Eeeewe

The corpse flower in the local zoo conservatory is blooming.  The conservatory has extended hours to allow people to see it, maybe that is more accurately to smell it, during its short life span.  I think I will pass on that one. 

Our yard is teeming with wildlife.  Chipmunks are living in the garden shed or maybe the wood pile.  They run around in the backyard and are extremely cute.  Humming birds are occasional visitors to the feeder. 

Last week we discovered a set of four little squirrels that were sheltering in a gap between the brick facade and concrete blocks on the front of our garage.  We called them the Downspout Quads because they sat on the downspout and ran up and down the brick front.  Today we discovered that there are a minimum of eight little squirrels.  Yes, we saw them all at one time scampering back and forth between the ash tree and the downspout, the downspout and the neighbor's evergreen tree and sunning themselves on the grassy bank. 

This afternoon, I took this picture lying on my stomach.  Only one member of the Downspout Gang put in an appearance. The squirrels are less than 6 inches long and are so very cute.  We just hope that they do not make nuisances of themselves. 

MIA

First I had to concentrate on the model I was stitching .  I finished it just in time to leave for a few days.  I have been home trying to catch up on everything that was not done.  I missed picture time with the iris and now the peonies.  We just picked up a couple annual packs and a fair number of individual perennials at clearance prices. 

While we were gone the garden was growing including the weeds.    ;-D