Hello everyone,
We are pretty much doing the same thing here, staying safe and close to home. We are taking our walks of different local fire roads. I have a mish-mash of photos, taken during our walks or from around the yard.
I do have a happy news update: hubby and I are going to be grandparents, congrats to my son Brian and DIL Allie. Baby Wise is due in February.
Ruby-throated Hummingbird seem at the Salvia plant.
Flowers, bird and butterflies seen around our yard: the Purple Coneflowers, Upright Fuchsia, Eastern Tiger Swallowtail butterfly, Ruby-throated Hummingbird, grape tomato plant.
I've been seeing the Brown Thrasher around the yard, sometimes it is near the blueberry bushes.
On the fire road, another bird watcher, Chipping Sparrow, Ruby-throated Humminbird silhouette, Male Northern Cardinal, the fire road, Cedar Waxwing, Blue-Gray Gnatcatcher, Gray Catbird and possible Thistle.
It is nice our walk was mostly in the shade on the fire road.
We are finding a few mushrooms or fungi along the fire roads.
I like checking out our flowers and plants in the yard. Our potted plants have to be watered often, it seems like the rain goes around us. This Upright Fuchsia is doing well, lots of blooms.
The butterfly bushes are attracting a lot of different butterflies. Below are the Black Swallowtail butterflies.
The Eastern Tiger Swallowtail butterfly seem to be doing well this year.
Hubby and I are remaining safe and virus free. Maryland Covid cases are on the decline. On the day I typed this post, the numbers for positive Covid cases in my state have been below 4% for the last 6 days. I hope everyone stays safe, happy and healthy.
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Thanks to Angie the host of Mosaic Monday
Thanks for visiting and commenting, have a happy day and a great new week!
We are pretty much doing the same thing here, staying safe and close to home. We are taking our walks of different local fire roads. I have a mish-mash of photos, taken during our walks or from around the yard.
I do have a happy news update: hubby and I are going to be grandparents, congrats to my son Brian and DIL Allie. Baby Wise is due in February.
Ruby-throated Hummingbird seem at the Salvia plant.
Flowers, bird and butterflies seen around our yard: the Purple Coneflowers, Upright Fuchsia, Eastern Tiger Swallowtail butterfly, Ruby-throated Hummingbird, grape tomato plant.
The Purple Coneflowers and the bees are a happy sight.
I've been seeing the Brown Thrasher around the yard, sometimes it is near the blueberry bushes.
On the fire road, another bird watcher, Chipping Sparrow, Ruby-throated Humminbird silhouette, Male Northern Cardinal, the fire road, Cedar Waxwing, Blue-Gray Gnatcatcher, Gray Catbird and possible Thistle.
It is nice our walk was mostly in the shade on the fire road.
We are finding a few mushrooms or fungi along the fire roads.
I like checking out our flowers and plants in the yard. Our potted plants have to be watered often, it seems like the rain goes around us. This Upright Fuchsia is doing well, lots of blooms.
The butterfly bushes are attracting a lot of different butterflies. Below are the Black Swallowtail butterflies.
The Eastern Tiger Swallowtail butterfly seem to be doing well this year.
Hubby and I are remaining safe and virus free. Maryland Covid cases are on the decline. On the day I typed this post, the numbers for positive Covid cases in my state have been below 4% for the last 6 days. I hope everyone stays safe, happy and healthy.
What's happening in your corner of the world? Please check out and visit the following memes and links. I hope to see you there.
Thanks to Angie the host of Mosaic Monday
Thanks to LadyFi the host of Our World Tuesday!
Thanks for visiting and commenting, have a happy day and a great new week!
Hello Eileen,
ReplyDeleteBeautiful birds, flowers and butterfles! The Swallowtails are my favorites. They are all so pretty!
Enjoy your day, and have a nice new week ahead!
Thank you Marit!
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Hello Eileen,
ReplyDeletebeautiful shots, as usual.
Congratulations and all the best for the great news!
I can imagine your joy.
Happy new week ahead!
Thank you Luisella,
DeleteIt is happy news!
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I enjoyed reading. Thank you for sharing.
ReplyDeleteStay healthy and well.
Happy MosaicMonday
Thank you Erica!
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These areas are great both for exercise and wildlife, Eileen. It's great that you have them so close. I bet they have been a real lifeline during COVID.
ReplyDeleteThanks David! yes, we are happy to have all these trails close to home.
DeleteWe do not have to drive anywhere and we hardly see people.
Have a great day and new week!
Morning Eileen,
ReplyDeleteLovely bird and butterfly captures. We are getting lots of Red Admirals on our Buddleia bushes, they are very colourful but not as dramatic as your swallowtails.
Guess what, I used your microwave tip for drying sage leaves last week and name checked you in my MM post today.
