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The longer I live in the 'burbs, the more I appreciate nature. The fawn in this pic was born directly outside my office window, and I'd like to think it's because Mama deer trusted me enough to know it was a safe place.
The family sometimes visits my bird feeder, and it's been fun to watch the fawn grow throughout the summer.
Papa deer has speckles of blood on his antlers, probably caused by running into branches. Apparently, when the antlers are "in velvet", they are highly vascularized and easily damaged. In the winter the antlers will harden and then fall off before regrowing in the Spring.
I LOVE this part of summer, when the flowers are all in bloom, the garden is in full swing and the critters are lazily enjoying the abundance. Yellow sums it up perfectly...warm, rich and hopelessly optimistic (as if these days will never end).
1. Goldfinch spying the sunflowers and daisies in the backyard
2. Marigolds with tiny butterflies
3. Swallowtail butterfly caterpillar eating dill in the garden
4. House Sparrow
5. Sunflower
With stalactites hanging from the roof and the temps hovering in the teens for weeks on end, it sometimes seems like winter will never end. I'm getting a little bonkers from the endless snow!
Garden of Ideas - Ridgefield, CT
Located one hour from NYC in Ridgefield, CT, eight acres of marsh, woodland, meadow and vegetable plots coalesce to form the Garden of Ideas. Enjoy an arboretum-like collection of plants (trees, shrubs, perennials, annuals, vegetables, tropicals) amidst a unique array of original garden art.
The Garden was conceived and is maintained to create beautiful garden spaces, grow interesting plants well, minimize unnecessary landscape maintenance, provide animal habitats, and produce an abundance of nutrient dense food crops.
This is a great place for kids to visit as well as adults. My daughter really enjoys searching for frogs and butterflies, as well as the elusive garden gnome. She also looks forward to visiting the chickens and mastering the rock maze.
Not much bigger than a butterfly, this little Calliope hummingbird has been visiting the feeder outside my office window lately.
Believe it or not, this Painted Lady is the same butterfly - how cool to look so different from back and front! The gorgeous colors make a perfect autumn palette.
We had an awesome(ly hot) time in Florida last week! Being a total bird nerd, my favorite part was stalking the local fauna with my camera!
