In the early summer the Mock Orange blooms and the butterflies and bees love it. Within a few weeks the blooms are gone, along with the light orange fragrance from the burly bush. The photos above show three different types of butterflies enjoying the flowers.
Just the other day I was at the cabin, getting it ready for another weekend. I was having a cup of coffee at the kitchen table and something caught my eye. There was a turkey just about to go on the patio. She noticed I was there at my first movement. I went as quitely as possible to get my camera….
by then she was heading north in the driveway. I was able to get these shots out the cabin window, but by the time I got back to the door she was no where to be seen. Seriously, you’ll never walk right up on a turkey. They know what’s going on around them and they are fast, too.
If you look closely, you’ll see deer on the ridge to the east, looking out the front door of the cabin.
Heading north from the driveway. In the deep snow the deer like to hang out on the roads. You need to watch for them every where, even in the driveway.
This big white pine out “on the point” broke off in a windstorm a few years ago. Two years ago, there were wild honey bees in the holes that you can see about half way down the trunk. This past summer the bees were no where to be seen. The year they inhabited the tree there were thousands of them in and out of the tree, but they never bothered any of us. They were amazing to watch and fun to show people.
This is a photo of the deer trail in the front yard.
This week I was driving down Canyon Park Road and saw two deer high-tailin’ it across the field. I knew they were headed for the canyon. They turned around and headed back in the direction they came from. About an hour later I was working in the cabin and looked out the window and saw two does in the front yard, well the garden, actually.
