A Star is Born

...Even in the weeds...

Death-Defying FEET

Cute little hands/feet and pose...and then I watched him scamper up a tree and...

...dive off the branch head first and down the long wire straight to the bottom hole where he stopped, gripping the the feeder with all of his feet.

Notice that the BIRD feeder is almost empty...I wonder why...

Pretty in Pink

What is SO WRONG with this Picture?

What I woke up to this morning. So much for trying to feed the birds...Look at his stomach. It is getting so big he has to rest his arms on it!! The thing is he "sat" for me for quite some time. I think he likes my camera...this is his good side.

This is usually how I see squirrels...At least he gave me SOME respect and ran off!!

Of course, now I am going to have to name him...

Looking Down in order to Look Up

I have been in the dirt again...Couldn't resist this one.  

I was in my hot tub this morning (!) and saw a squirrel way up in a tall tree. He was just hanging out eating leaves and looked perfectly picturesque. I decided that I had to try so I ran back inside for my camera. Of course by the time I returned, he had found something else to do. 

And then I looked down and found this lovely fluffy thing, otherwise known as a dandelion. In order to evaluate the situation, I had to get down in the dirt, which made me want to get even lower. And then of course, from there I had to look up again.

Breaking New Ground

One of my transplanted peonies! They are coming up! They actually survived the move, the long wait before planting and their new environment!! I am told that it may take a couple of years to see flowers. I don't care. This works for me just fine for now.

Out of the Ashes...

Hurricane Sandy devastated my little woods. 

There are mountains of huge fallen trees...

Somehow daffodils have found a way up and 

out of the ground and around the piles!

When I shot this, I wedged myself in between tree logs, 

amongst the sticks and the dirt! 

My little woodland garden is going to be just fine.

Ruffles

Have you ever taken an extra second to study the ruffles of a daffodil?