wants a tree to fall over unexpectedly in the storms we get here; and it would likely take down one or two of those oak trees if it did crash.... |
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| Another view of the many trees in our wooded area. |
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| Ghost pipes, a plant that grows on fungus that is growing on tree roots...which means it is parasitic! Who knew!! I used to think it was a type of fungus itself, but nope, it is a flower, has pollen and makes seeds!! Who knew??? |
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| A volunteer sunflower, growing in a patio pot! When it made seeds the chickadees and goldfinches were swarming on it...and there were others in different pots on the patio, but the squirrels decided to eat them before any bird could enjoy them!! |
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| Closeup ot the same sunflower! |
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| This is Hank, he's a young hound mix, a bit skeptical of me at first, but then he decided I was OK and made a nice selfie while resting on his mommy's bed. |
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| What big noses we have!! |
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| Hey, Benji! I'm going to get you!! After this picture, Dalton body slammed Benji, and Benji who was tired from all the fence games with the neighbor pup, got up, seemingly disgusted and trotted to somewhere else, BOL!! Sorry for the poor light and bad focus...it was a cute moment to have 'recorded'! |
