Saturday, July 5, 2014

 Islands of trees amid a sea of corn. 


So simple, so lovely, yet the dreaded enemy of gardeners and farmers.

The dogs and I walked the length of our lane today.  A lovely day after a month of almost daily rain.  Everything is amazingly green.  Ireland, step aside, nothing is greener than spring time Illinois after a prolonged rainy season.  

This little wren chose the bird house right outside the dining room door.  How can such a tiny bird have such a big voice.  He sings all day long with very brief spells of quiet while he grabs a bug for the family.  


Cedar waxwings,  juvenile robins, and a catbird spent the day stripping the ripe fruit off my  amelanchier.