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Julie isn't too happy but I was very happy!! She needed a bath anyways!
Puddles, Puddles, Puddles...it has been soooo long since I've seen a puddle of rain water! 
Rain drops are falling on my head...
The clouds were developing this morning and as I was taking photos and sky watching I spotted a rainbow in the clouds! Beautiful. No rain for us but I heard that Cuero got a little shower, so glad someone got some rain.
Snail on the wall of the pool...
Doe in the morning checking me out...
A doe with a fawn near the pool...
Cow Killer ant, also called a Velvet ant. I've never been bit by one and I don't think I want too either. Anything with a name like "Cow Killer" doesn't sound like fun. They are rather easy to spot with that orange rear end and they are quiet large too.
Michael has been watching this buck lately when we drive down the driveway and calls it his buck, lol. 
Fred working on our project. I should say it's his project, cause with my bum foot/ankle I'm not much help. I either sit on my stool and watch him or lay in the pool and listen to him. But I get annoyed and then I go help and then I regret it later, lol...I'm off to the podiatrist this week so maybe, just maybe we'll figure out what the problem is...
Michael was busy in the pool! It's a bit chilly but we're getting used to it and the water temp. got up to 82 degrees F. today, yeah!! It actually wasn't too bad after the first dive!
The butterflies were flying fast today. I sat and waited for one to come to me but I just couldn't get them to stop and pose for me!
Fly away home...or maybe just on to the next bloom!
Green Lynx Spider and one of my favorite photos of the day! If you click on the photo it will bring it up even larger and you can actually count his 8 eyes. I love the polka dots on his legs, just too sweet!
Dragon fly who would not cooperate either!!
A wildflower, cool, not too many of them out there!
Lets not forget the grasshoppers, there are plenty of them. I even captured a few and took them home to the chickens...Oh how the chickens love them but they've pretty much wiped them out at the house!
It's got an itty bitty flower on it but I'm not sure what the plant is. I took a photo so I could look it up but I have yet to find it? Fred said it's a darn weed!! Oh he's such a smarty pants!!
an itty bitty butterfly...perhaps a blue or a hairstreak! Took me a while and a few shots to get a decent photo!
I love the simplicity of this photo!
Then I decided to go in closer for a shot of the ants! I didn't see the aphids until I pulled the photo up on the computer, too cool! Another one of my favorites from the day! (Again click on the photo for a closer view)
Beetle on a Sage palm...
and yet another grasshopper!
My Sage bush with a bud on it, woohoo!! I am told the Sage bushes are gorgeous when they bloom out but I have yet to see mine bloom. Every time it is budded out and ready to bloom either the neighbor's cow break out and eat it or the deer attack it! I'm hoping this year they will leave it alone as the bush is looking really nice!
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I just think they are so cool...From what I could see most of them are Ruby-throat Hummingbirds...The hummingbirds this morning were thick around the feeders this morning!
I love sitting outside and watching them!
