Out in the Woods and in the Garden!

I have taken several photos in the woods and in my garden this summer.

So, today, I am sharing some of them with you.

My peach poppies only bloom for about a week or so, but I love seeing them.

Once it rains, they fall over and they are done, so I always hope we don't get any wind or rain the week they bloom:

I am not sure if these are part of the stems of the poppy,

or

if it is two slug bugs.

I wasn't about to touch them to find out. LOL

So I just took photos of it instead!:

We went to a place called Fummee Falls and this was the steps we had to climb to see the falls:

(My calves and thighs said thank you very much!)

A white and purple Iris in my garden:

Fummee Falls...worth the climb!:

A spooky picture

of

a turkey vulture on a barren tree:

Sweet little doves:

A purple and striped striated Iris...it smells like grapejuice!:

More photos to come (in future blogposts)

 of our lovely summer in the U.P. of Michigan!

Lovely Doves!

I have really been enjoying all the birds that visit our yard lately. It seems that now that the leaves are all down, we can see them better and they are coming to the feeders more.

We have been blessed for the last few years to have about seven doves that are coming to visit us on a regular basis.

I love their sweet faces:

Often they sit in pairs on the same branches:

And they often "puff up" their feathers:

Often they face away from us, like they are enjoying looking out at the lake, just like we do:

I love it when I can see their longggggg tail feathers!:




Here's a bunch just hangin' out:

Just look at his ruffled breast feathers:

Ok.

I know.

We are probably feeding them a hunkin' carload of food per day because I can't stand to see the birdfeeder empty bit much.

Because he does look kind of fat fluffy.




Here's a side profile of a lovely couple:

They always look so peaceful.

So calm.

We can take some lessons from them, No??