Even more natural beauty

These gorgeous Lady's Slippers are growing wild very near our house....just a short walk away..

 

I don't remember ever seeing Lady's Slippers in person before.  The are so unusual and just beautiful in person.  There is a very nice  little patch of them.  I hope nobody finds them and starts digging them up.  We are hoping that if they spread enough, then we may be able to get a plant for our yard.

If not, we will just enjoy them where they are.

Shortcake, anyone?

It will need to be a very short shortcake for these:

Tiny berries, big on taste.  Loaded with flavor even if they are smaller than a dime.

Want to see more size?  How about these?

and these tasted yummy, too:

Rainbow Morning

I just looked out the dining room window and the sun was still shining brightly......and it was raining!
I went to the other side of the house and the sun was shining and again it was raining....but there was
  this:

We have rainbows nearly every time it rains....the rains have just been too infrequent this spring.

Speaking of spring:

These guys are loving neighbor Brad's chives.  We missed an opportunity to get a shot of at least a dozen on this plant.

More Spring beauty:

What an orderly little family.  Makes me smile.
More later

More Natural Beauty

Here are some more pics from our drive thru Seney National Wildlife Refuge on Tuesday.
The wild roses were so pretty all along the banks of the pools on the Fishing Loop.

I loved these roses with the water iris in the background, at the waters' edge.

Well, he took them at their word, What can I say?

Natural Majesty

Yesterday was a beautiful day in the U.P.  We spent most of the afternoon at Seney National Wildlife Refuge.  This majestic eagle posed very nicely for me to get his pic many times.  Even my cheapy camera was able to capture him from about 40 yards away.  It was such a sight to see when he finally glided away toward his nest, presumably.

We say swans, geese with goslings, muskrat, loons, king fishers, and gorgeous wild flowers.

I have more pics, but blogger is being stubborn this afternoon, so thye will be posted later.

We are going back to Seney this week for a guided evening tour of the refuge, hoping to see more wildlife and get more pics.

more later.

Knitting

Pic of the socks that I made for the Motherless Child Foundation to be taken to the

orphanages in Kazakhstan in late fall.  The two smaller pairs are 8 inch and the larger
pair is 9 inches.  30 warm toesies comin' right up.

More later.