Meet the elegant tree swallow!

I never realized how long and elegant a tree swallow is for such a small bird. Must be the swallowtail!

Future wild cherries

Depending on the interest of our local bird population I hope to be able to follow the development of these tiny wild cherries and show you how they grow. They are very edible. Once upon a time I was famous for my wild cherry jelly.

Spring says goodbye and hello!

The old sycamore ball and the new hang together on the same tree. One is seeds and one is fruit.

Not quite sunset… followed by sunset

White mulberry is last tree to go into leaf in the spring here. But even it has thickening buds!

For those of you who follow my sunset photos, this second shot shows how far north the sun is setting now.

The long view-

Osprey pair hanging out together and making plans on Southern Red Oak tree that hangs over their nest site.

Flower making a face in the rain!

First violet of my spring takes a bow, making a face in the rain. Does it look like an alien to you? Violets are  hosts for local butterflies! They make fun people food too! But instead of eating them, I am watching all my violets for the first butterfly!

The beautiful source of your sneeze!

These small but powerful maple blossoms want to welcome you to allergy season! Yes, it’s still only February!

It’s not raining violets yet but…

It’s not raining violets yet but it is raining! This is first daffodil I’ve seen in bloom this season!

“Fuzzy-Wuzzy was a…”?

In this case, Fuzzy Wuzzy was a magnolia bud! Spring must be coming soon! But now that I take the time to recall the complete nursery rhyme, I guess it isn’t appropriate… “Fuzzy Wuzzy was a bear! Fuzzy Wuzzy had no hair! So Fuzzy Wuzzy wasn’t very fuzzy, was he?” Oh dear… Back to the drawing board…

Mother bird’s nightmare

As I stared at the sweet gum ball, trying to figure out how to draw it, I could suddenly hear dozens of screaming baby birds! All those mouths would be a mother bird’s nightmare!