company

a single day lily

is blooming

lovely

she just needs

a friend

or two

a message from the kitchen

spider says

'on a hot day...

find yourself a cool

tea towel...

and then have fun

jumping up 

and

surprising someone!'

 

 

on the move

even on very hot days

long legged spiders

do not necessarily appreciate

potted plants

being watered

 

see: sea holly!

this year's bumper crop:

a staggering swath

of eryngium 

monarch butterflies...

have been listed

as endangered

not the news 

i wanted to hear

today

today's good deed

rescuing a moth

from a watering can

~

safe passage

for the small

ones

non-stop

hot hot hot

and the begonias

are intent

on rising up

look out

wallflowers

the delphiniums are shy

this year

there were...

seven skunk kits

making appearances

days ago

and now there is one...

or are they taking turns?

solo outings?

whatever the case

safe keeping small ones

as you make your way

out into the 

big

wide

world

threading

and every night

in slumber

with the promise

of dreams

i stitch into being

a blanket that swaddles

us all

in a calm

and sweet

peaceful bliss

for all of us

striped accounting

two window wells

seven kits

a couple of helping hands

little babes out of

harm's way

this summer's spunky

visitors

wondering...

where all the birds

have gone

today 

blossoming rays

gazanias open up

when the sun

is shining