What a beauty...

Just beautiful, love the markings and the colors of this young copperhead.

I was in town when Fred called and said he found a snake in with the chickens. I told him leave it alone I'll be home a.s.a.p.. I hurried home and got my snake boots on, grabbed the tongs and snake hook. Thankfully it hadn't moved and I was able to put it safely in a garbage can. It was really passive. I moved it to the back of the property and it slithered on its way. Michael noticed it had eaten recently. It didn't get any eggs so maybe it ate a gopher or a mouse!

So glad my husband has learned respect for snakes and realizes that they are a good thing!

Hello!!

 

 My faithful friend and protector says Hello!! 

She's my girl and an awesome dog!

 This female praying mantis has admirers...

 The Purple Passion Plant is blooming and blooming and blooming!

The Lantana is starting to bloom again...

The sunsets never cease to amaze me...

Once again I didn't get much done today. I had errands to run but Michael was sick and stayed home from school, so I didn't run any errands. We also had a few brief rain showers today and that put a damper on me getting stuff done outside. There is always tomorrow and I plan to start really early in the morning before it gets hot! 

You just never know...

We've been getting intermittent rain showers this morning. It kind of put a damper on my plans for the morning. I was in the barndominium working when a shower came and then the sun popped out and I knew that meant rainbow...Of course I had to run through the rain to the bunkhouse and grab the camera...Beautiful!!

I've now switched to plan B for the day. Tomorrow we are suppose to get even more rain due to the Hurricane that hit Baja California...I haven't made plans for tomorrow yet! You just never know what is going to happen around here!

The boys in Black and White...

 

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I never get tired of watching...Julie was eating her breakfast and I was watching the deer eat their breakfast. Julie snorted and made her nervous blowing sound. I looked behind me and there stood 4 beautiful bucks. It was a bit early for photos, not much light...But I managed a few! 

Love is...

Waiting and Watching for your Boy to get home from School....

Beautiful

Looking North while the sun was setting, love the views from here!

Toad in the Watering can...

 I have a watering can set under the eaves on the bunkhouse to catch any rain water we get. I noticed there was a toad in there the other night. (We actually have a lot of toads all over the place lately) The next morning I looked in there and didn't see the toad, hmmm? I filled the can up to water my plants and out he pops from the stem of the sprinkler part...Not a good place to hide Mr. Toad...

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I ended up emptying the water can and got Mr. Toad out before I watered my house plants! Last night as I was stepping outside I looked down and there was Mr. Toad in the watering can again. Guess he is either very thirsty or he didn't learn his lesson the first time. Obviously he can get in but not out...