Sunday Safari

There was a dense fog this morning

when we went to chapel.

A beautiful, contemplative fog.

There were wild Turkeys feeding near the road.

The ice on the rocks

will melt soon.

Temperatures are to rise above freezing this afternoon.

The indoor gardens are in bloom.

I watched the tulips open.

The Cardinals are enjoying the sunshine.

The snow is melting.
I am going for a long walk and breathe in the freshness.
Happy Sunday Safari.

ABC Wednesday

Z is for Zen

                                                                 and sitting Zazen.

Z is for zipper.

They are showing up in the most unusal places.

Z is for zero.

It has been so very cold.

Z is for the Zephyr.
I call them Fairy Lilies.
I saw them growing wild in Texas last winter.

Z is for Zebra Longwing.
These are my favorite of all the butterflies.

I saw them when I was in Texas last winter.

 Z is for Zeus.

Z is for Zoltar.

Z is for zig-zag.
May you have a zest for life.
May you reach your zenith.
May you know some zanniness.

Happy ABC Wednesday.
We have come full circle.

I am longing for lilies and butterflies.

Sunday Safari

The wind shifted to the south. Temperatures began to rise.

I went outside to spend one on one time with the birds.

                                     The male Downy Woodpecker stays near the suet cakes.

There are many female Cardinals in the trees and bushes.
A few will come to the deck while I am sitting quietly reading my book.

I am adding an Asian influence to my home.

The Carolina Wrens

and the Ruby Crowned Kinglets are coming to the suet cakes together.

The sun was warm but the wind was cold.

When a gust blew across the snow I shivered.

 The little Chick-a-dees struggled in the wind.

The big birds could easily manage the gusts.

The Yellow-shafted Flicker had no trouble with the suet cakes in the window boxes.

There are six Blue Jays in the gardens today.

They have eaten all the acorns we saved for them.

I am putting peanuts out now.

There is harmony in the gardens.

It is cold.

It is January in the mid-west.

The wind finally sent me inside.

The tulips are beginning to bud in my indoor garden.

My Mother-in law gave me a butterfly nectar flower for my birthday.

It is in one of the tulip gardens.

A Monarch, that did not make migration, reminds me of the beauty of the butterflies.

My husband showed me a Cob Web Weaver he found in his home office.

I watched her spin a cob web.

I saw her silk come out of her spinnets.

It is snowy.

We are staying home.

We are having fun.

Happy Sunday Safari.

I hope you also are having Winter fun.

ABC Wednesday

Y is for Yew.

Y is for Yhi.

She is a sun goddess in the dreamtime.

                                                                 Y is for Yuletide.

            

                                                    We had a very fun time drinking eggnog.

                      Y is for Yummy!

Y is for New Year.

                                                   The ice Yesterday kept me inside.

                                         I am working on my Yi and planning my spring Ya.

                                               
                                                I am celebrating the New Year.

I have a Yolka tree.

I am learning about Yuzu

and dreaming about the Yellow warbler.

Hope you are warm and safe.

Happy ABC Wednesday.

May your New Year be prosperous.