Still Blue While Piggy's In The Pink To Black and White Flitting

Thank You so much for your kind and caring words of support! I am beginning to recognize bits of pink glow trying to surface the present pallor of my being, though the pink in the little piggy who stayed home . . . the swine that flew into me . . .  is still holding camp. Horrid little bug . . . but one must admire it's tenacity. Winter is dumping heavy wet snow upon us just now . . . the picture of snow above is from January . . . just imagine triple and more that amount and you will have our present black and white landscape. Evergreen boughs are weighted down and all the naked tree and shrub limbs are filled with voluminous clouds of snow blossoms. This is a dangerous sort of snow and we could lose power. Trees and shrubs are bent and could break . . . The sweet Bluebird and Chickadee photos were shot during the bird count. (I wonder if anyone can guess the background in the Bluebird photo. Why it looks so out of place?) I have hardly held my camera in over a week. I will be visiting your worlds a bit more each day . . . there is much to catch up on. I look forward to all the beauty and magic I shall find. I am so thankful for this community of gardeners, who add hope and beauty to our world. 

August Garden Bloggers Blooming Day

The gardens are obviously happy about all the rain we have had this year and are producing second blooms to show gratitude. I am just making this up of course, but it is amazing to see Magnolia blossoms this time of year... Lilacs too if you scroll to Blooming Friday below. Whatever the reason I am happy for it. My Rugosa Roses are putting on a second show too, even though I did not dead head this year... I could not see losing all the rose hips, that besides being lovely are food for birds. The Indigo Bunting in the first shot above is eyeing just which Viburnum berry to go for... there are flocks of Cedar Waxwings eating them too, so the lovely brilliant red will diminish soon. I have a few late blooming Daylilies to add some bright colors along with the Lily 'Journeys End' and Buddleia 'Black Knight'. Softer tones in trumpets of mauves and blues created by Lobelia, Salvia, Agapanthus and Obedient Plant delight the hummingbirds. Quieter Hydrangea whites are all aglow... the one above is called 'The Swan' and this is the first year it has put out so many blooms... it was added to the gardens four or five years ago and is always pruned severely by the deer. I am forever grateful for the wondrous hummingbirds that are zooming around in the garden... this immature female appears to be joyfully swimming between blooms. I have never seen a hummingbird moth quite like the one capture above on the butterfly bush. It is not just a play of light... there is so much black in this one... a real beauty. This land that seems like such a part of me... connected to my inner being... tissues and dreams is also an important part of the lives of so many wild creatures... who call it home too. Its Garden Bloggers Blooming Day for August... for more gardens in bloom around the world go to Carol's .