Peony

 My peony is full of blooms...this is from another year...it is full of blooms this year as the photo below sort of shows.  The colors make it look like two different peonies but it is the same one.  I have never had a camera that I felt captured its real color.

Wisteria

 

My wisteria is not like what my mom had, nor any other I have ever seen.  The blooms remain in a tight  group, even after they are all open.  I still like it, but not like I like the ones where the blooms are loose and hand down.

Gradually changing?

 Sometimes I am sure this one's color is getting lighter...other times I think it is just the way the light hits it that makes the color look different.  Whatever the facts of the matter, it sometimes looks almost black.

Frilly girl

 Unlike all my other irises, this one does not seem to multiply.  I planted 3 bulbs many years ago and I I still have just 3 of them.

 

Another iris

 They are all blooming now...so will be showing samples of some of them.  I photogaphed them with my phone just as it was beginning to sprinkle.

Inviting

 This well cared for home looks inviting.  Though I am not so sure it is a home...notice the the little sign beside the door?  I tried expanding the view but still could not read it.  Also,   Whatever it is used for, I like the red porch.

Christmas?

I don't know about you but I think Santa and Mrs. Claus might live here.  But then again, someone else might think it belongs to Hansel and Gretal.  
 

Still standing???

 This was taken in 2010,   So I have no idea if it is still standing.  I sort of know the area it is in but don't see getting back there any time soon.

American robin

 No matter where we go these days, there are lots of robins.

Blooms

 

I was afraid they would suffer from the way the weather was warm one day and cold/hard frost the next but they survived.

Contortions

 Copper can get in some of the craziest positions...you just got to love him.

House sparrow

 We always see lots of these birds...

Little visitor

 

She comes almost daily....I missed her on Mother's day and the day after.  Not sure if she did not come at all or if I just missed her.  She has 3 babies.  They are out and about, though they do not come over here. 

 A scan of an old photo...the photo taken through a window of course.

Flying low....

I accidentally posted this early one day and think most people missed it.  So going to try it again.

Poor Copper

 His mama came down today...you can tell he missed her.

Wishes

 One of my wishes is to see inside all the barns I see...

Almost gone...

 This was taken 3 or 4 days ago...the blossoms will begin falling soon.  I will seeing all that pink when coming up the street.

Another tulip...

This color seemed to be a bit farther along than the others.
 

Not from my quilt

 I wish I had taken note of who made this quilt...this is just one of many lovely blocks it contained.  It sure is a lovely rendering of a Jack-in-the-pulpit.

Evening glo

 I love the warm light the evening sun gave this barn.  I have long wondered where it is...I have never run across it again.  It is a scanned photo so it is older.

Still on the subject of tulips...

 This is another shot from the visitor center at Arthur, Illinois.

Not my tulips

 These were planted at the visitor center at Arthur, Illinois.  

Visitor

 I came home from a couple of errands this morn.  I went outside later and looked for her but could not see her anywhere.  So, I cleared my throat loudly, and gave my poor imitation of a squirrel barking, nothing.  So I was looking at my phone before getting up and coming inside.  I looked up and there she came.  She definitely has babies.  Just not sure what tree they are in.  

A beauty...

  Another shot from film days...from 1998. 

From Billie Creek Village

 I so wish that log cabin was mine...it is at this place called Billie Creek Village east of Rockville, IN.  It has been completely closed for a while.  I think they are finally getting ready to re-open.  It was closed before the pandemic.  I have not been there in years.

From the back yard

 This is an Imperial Moth...isn't it gorgeous?

Young coons...

 A couple of young coons in this photo, but there were three of them.  I just could not manage to get a good shot of the three of them together.   This was taken in October of 1994....

She's all decked out in her finest...

 

I take almost this exact same shot every year...so why should this be any different.  I love dogwood blossoms in the spring, then in the summer I love the shape of the tree.  And I like their leaves while green, but what a show they do but on in the fall!  I feel like I get double the value.

Patience required

 I have to be patient....but I am already wondering if my hibiscus have survived some or the bitter cold we had this past winter.  They are always so slow to start growing that every year I think I have lost them.  The very first year I planted one, I did lose it to the terrible winter.  One of the Nurse Practioners said her mom had lost a rose that she had had forever .  This year was not as bad as that one, but we did have one or two nights where it got below zero.

Old coots....

 Or maybe not so old...on calm waters for a change...

From old days...

 

Old days means 1997 in this instance.

Twins?

 I do not know for sure but I honestly think these two are twins.  Mama seemed to accept them both.

My neck!

 My neck hurts just looking at Copper.  Poor boy.  He is worn out from a hard evening's playtime.  Photo from my daughter.

Not frightened

 Turkey Vultures never seem to be too easily frightened.  They are slow to fly, and when they do, they do so in a leisurely manner.

Walking away

 I saw these as I passed through the strip mining area on Friday.  I did not get much of a chance to photograph them because a truck was coming a bit too fast and stirring up so much I wanted inside with the windows rolled up.  Where they had not been paying much attention to me, they went on into the woods with the noise of the truck.

Crush!

 I would not mind having an Orange Crush right now.

Profile

 I don't care how many times I see Great Blue Herons in trees, they will never feel like they belong there.  And I even know where a rookery is...I know they do.  They just seem so ungangly.

We have lift-off

 It could be a little sharper, but I still like it.  It is an old shot...from 2013.

In the neighborhood

 I see this little lady every now and then.  She will come to me, but I don't see her often.  I have no idea where she actually lives.   I usually have pecans for her.  I always scan the area for her when I go outside and just had a few minutes before.  I was bringing in groceries and happened to glance down at my feet and she was in and out and around me...I don't know how much she had been following me.  I 

Sunset on the prairie

 I am not sure that the eastern side of Illinois is prairie, but it sure is flatter than east Tennessee.

How about this?

 I would love to go back to this cemetery if I could find it.  

A work of art

 

This was at a cemetery here in Indiana...one we came across several years ago.  It had some of the most ornate headstones.  I think this one is just gorgeous.

Interesting photo

 

This is from the archives.   I am not even sure what these are.  They are growing up from the roots of a maple tree we had taken down several years ago. It is a cropped portion of the one and only photo I took.

Crown Vetch

 This is another of those subjects that I always take photos of at every given opportunity.

B&W or Color?

 B&W or color?

Red-bellied Woodpecker

 I miss feeding the birds....I miss the photo opportunities.  And what's more, they are just simply fun to watch.

The Mound

 I haven't a clue as to what The Mound means...I wish I did.