Reflections of Summer..........

Now that it's gone for another year, the gardens are going to sleep. The birds are finding their nitch at the food tables and the squirrels are getting fat for hibernation.
I thought I would show a few of my older pictures, just to remind us that Spring always comes and Summer follows.........what is to come is Winter with its own beauty but for now lets take a moment to remember.
The Spring flowers first...........


Dandilions..........are sort of a favourite of mine. Go figure


There were many more butterfly's this year thank goodness


Forget me nots were everywhere in my garden

One of my favourite pictures








A close up on a pretty geranium

The roses










Iris, come and go so quickly but are so beautiful while here



The poppies bloomed on and off through summer and I will get some more of these beauties for sure





The biggest asset was the day lillies......so much beauty this year, I just cant get it all in.




I think I must leave it at that, even though I have so many more in my files...........enjoy a rememberance of summer

Hummer......

Every evening I go outside for a few moments. I see the same faces......well the same critters ....pretty much the same every evening. Tonight I got a surprise, I could not believe my eyes. I dont know why, we have hummingbirds around all the time. They don't generally hang out in my garden though. I saw one last year. It almost hit me in the head.
Well as I was trying to get a better picture of the butterfly I see each evening, I got the above picture. He didn't sit still long enough for me to get a real good picture but I will be watching for him now, you can be sure of that.
This is the other picture but its still not good.



In the sort of light I was dealing with he was in shade most of the time. He sat in the apple tree but the branches were in the way, I moved around for a better angle but he was done and off he went. Maybe tomorrow?

Butterflys...................

Where are the butterfly's? I usually have a host of visitors during the Spring and summer months. This year I have only seen one in my garden. A white one, well actually I did see another one the other day passing through. I could not get a picture because it was on a pine tree checking out some berries that were growing on the vine on it. So what happened? Was it because it was so hot? I have planted milkweeds.



I dug some out of the side of a road where they would have been cut down, I did that to try to have them spread around here so that the Monarch has something to eat and lay its eggs on. No luck so far but at least the milkweed is getting established.
Any other year and we see loads of Monarchs. I have put in Butterfly plants in orange and yellow




Also last year I put in a butterfly bush even though I don't really like them. Now I think I need to move the darn thing. Its doing well but its just not in a good spot for me. They are so untidy. Next Spring I will move it.



So we have plenty of really bright flowers and stuff to attract the butterfly's if they fly over but they just have not paid a visit yet. I thought maybe when it cooled down some they would come. Too late now all those flowers are gone.
Maybe next year. I wanted to take lots of pretty pictures but alas...........none this time. I prefer to show my own pictures so have at least got the pictures of flowers.