Our World, My World

Happy Monday,

It was an a busy and exciting weekend with my son's wedding and now we are dog-sitting the grand-dogs for a week. These are images from Oct 1st and 2nd. I saw at least 8 Monarch Butterflies in my yard, YAY finally. 

The Monarchs seem to love the butterfly bush. 

We took a walk on the local fire road on 10/2. The birds have a lot of different berries to, our Lantana is still blooming, there are a little fall colors around here and there. The ferns are seen all along the fire road. 

The Carolina Wrens are always seen around my yard.

Dark blue or purple berries, not sure of the id? Maybe Serviceberry?

A view looking down the fire road. 

Some nuts growing on a tree near the bamboo I found while on another day and walk. 

A different berries, these seem to be all around the forest. I am guessing maybe Viburnum?

I saw 3 Pileated Woodpeckers flying from tree to tree, I assume they were a family. 

Looking up, at the trees and sky!

A few photos from my son Brian and his bride Allie, the wedding was at the Wyndham Resort in Gettysburg PA.

Thanks for visiting and commenting, have a happy day and a great new week!

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Thanks to Cath the host of Country Scapes

Thanks to Angie the host of  Mosaic Monday

Thanks to LadyFi  the host of Our World Tuesday!

Our World, My World

Happy Monday, 

I wanted to share some of the blooms we have growing in our yard and a few of the annuals on our deck.  I bought some herbs to grow in pots along with the mint I have growing.  I try to buy annuals that the hummingbird and butterflies love, like the Lantana, Zinnias and the Fuchsia. 

"Mother Nature has the best box of crayons."


It was a great year for our Clematis blooms, we have two different species. One I forget the name and the other is called Jackmanii Clematis.  

Various annuals are planted in pots for the deck, like the Lantana, Fuchsia and some Zinnias. 

This is the Jackmanii Clematis, we have the honeysuckle running wild around the yard.  It is bad when it takes over but smells so good. 

"Life is a garden, Dig it." 


We were happy to see our Siberian Irises return this year, they are one of my favorite blooms. 

The birds like to land on top of the pergola before going to the feeders, I caught this White-breasted Nuthatch getting ready to hop over to the feeder. 

The male Cardinal seems to be getting used to me putting out food for the birds, he will now land on the deck while I am out there. I think he wants to be first eating the food. 

Thanks for your visit today!  I hope you enjoyed my post and photos.


Thanks to Angie the host of  Mosaic Monday

Thanks to LadyFi  the host of Our World Tuesday!

Check out the links above, I hope to see you there. Thanks to the hosts today. Enjoy your day and new week.



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Happy Thankful Thursday

Happy Thankful Thursday!

I was very happy with the flowers we picked this spring, they are still blooming, the Lantana, Upright Fuchsia and Salvia. Some of the trees are shedding just brown leaves, not many colors being seen here. 

The female Red-bellied Woodpecker has found the suet ball feeder.

"Where flowers bloom, so does hope." Lady Bird Johnson

The Lantana is one of my favorite plants we bought back in the spring time.

Can you find the little bullfrog? Our little pond with the frog, turtle and moose yard ornaments.

The Upright Fuchsia has been blooming since spring.

"Happiness blooms from within."

Always thankful for the blue sky..

This is a tall pine tree in our yard

I am thankful for my pretty flowers still blooming in October. 
A thankful heart is a happy heart. 

I am thankful for all your visits and comments. 


Thank you Michelle for hosting Thankful Thursday. 
Thank you to the hosts of   Skywatch Friday


Happy Thursday, enjoy your day!

Thanks so much for visiting and for your nice comments on my previous post. Have a happy day!

Birds, Blooms and Butterflies

Hello, I am linking my post up with Mosaic Monday and Ruby Tuesday. I hope everyone had a Happy Father's Day!


This is a link to my You tube video of my backyard bird sounds and the Hummer. If you turn the sound up loud you can hear the Great Blue herons juvies in their nest. The juvies get loud when the adult flies back to them with food.

These are some shots I took of the Bluebird taking a berry to feed its young in the nest and a couple shots of the Ruby Throated Hummingbirds. The flowers are on my deck and the hummingbirds and the butterflies seem to love my blooms. I have some petunias and lantana in these photos.

Tiger Swallowtail

Black Swallowtail

I hope you enjoyed my birds, blooms and butterflies and to see more great mosaics and photos please visit Mary's Mosaic Monday  and the other well known Mary at Ruby Tuesday  Thanks to both Mary of the Little Red House and Mary of the Work of the Poet for hosting these two fun memes. Also, thanks for stopping by to visit me and I hope everyone has a fantastic week.

Birds and Blooms

This past weekend I have been enjoying my backyard birds and all the pretty flowers in my yard and on my deck.  I am joining in on Mary's Mosaic Monday  with my mosaics and Mellow Yellow Monday with my yellow birds and lilies and Mary the Teach's Ruby Tuesday with my Cardinal and red flowers. I hope you enjoy my birds and blooms.

The hummingbirds are really attracted to red Salvia.

Below is the female Ruby Throated Hummingbird. The male shown in my mosaic has the pretty ruby red gorget.

The Stella Dora Lilies seem to grow well in our yard and are looking great.

The Lantana is one of my favorites I planted (hubby planted)  in a pot on my deck.

The Pine Warbler below looks similiar to the American Goldfinch but their beaks are shape different. You can see the Goldfinches above in my mosaic.

Thanks to the gracious host of these fun memes

 and thank you for stopping by my blog for a visit.