This and That from June...

In Spring and summer, there are certain things that create emotion.

I don't know what makes us so melancholy in the Spring and summer.

It just happens.

For instance, THIS fellow makes me both smile and get angry at the same time.

(He eats up all my bird seed, ALL DAY LONG!!):

And this little fluffy chipping sparrow twittering on the branches

just makes me happy:

The eloquence of a Columbine, makes me wonder about the miracles of Nature:

This was one of the farm dogs at the Alpaca farm I recently visited.

His sad, loyal eyes makes me want a dog again. Longing.

Really bad.

But I can't....I just can't:

A goldfinch in flight

just takes my breath away:

And seeing bright yellow in the trees after a barren, cold winter lifts my spirits up

more than I can describe:

And?

If he is FLUFFY??....

Well, it makes me darn right GIDDY:

The bright greens of hosta leaves and the delicate blue forget-me-nots

make me smile in wonder:

Finding a garden moose for my garden at a rummage sale for $4.00??

Practically DRUNK with joy!:

And spying a hummingbird aiming for spring blossoms?

Thankful to the angels in heaven:

May your day be full of this season's emotions....

and gratefulness to Mother Nature

for the joy the seasons brings us.

Out in My Spring Garden

I never got to show you my Spring garden yet...

So...here you go!:

I don't know why this tulip drooped, but it made for a good photo!:

I got this little "welcome" sign with a little bird house on it for my garden

at a yard sale for $3.00!! I just loved it and had to have it:

Tulips, forget-me-nots, rocks and an old metal teapot in the background:

Tulips, and Primrose in my side garden:

This is the third year these pointy little red tulips came up for me.

I really like their shape:

Various tulips throughout my yard:

When we bought our lot on the lake, we were very lucky to find a lot

with a lot of apple trees.

Our whole front yard is alive with blossoms every spring!:

And this year?

We heard more than bumblebees humming in the trees, pollenating them.

One night, I went outside and it was humming LOUDLY in the blossoms.

To our delight,

it was FULL of about 15 hummingbirds drinking and buzzing in the blossoms!:

I love photographing the INSIDE of tulips.

This one was facing right out at me as if to say:

"Take my picture, pick me, pick me!":

My husband found some old metal wheels to stick here and there

in my garden...

I have four:

I hope your Spring was as wonderful as ours was

and that your summer is too!