Pink Hydrangea

Pink Hydrangea

Taking A Stance

This robin was very upset with me and chased me around the yard, after I accidentally disturbed it's family, not realizing that they had built a nest in my trumpet vine. Of course I used this opportunity to take some great photos.

Blueberries

Blueberries At Adams Farm. Doesn't this make your mouth water? Yum!

Beautiful Harvest

This is one day's herbal flower harvest from my garden, of lavender, red clover, st. john's wort, mullein, and calendula. Nature provides beautiful medicine. This photo was awarded Photo of the Day on Capture My Vermont, for August 13, 2015.

WATER

Did Water ever look more beautiful!

Champ Hangin' Out With The Birds

Champ is taking some time out of the lake to check out the Bird House Forest. Located in the swamps just north of Whites Beach, near the roadside, are hundreds of brilliantly colored Bird Houses that hang from the many trees in the thick marshland. According to the owners of the birdhouses, "Well, as you can see, we're surrounded by swamp", he said, gesturing to the swamps surrounding his house. "So there are a lot of mosquitoes here, Or at least there were before we put these up. The bird houses are home to tree swallows, and tree swallows eat mosquitoes. They make it so my wife and I can sit outside on the lawn in the evening and enjoy ourselves. We don't get eaten alive." He started this project 15 years ago, with only 20 bird houses. His wife was the one who convinced him to paint them the striking bold colors. After a year, he went to check on them and found that each one was occupied. So he built more. Now he has over 400 of them. Asked if he was planning on building more. "We'll see", he said chuckling.

Purple Clematis

Lovely Purple Clematis