Things are really popping with colors.
Here is one of my Wild Gardens with about 25
Sunflowers.
Sunflowers.
Nasturtium..
These are my tried and true flowers...
I think I'll go with mostly these
I think I'll go with mostly these
next year around the porch.
Bug!
Best guess?
Damselfly resting on a Blazing Star in
Damselfly resting on a Blazing Star in
my east garden.
We've been taking evening walks and early morning walks.
I sometimes just let the dogs lead on my land and follow them through brambles and brush.
I'm glad I did.
Ghost Pipe Plants also known as Monotropa uniflora
Another evening bonus.
Black Berries. Generally our forest isn't blessed with a lot of them. But.
This summer they are flourishing.
...and then.
As I picked them and ate them both
Charlie and Hannah had to investigate.
I handed berries to Charlie.
I handed berries to Charlie.
I handed berries to Hannah.
Hannah figured out she could pick her own.
and on the way home she hunted berries and found them in underbrush were I wouldn't have looked.
Now we've been going out to the forest in the evenings to hunt up dessert.
Ghost pipes always enchant me and fresh blackberries remind me of childhood.
ReplyDeleteLetting the dogs lead is a great idea.
ReplyDeleteDessert hunting! Love it.
ReplyDeleteYou will never have as many berries ever again! Hannah will come in with blue lips! We had a dog who pulled carrots out to eat them. My brother had thinned the patch, she ate those, and figured out how to get more!
ReplyDeleteOh my goodness, I love these shots. What a great area to explore.
ReplyDeleteHannah cuts out the middle woman and goes straight to the source! Smart pup.
ReplyDeleteYou have created a berry eating monster!
ReplyDeleteI would love some of those berries! The pups sure love your walks. Lori
ReplyDeleteOh, how wonderful... the vegetarian dog—though perhaps the occasional protein-rich maggot might slip in...
ReplyDeleteViola wishes you and your two companions—the three of you—happy walks.
Yes—it is so lovely in the forest.
Woohoo!
Next Hannah will be helping you make jam!!!
ReplyDeleteHannah made the hunting connection quickly! Linda in Kansas
ReplyDeleteBravo za vás... ty sladkosti z lesa jsou zdravé a ty slunečnice jsou jako slunce, takové ještě není!
ReplyDeleteYour wild flowers are gorgeous. You came across interesting sights. Those Ghost Pipe Plants are fascinating. All great photos and video from your walk. Those blackberries remind me of picking them along the hedgerows as a child. Still a favorite of mine. Cute to see Hannah’s curiosity.
ReplyDeleteGorgeous sunflowers! Good idea to let the dogs lead, fun!!
ReplyDeleteI love the smell of nasturtiums, bonus that they are edible. I didn't know dogs love berries until I watched my border collie Reba eating the Saskatoon berries right off the bush. (similar to blueberries).
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