Flowers, bugs, a boy and more from our day...

 

 

I planted morning glories around the garden fence and they finally started blooming!

 

I love morning glories!

 

 

Sat and watched a butterfly on the Zinnias this morning

 

 

 

Michael enjoying the pool

 

 

 

Red-shouldered hawk

 

Michael spotted this praying mantis on the rafters of the deck this evening.

 

My green/brown eyed freckled monster...

 

Stinky is a female and brought her children this evening, uh oh!

 

Michael dropped a watermelon today and it busted wide open. Tonight we sat 10yds from it watching a doe. She didn't care about us she wanted that sweet juicy watermelon. Michael couldn't believe she got that close to us...We are calling her split ear.

At first she was licking it and then she started chewing and biting it...

 

 

Beautiful sunshine today and lots of time spent at the pool.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Fawns, Does and weather...

 

 

Little Stomper

 

Some of the fawns and does

 

She spotted me while I sat on the deck and took photos, oops!

 

And she's off...

 

This little one doesn't seem too concerned...

 

 

Mom wait for me...

 

Another doe spotted me and started stomping!

 

Wait for meeee!

 

To precious...

 

I put these white balls in the pool skimmers to absorb the oils from people. We haven't swam for two days and this is from the rain, eww...Makes you wonder what is in the atmosphere??

 

Sun dog

 

Sun dog to the left, a Jets contrail above and neat clouds...

 

Looking North during sunset

 

The sunset...

 

We had a few afternoon heat showers but nothing much. Some really pretty clouds and a relatively calm day at home.

 

 

 

 

Afternoon Heat showers...

Since noon we've been getting some afternoon heat showers today...

 

This is outside our back door right now.

 

For the past 2-3 days we've received 3.3 inches of rain...certainly will help the creek but we need more, like 6 inches or more!!

 

 

 

 

 

 



Throw Back Thursday

 

 

Me on Santa Maria Island 1968

 

 

 

 

 



Photos from my day...

 

 

Making butterflies...

 

This butterfly is fix'in to be lunch...the predator lurks in the lower right corner under the rosemary.

 

 

And Mr Spider missed his lunch but he waits patiently for the next butterfly

 

Raindrops on the butterfly bush bloom

 

The snails were heading for high ground

 

Storm clouds moving in from the East

 

Precious one of two...

 

 

And here is Mom with her twins...

 

 Later this afternoon I captured a buck, doe and fawn in the pasture

 

 

Little one got wet...

 

Moms helping

 

I've been spotted

 

 She found something interesting in the driveway

 

 



Uh Oh...she's spotted the chickens and has already learned how to stomp out an alert!!

 

The chickens like being up high when it's wet out...

 

Spotted this guy a few minutes ago out behind the house eating the cantaloupe I threw out there. They absolutely love cantaloupe and watermelons!

 

Head shot...

 

 

A very wet and rainy day for us.

 

 

 

 

Rain and Stinky...

 

 

We had a few good showers today. Julie wasn't too happy but the rain was very welcome. Total rainfall was 1.4 inches. I've heard of a few places in Texas getting 9 inches or more in the past 72 hours, that would be so nice. I am sure if we got over 9 inches the creek would be flowing again. I'd probably be stuck at the house too as I am sure the driveway would flood too!

 

There are a few wildflowers hanging on...

 

The Zinnia's aren't doing so good but still blooming!

The cattle don't seem to like Zinnias thank goodness!

 

Stinky comes up around the pool every evening looking for grubs. Tonight he or she looked a little wet and miserable.

 

Stinky also needs a pedicure and some meds for his or her skin. I haven't been taking Jenny with me to the property in the evenings and probably a good thing. Those two meeting would be a big mess!

 

I think the Pool area looks much better this year without all the weeds and wildflowers around it. I love it down there, so relaxing.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Cattle...

 

No they are NOT ours!!

 

 

There are 11 of them total count and they have been roaming the neighborhood for 5 weeks. We do not have animal control in our county and I've contacted the Sheriffs dept. every week for 5 weeks regarding these loose cattle. They've done nothing and this Sheriff just lost my vote come the next election!! Nobody seems to know who's they are and they are driving us all nuts. I had to put an electric fence up around the pool as they seemed to think it was their own private drinking tank....They have busted through fences and ate things they shouldn't have. It's frustrating to say the least...I got photos of them the other day and I'm running an ad in the paper, hopefully we find the owners! I just don't understand how for 5 weeks you can have missing cattle and not know it. I hate it when people can not take the responsibility of caring for their livestock!! I've been told I can not take them to market and sell them as that would be rustling which is illegal...so now what? I'm not set up to run cattle on our property!