Stay Safe, take care.
Hello Maggie,
DeleteI have visited your blog and thanks for mentioning my blog and name. Using the micorwave to dry the herbs is quick and easy and I love the smell of the dried herbs. Thank you for the visit and comment.
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Thank you for the comment and visit.
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Exciting news!! Congratulations to your son and DIL. You will have a new little one to spoil. We've been seeing a blue-gray gnatcatcher in our apple tree recently. So small!!
ReplyDeleteThank you Vera! I am so happy for my son and DIL, they are ready to start a family. The Blue-gray Gnatcatchers are cute and tiny. Have a great day!
DeleteQue lindas fotos e entre elas, uma notícia MARAVILHOSA! Parabéns e boa doce espera! beijos, tudo de bom,chica
ReplyDeleteThank you Chica! We are excited!
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Congrats on the very exciting news!!! Your photos are all gorgeous. I love the little humming bird. Have a beautiful day :)
ReplyDeleteThank you Martha! I wish my hummer photo was clear, it was taken through the window screen.
DeleteTake care, enjoy your day! Wishing you a happy new week!
Complimenti ai futuri nonni.
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Thanks so much Stefania! Take care, enjoy your day! Wishing you a happy new week!
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DeleteHari OM
ReplyDeleteOh what wonderful news to brighten your lives - and your post with all those wonderful flowers as well as birds and insects just shines in my very grey and damp day! YAM xx
Thanks Yam! During these times, it is nice to have some happy news!
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Hi Eileen,
ReplyDeleteBeautiful series of photos.
Love the Eastern Tiger Swallowtail butterfly and the forest trail is beautiful too.
Here in the Netherlands, the number of corona infections is increasing again, if this continues we will be in a second lockdown in September.
I wish you a nice new week, stay safe.
Hello Irma,
DeleteThanks for the visit and comment. I hope you stay safe, take care.
Wishing you a happy new week!
...beautiful, I have given up taking hummingbird pictures!
ReplyDeleteThanks Tom! I will keep trying, I should have to avoid the window screen, lol.
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congratulations on the new grandchild. will this be your first one? glad your virus is dropping in your state. school starts today down here, hoping all will go well... LOVE the two swallotails with purple flowers..
ReplyDeleteThanks Sandra! Yes, it will be our first grandchild.
DeleteI hope all the school kiddies, staff and parents stay safe!
Have a great day!
Hello Eileen,
ReplyDeleteNice pictures. The butterflies and coneflowers are very nice.
And a wonderful collage with all different birds.
Greetings, Marco
Thank you Marco!
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Birds, butterflies, flowers and that road to coax us onward. You know how to draw us in, Eileen!
ReplyDeleteThank you Marie!
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That Tiger Swallowtail shot is gorgeous!
ReplyDeleteThank you Rose!
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I'm so happy for you to know there's a baby on the way! What a blessing for the whole family. Love the birds and mushrooms and I like seeing the trail you walk. We've been seeing a different butterfly, now I wonder if it's the E. Tiger. I haven't been able to get a photo yet. Hugs!
ReplyDeleteThanks Diane! The family is excited and happy!
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Great post of pretty flowers and birds. Thanks for stopping by my blog.
ReplyDeleteThank you Barbara!
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As always, your post is most captivating. Thank you and wishing you well, dear friend!
ReplyDeleteThank you for the comment!
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Such exciting news. Congratulations on the new grand baby on the way. Will this be your first grandchild?
ReplyDeleteThanks Dee! It is exciting news!
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You have beautiful flowers in your yard for all the hummingbirds and butterflies to visit. The fire road looks so cool and an inviting place to walk. Congratulations of the great news of your first grandchild to be born this winter! So much joy to look forward to!
ReplyDeleteThanks Pat! We are happy for our son and DIL, such happy news!
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Congrats on the news!! I love all the photos the birds and the flowers...Glad the numbers are dipping in your area!
ReplyDeleteThank you Sondra! I hope you are feeling better.
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Congratulations!!
ReplyDeleteThank you Tanya! Have a great week!
DeleteWoohoo! What great news, Eileen. Never knew until 3 and a half years ago what a joy it is to be grandparents. Lovely photos from your world! Have a great week.
ReplyDeleteThank you Ellen!
DeleteWe are excited and happy!
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Congrats on the news, Eileen! You will be able to teach the little one all about birds!
ReplyDeleteLOL, that would be nice!
DeleteThank you for the comment.
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Eileen ~ wonderful capture of that hummingbird ~ Wow! And other nature shots are awesome as always ~ ^_^
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Thank you Carol! Take care, enjoy your day!
