It's Friday, TGIF! My Surprise Lilies are starting to bloom. These are the first ones to emerge and open up. I hope they bring the Hummingbird Moths again. I chose this image for today because of the lovely bubbly bokeh it has because Friday's Are Bokehlicious!
While I was working in one of my garden beds the other day, this guy ran across my hand and then kind of stopped and looked at me as if to say, what did I just run over? 😁 We kind of looked at each other and I went back to working on my plants. He stayed around, moving back and forth along the railroad tie that I have on the back part of the bed so I took a few shots of him with my phone. It is a beautiful Blue Tail Skink with a very vibrant blue tail.
It's a double digit day! 😁 It's also Wildflower Wednesday here on the Blog! Today's flower is one that is basically done flowering and the birds are enjoying the berries that come afterwards. This is Elderberry that can have some very full lacy looking blooms. They bloom May through July. The berries can be used to make jellies and wine. The plants generally only live 3 to 5 years but new ones continue to come up from the rootstock.
I have seen several Killdeers around since they came back to our area this spring. There seems to be a group of them around our high school area that I often see while on a bike ride. I saw them again last week so I stopped to get a few photos of which this is one.
Happy Monday and happy new week! My Butterfly Bush, also known as Buddleia, is finally blooming. I have not seen any butterflies on it yet but hopefully they will find it soon. It's a lovely flower I think.
It's Steamy Sunday here on the Blog! Since I shared the Porter locomotive in the Roundhouse, here is the other locomotive I get to help fire on, 353, in the Roundhouse as well. It was also having some work done and I was there painting the area under the part that was being repaired. I am looking forward to firing on this locomotive again over Labor Day weekend.
The wild Turkeys have been back with their little ones lately. I was able to capture this family the other evening as they came to visit and get seeds dropped from the bird feeder. The little ones are so cute.
