Sunday Chatter

Happy end of the weekend everyone. Here we are having hot weather, and I am in lazy mode this morning since last week was fun but quite busy. (If you are curious from my last post, my single kidney function was at a healthy level and now I am done going into Boston and my regular doctor can just monitor it-hurrah for no more medical trip to Boston. I hope we don't need any more forever-or at least for a very long time.)

 I slept in until 9 today, which is really late for me. I guess I needed it.

So today I want to begin with a tag for Tag Tuesday, which I think I am just squeezing in at the end of the Here Comes the Sun challenge.

 I've had a little bit of time to start working on my Dakota trip journal, and I made this tag for one of the pages. When we were driving across North Dakota I noticed so many birds from the passenger seat of the car; everything from swans, white pelicans, yellow headed blackbirds, red winged blackbirds and a whole lot more. As it was impossible to take photos (or get my husband to pull over either), I am using images from an old bird book I have.  Those images are probably better than my photos would be anyhow.

The tag is a part of the page and I included it in the photo there and not by itself because it makes more sense on the page.

  I went to clean the filter on my washer the other day and it was stuck, plus the machine wasn't draining 100%, so the handy hubby took it apart on Friday evening. Today it is going back together so keep your fingers crossed that it works 100% when I go to try it out.

 And when I couldn't clean the washer I started cleaning this basement overflow closet. I haven't finished but already took 2 bags to a local charity place. I hope this upcoming week I can finish that project. Right now my basement is a disaster.

And my garden is a busy place.

 I went out this morning and was taking photos of this Canadian Swallowtail butterfly on the milkweed flowers in my garden.

 And while I photographing the swallowtail look what came flying over.

This monarch butterfly. exactly why I kept the milkweeds in my garden.

And flowers are blooming.

 Coreopsis and daisies. I think the cool wet spring really made the gardens go into overtime bloom this summer.

 My grade plant is growing out of control. I have no idea if I will get grapes or if I can get them to fruit as I have no idea about growing fruit plants.

 And this week one of my hydrangeas started to blossom. One is not looking good because of the deer who keep eating it, and one died last winter and I just replaced it with a small new plant.

 And there are still a fair amount of roses.

 This dragonfly was the most luscious shade of green, although this is not a good photo.

 Hummingbirds are sucking down lots of food.

 And besides my shadow, can you notice all those brown specks? For some reason we have all these ants on the sidewalk.

As you can see, my little piece of nature is just bustling with activity. 

Hope all is well with you, and thanks so much for stopping by to visit.