DeleteGrandparenthood, the best part of your life is ahead, starting right now and in February you will graduate!!!~ Down here, a new cluster in Auckland, many cases, a lot in quarantine, last update 3 in hospital, in our area we are being very careful, and I have made fabric masks and posted them off to family, they can slide a bought disposable one inside, use that again, and wash the fabric one each time. Bought ones in shops, home made ones on Trade me are showing huge prices, one hat factory during the last lockdown turned all his machines into making masks, probably bu the thousands.
ReplyDeleteThanks Jean! I hope you are staying safe and well.
DeleteTake care! Have a happy new week!
Congratulations, Eileen. A future bird and nature lover, she'll be visiting her grandparents a lot. :) Beautiful photos of the birds, butterflies and flowers. Thanks for sharing and have a great day and a wonderful new week.
ReplyDeleteThanks Bill! I appreciate the comment.
DeleteTake care!Have a happy week ahead.
Beautiful pictures
ReplyDeleteI liked your pictures of the butterflies
have a happy new week
Thank you Mikael!
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Congratulations, Grandma!
ReplyDeleteWhat a lovely set of photographs! Many of your birds will soon be heading our way as migration is already beginning (albeit slowly).
Thank you so much, Eileen, for sharing nature's beauty with us!
Thanks Wally. I hope you will be out capturing all those migrating birds coming your way.
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Amazing capture on the hummingbird Eileen! An officemate of mine gave me a fire bush to plant at home because she said humming birds visit them in their garden but the bush died in our place :(
ReplyDeleteThanks for the visit and comment!
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wonderful garden and nature photos today - thanks for taking me on a stroll with you
ReplyDeleteThank you Carol!
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I love purple coneflowers, maybe because they are one of the few flowers I can recognize. We are having a few monarchs in our garden with the current migration. I am glad that you and husband are both healthy and congratulations on the grandchild to come. We took our son to college this past weekend. We hope he can stay there for a little while.
ReplyDeleteThank you Yogi! I hope your son can stay at college, safe and healthy.
DeleteI have only seen a few Monarchs, one just today!
Take care! Have a happy week ahead.
Love those bird watchers LOL kitties are such entertaining critters. Beautiful photos.
ReplyDeleteCongrats!! Grandbabies are the best.
Dawn aka Spatulas On Parade
Thank you Dawn!
DeleteWe've been seeing more of those "bird watchers" on the trail.
We are excited and happy for our son and DIL.
Take care, have a happy day!
Congratulations! That's wonderful news! And celebrated with gorgeous photos! Happy week. (Can it get happier?)
ReplyDeleteThank you Jeanie! It is happy news!
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oh eileen, what awesome news, congratulations!!! your images are beautiful today!! i am staying home as much as possible, but the fire has been a real problem as it requires us to do a lot of things we don't normally do!!
ReplyDeleteour virus numbers have been going down too, i sure do hope it stays that way!!!
Thank you Debbie
DeleteWe are excited and happy!
Have a great week!
That are wonderful flowers and bird! Congratulations that everything is ok with you and it will get better!
ReplyDeleteGreetings Elke
Thank you Elke!
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Congrats to you 'grand-people'😊
ReplyDeleteHappy Monday.I have one 7 year granddaughter
A blessing, the delight of my heart.
Much💝love
Thank you Gillena
DeleteWe are excited and happy!
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Congratulations, Grandma-to-be Eileen! That's awesome news. Also, that the covid19 rate in your state has been consistently low! California is still scorching in positive cases. So much for the theory that this virus would disappear with warmer temperatures. Oh well, I shall continue to think positively and hunker in place with the Husband. Cheers, Eileen. :-)
ReplyDeleteThank you Su-sieee
DeleteOur Governor took action right away, he does care about Maryland residents.
We are excited and happy!
Have a great week!
My corner of the world is very quiet. I go for groceries and that's it. Now I am out in my yard most of the time so that's a plus.
ReplyDeleteThank you Red!
DeleteWe go for walk and to the store.
Have a great week!
Oh that is good news!!! Congratulations!!!!
ReplyDeleteThank you Karen!
DeleteWe are excited and happy!
Have a great week!
What great photos! You seem to be surrounded by lots of great wildlife. Everything is beautiful!
ReplyDeleteAnd congratulations, especially, on your happy news!
Thank you Kay!
DeleteWe are excited and happy!
Have a great day!
Congrats.... How many grands do you all have now? It's hard to believe that I have 2 GREAT Grands... My 5 Grands have all grown up... Where does time go????
ReplyDeleteGlad your Covid cases are getting less and less.... We still have it around here some ---so we are still being careful.. But--hopefully this won't go on FOREVER!!!!!
Beautiful pictures. I always love your nature and bird pictures...
Hugs,
Betsy
Thank you Betsy!
DeleteThis will be our 1st grandchild.
We are excited and happy!
