More surprise visitors

We have a lot of different animals show up around here, lots of cats, a raccoon now and then and possums as well (even though we live in town on a busy street).  This though was a first.  Spotted one of the neighborhood cats looking down at our driveway and this is what it was looking at.

 

                                 Momma was moving fast.

The babies all caught up to her and then headed down the sidewalk. - They've been seen in the neighborhood for most of the summer in various places.

As they marched on down the sidewalk I caught this kitty eyeballing them as they headed towards it.

               I warned it not to mess with Momma turkey though.

A Surprise Visitor

Welcome - So I'm trying to post a little more often here on this blog (but I can't promise anything).

I was out watering my plants a couple of weeks ago when I noticed something moving in the flowers. - At first I thought it was probably a mouse since Mike had seen and pointed one out to me a few days before that. - Then it moved again and I spotted what it was...

Here's where I found it:

 Under that hanging basket and rose bush. - You can't see it because I took this picture afterwards to show where I found the critter. - You can however see my shadow!

So what was it... A Toad of all things!  -  I managed to get it out from under the plant and rose bush (that was tricky as it kept hopping away) and got it inside where I put it in a bowl with a lid so I could go release it. 

We live near a small creek which flows from one of the house across the street from us then under the street and comes back out a couple of houses down from ours.  That's where I release him.

We've lived in our house for over 30 years and I have never found a toad/frog in my flower beds.  It baffles us as to why it was there as it would have had to hop clear across the street or down the sidewalk to get to our place.

I was just happy to get him back to a cooler area and doesn't it look happy!

Summer Flowers

 Just sharing a few late spring/early summer flowers before the season is over and I forget to share them.

My pots of Petunias that sit on either side of our front door.  They've done real well this year.

I had a yellow one as well but sadly the winter killed off most of the plant and what little that did come up died due to the heat.

Both these pots were really pretty earlier on in the season but the heat has not been kind this summer so they are looking a bit under the weather now.

The bees really like this plant.

This is a really odd lily I bought a few years ago.  I'm still not sure if I like it or not.

The hydrangea has been beautiful this year.  Last year it did not have a single bloom.

I took this view looking down the driveway while the lilies there were still in bloom along with my Clematis, pot of petunias, hydrangea.

Hope you've enjoy a little from my summer garden.

Lilac Tree - 2025

   I forgot that I had this post in, Draft.  So without further ado here it is: 

I'm not sure how long I've been sharing photos of my mom's, French Lilac tree but you can see several posts here by looking up, Lilac.

This is this years, annual photos.  Sadly the tree took a really bad hit this past winter and only had a few blooms.

We are hoping that we can bring it back to it's glory soon.  Have had advice on pruning it this fall and hopefully it will be much prettier next year.

Memorial Day Flowers 2025

                                Mike mom and my niece 

                                           My mom and dad

                   The grandma's that I was named after.

 My dad's sister who helped raise him                My brother

Most of the flowers were from mine and Greta's gardens.  Our other next door neighbor let me cut some of their roses.  The deep red one use to be in our yard but didn't do well so we were going to throw it away and then the lady who lived next door at the time took it and planted it on the other side of the fence and it really thrived after that.  

Always nice not to have to buy flowers.

Easter 2025

 I'm sharing some photos from Easter 2025  Most of these feature, Joelle (Jojo) and Jupiter (Coleen). - I didn't get any pictures of the food or the other people who were here to eat it - I'm slacking off I guess.  Jupiter helped Jojo color Easter Eggs,  Then they did some chalk drawings.  The rooster was drawn by Jupiter.  Later there was her Egg hunt. -  The meal was very good.  We had a nice Easter.