Weeding, weeding, weeding. . . It's a pleasure to be out in the morning before things heat up.
Sitting on the bench under the willow would be nice but there's something elemental about sitting in the dirt and getting up close and personal with nature.
Well, not too close. The Arum Dracunculus smells of carrion . . .
And the leaves of the Spider Plant (Tradescantia) can cause a rash.
Better perhaps to observe from a distance.
This is the second time I've found this Box Turtle burying herself in the mulch. Both times, after she's moved on, I've looked to see if she might have laid some eggs but nothing showed up. It's possible the resident blacksnake has a taste for eggs -- John removed him/her from the chicken house a few days ago.
The Japanese iris are blooming now.
It's always a treat to see these elegant flowers.
They're just outside the little greenhouse, in easy reach of the hose as they love moisture.
As I was snapping their pictures, I heard a thump inside the greenhouse and went to investigate, As I suspected, it was the blacksnake and it was totally discombobulated by my sudden appearance. It exited through the holes for the hoses between the solar panel and the hot water heater.
I'll be back, it said.
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It's nice to share some of nature preserve (as it were) this morning although I want to keep the snake at this safe distance. I know it's harmless, but ...
Oh my! Aimed at the snake...
Such a diversity at your place!
Glad you have a good relationship/understanding with the snake. Me, not so much, as I'm a city kind of woman. It's nice and cool this morning still at 9 am...don't think it will last. Great sleeping weather with windows open!
Wow, that's a pretty big black snake! Meanwhile, we just got back from our trip and, looking out the back window, it looks like I have some weeding to do. But, like you, I actually like to pull weeds. I can get "lost" in another world. Beautiful photos, as always.
Impressive black snake! We had a pretty big one but a fellow who was cutting down some of the multiflora rose in our woods killed ours. He didn't think it was a black snake because there was a little line of brown around its mouth. So I looked it up after the fact, since that's when I found out about the incident, and alas.... I'm hoping he or she wasn't the only one in our woods. We've seen plenty of activity from black snake or snakes, so we're hoping there's more than one...
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