What is your view?

[Sheal]

Yes! I'd like Autumn before Winter too. We didn't have Spring this year either, just a week in between Winter and Summer. The weather is crazy!

 

[Upsy Daisy]

Definitely a mad year here too, heavy snow ( for us southners) , gale force winds and then intensive heat and no rain for a few months. Infact it's still very dry down here even now

Going to research desert plantings for next year

 

[Sheal]

We had the same weather here with the exception of the Beast from the East and the gale force winds. Five separate snowfalls here the last being in late April.

Going to research desert plantings for next year

That's tempting fate. Just research don't buy, if you do the summer will be awful.

 

[Upsy Daisy]

Yes true, didn't think of that.....I'll just look....for now

 

[trail twister]

The birds are wild turkeys.

Al

 

[Sheal]

They look very different to the ones that find their way to our dinner plates.

 

[trail twister]

Ya they have feathers and the ones in the first picture are only about 2 months old.

Al

 

[Sheal]

 

[trail twister]

Living along the creek and next to the woods we see so much wild life out the house windows.

I try to keep a salt/mineral block out near my rain gauge collector.

There were still some little ones this spring. Spring I say but we considered it the end less winter.

Snow was melting, you can see the creek. The pole on the left with the white object is my wireless rain gauge. The tank on the right is the pressure tank i have hooled up to the well, I say well I draw water from thre creek to water things in the later part of spring when it starts to dry out.

Then the turkeys start pradeing by the window.

Al

 

[trail twister]

Then it just had to snow again, endless winter we are saying since it is mid April already.

Front yard burning bush.

These late snows are wet and heavy.

Sunburst Locas tree and the blue spruce and white spruce that hids our place from next door. you could work our gardens nakid if you wanted.
We also just bough the next door land 2 weeks ago.

Snow ball bush, no is really a snow ball bush.

Once again the snow melted and the turkeys made a trec thru the yard. They sure clan uo a lot of bugs. Thes are males called Jakes. if you look close you can see the tiny beard on thir chest.

Time for a rest break.

Al

 

[trail twister]

Once the snow melted it was wet real wet. my dog walking path was flooded for a long time. Hade to take a detour and disturb deer.

Pond drainage.

Creek was flooded also and I could not use my bridge.

A lot of the woods was flooded also.

Even the deer were taking detours.

Another bridge under water. New one will be a lot higher.

About the deepest I have seen the creek in 31 years we have lived here.

Al

 

[trail twister]

So would you like to see some of Kares flowers and shrubs? Here or some place else?

Quince.

Weeping Red Bud.

Bleeding heart.

Flowering Almond.

Clump of woods Blue Phlox I dug out of the woods for Karews front door garden.

White bleeding heart.

Al

 

[Sheal]

Lovely pictures, you're definitely living in Natures garden.

 

[vette-kid]

View from the office at my day job...

 

[La Garden]

out walking came across this 'shroom first time I have seen one grow so tall.