Summer is here and we've been getting a garden set up for the first time in a few years. After we got the chickens we found it very difficult to have a garden because they would always come and eat everything. Craig has set up some fencing and beds and barrels and dirt, so hopefully we'll have produce to enjoy after some time and work. Meanwhile, critters all around us are working on their business.
Paco, enjoying his business of lounging in the grass:
This little lizard seems to have recently regrown its tail:
Craig discovered his little tractor was in fact strong enough to move the big boulders into position as campfire seating:
First seedlings planted!
One big strawberry:
I almost caught a picture of this rufous hummingbird checking out the strawberry:
We uncovered (and re-covered) a cicada larva while gardening:
My beautiful fuschia birthday present:
Cherries are almost ripe!
This beetle was big. Very big. I still need to identify it, but did I mention it was big? Over an inch long.
This beetle was small. And cute. Very small:
Caterpillar with lovely colors moving along:
The pileated woodpecker rat-a-tat-tatting. They have been very busy this year:
Cucumber beetle on a dandelion:
Well, hello to you too, Al:
Al showing his glamorous smile:
Busy on the waterline edge of a rock in the creek:
Butterfly visiting:
Peep!
Craig getting some of the barrels planted with the bigger starts:
We get bats in the house sometimes. Generally we sort of wave our nets around and try to help them find the open door and leave. Bats are very fast and when they get in, tend to fly in circles in one room, very quickly. Ninja Craig remarkably caught this one in the net while it did laps in our bedroom.
Hello small bat:
Go outside now and enjoy the night. It hung on for a while, then zipped away:
Spot the mantis:
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