Have a great week!
I'd love to stroll down that fire road. Looks like a great place to walk.
ReplyDeleteThank you Sandra
DeleteWe enjoy our strolls and all the nature.
Have a great week!
Congratulation for you and your hubby to be grandparent....may God bless all your families.
ReplyDeleteLove hummingbird and all wildlife photos.
Thank you Tanza!
DeleteWe are excited and happy!
Have a great week!
on congrats on the good news. I think I've got a long time before that happens here.
ReplyDeleteThank you Amy!
DeleteWe are excited and happy!
Have a great week!
Helloo, Congratulations :) Greetings.
ReplyDeleteBeautiful pics.Stay well.
Thank you Rupam Sarma!
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Beautiful flowers & birds. I hope the covid #s decline nation-wide now.
ReplyDeleteThanks Anni! We all wish that Covid would just go away, I would like things to be "normal" again.
DeleteIf that is even possible any more. Mean time, stay safe! Take care, have a great day!
The summer is so short! Good for you for capturing all these critters.
ReplyDeleteOur region hasn't had a COVID case in 5 weeks. We are doing well. Back to school, though, worries me.
Thank you Jenn! Take care, enjoy your day!
DeleteEileen - congratulations on becoming grandparents! As I have observed with my older siblings, it is a wonderful phase of life! Glad to hear COVID is on the decline in Maryland. As always, your pictures are a delicious slice of everyday life - today I am drawn to the butterflies! Thanks for linking up to Mosaic Monday!
ReplyDeleteHello Angie,
DeleteThank you for the comment and visit.
Take care, enjoy your day! Have a happy week ahead!
Hi Eileen :) The fire road looks really nice to walk on. It's lovely. You got some really nice closeups of those butterflies! I love your bird mosaic! I've tried to capture a photo of hummingbirds, but they are too quick for me! :)
ReplyDeleteThank you Rain! Sometimes the hummers will sit for a bit, long enough for a photo.
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Hi Eileen, beautiful photos. Congrats to be grandparents. I have 2 grandsons, 2 and 4 years old.
ReplyDeleteThank you Caroline! Take care, enjoy your day!
DeleteCongratulations Eileen for becoming grandmother and many wishes to your son and daughter-in-law. Nice photos of birds, flowers and butterflies... and you should be glad to live close to these trails, to keep you sometime outdoor during these pandemic days. Hope you continue to stay safe
ReplyDeleteHello Jeevan,
DeleteThanks for the visit and comment!
Take care! Have a happy week ahead.
Beautiful photos of nature! Congratulations on becoming grandparents, hope all goes well for the expectant parents
ReplyDeleteHello Juliet
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Take care! Have a happy week ahead.
La Naturaleza nos obsequia con numerosos regalos. Animales y plantas son de gran belleza.
ReplyDeleteYo no salgo a fotografiar desde que comenzó la pandemia, pero tengo una buena canatidad de fotos en mis archivos.
Desde España le deseo un feliz día.
Thanks for the visit and comment!
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Have a beautiful day
ReplyDeleteThanks for the visit and comment!
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Congratulations grandma-to-be.
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The hummingbird is like a dive bomber. I saw one today but couldn't get close enough with my camera. The thrasher looks so much like a woodthrush. We have both.
ReplyDeleteHello Colleen,
Deletewe have both the Thrasher and Wood Thrush here too.
Thanks for the visit and comment!
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Congratulations!! That is so exciting! What fun, critters and baby pictures! Love your photographs, what beautiful butterflies, bugs and flowers!
ReplyDeleteThank you Nancy!
DeleteThe whole family is happy and excited!
Take care! Have a happy week ahead.
Time Seems Irrelevant When I Land On Your Post - That First Photo, Love It - Congrats On Adding To The Family Tree
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Thanks so much for the visit and comment.
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Hi, congrats to the great family news. :) Being a grandparent is great!
ReplyDeleteFine birds and nature for your mosaic. Love the swallowtail butterflies :)
Hello Monica,
DeleteIt is happy news for the family!
Thanks so much for the visit and comment.
Take care, enjoy your day!
Oh, Eileen, such exciting news! You are going to love being Grandparents! So many beautiful birds, flowers and butterflies on your walks. I really love those black swallowtails. Good to hear your area has declining cases. Take care and stay cool x Karen
ReplyDeleteThank you Karen,
DeleteHubby and I and the whole family are happy.
Thanks so much for the visit and comment.
Take care, enjoy your day!
Congratulations!
ReplyDeleteOnce again you've shared some wonderful photographs.
ReplyDeleteMost importantly you've shared some wonderful news :)
Many congratulations to your son and DIL and you and your hubby.
A grandchild to be born next February, that is so very special.
My good wishes to all.
All the best Jan