Yesterday was spent trying to piece together the remaining summer days and weekends finalizing plans for trips and meet ups...now my mind hurts. I wonder why I pay my social director Miss Moorcock to do such things. What that old saying, Good help is hard to find? Never mind my houseboys...they do their jobs just fine. Some time was spent outdoors in the garden again...some nice colds pints! Here are some snaps of some of the current suspects of late with a few snaps of some floral. Some flowers are staring to suffer from all the rain, I lost some already. But it is rebounding nicely. The birds never stop to amaze me. I have also discovered we have two little tan garden mice now too scurrying about.
Yes...Bouvier II may have invited a few friends.
Too my dismay...Oscar the Toad is back. I at first thought it may have been Mr DeVice in disguise. But now I'm not so sure he shape shifts into a toad. I am extremely puzzled as to how or why we have a garden toad, as there is no water source like a pond, creek or stream near us. And I am not fond of toads or frogs in the least. He seems to stick close to my potted garden and can be seen in the basket of pansies quite often. As long as he stays on his end of the yard I'll be fine.
This clover on one end table had three stalks on it last Monday...now look at it!!!! This was a gift from a friend on St Patty's Day!
Tracking in the woods.The hound side comes out.
The katydid arrive! And while walking the park paths across the street one evening....
I have never seen a doe with so many fawns. What a moment.
Surely all those fauns can't possibly be that doe's? Can they? Unless she's babysitting?
ReplyDeleteAnyway, no, the toad is not me. But I did have a look through its eyes once or twice, and what should I see? Why, someone who looks an awful lot like you prancing around in short shorts!
Of course, I meant "fawn", not "faun". I got distracted looking through that toad's eyes again...
DeleteI too wondered the same thing?!?!? They have two at the max. I wondered if she didn't "take in" fawns from a departed mother? I didn't seem to see any other doe present. The toad is a mystery to me. I don't know how it survives with no water source.
DeleteBeautiful photos, as always! And yes, holy moly, that's a lot of fawns!
ReplyDeleteSo lovely. what with the birdles and froggles and katydidwhat!s. Deer, too... thank you for sharing the lovely photos. You have quite the eye, my dear. Kizzes.
ReplyDeleteI can send the toad to you if you want it!!!!
Deletelove the flora and the fauna but the toads and insects ... not so much.
ReplyDeleteGorgeous photos, though, love the Birds at the Bathhouse.
Who told you the name of this joint is Bathhouse?!?!?!
DeleteHope your not in Bucks County. Thinking about you. Smooch!
ReplyDeleteNope. But My friends tell me they need a canoe from the rains there last night... and a neighbor we know has disappeared in the waters!!!!!
DeleteFor some reason, when you said Usual Suspects, I thought of Houseboys!
ReplyDeleteEveryone does.
DeleteThe flowers and birdie pictures are gorgeous! Coneflower is a favorite of mine. And like you, I'm no fan of frogs or toads. If you don't have a water source, I can't imagine where a toad would come from. Don't they require water? And your squirrel family is getting bigger, Is this part of your world domination plan? Because we know squirrels will rule the world one day.
ReplyDeleteps-I wonder if you'd heard about the flooding in Bucks County?
Ah, such scenery! Kiss the toad. Kiss the toad!
ReplyDeleteAre you duped up? I aint getting anywhere near that thing. He is barely lucky I named him.
DeleteMust be about time for a weekend in the woods, with the lions and tiger and bears.
ReplyDeleteIn two weeks I have three trips planned!!!!!
DeleteYou're so lucky with your wildlife! I wish I had some fawns.
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I haven't seen deer this close to the ancestral home...ever! Unless I never noticed before. They were so freaking adorable; I just feel bad I didn't have my Snow White ensemble on!!!
Deletelove so much your garden, even the insects!
ReplyDeleteI love Katydids they're so cool. And it wouldn't be summer nights without hearing them.
DeleteI've had two hedgies, one big ole toad and a Migrant Hawker dragonfly visiting recently, but no deer, which is just as well as the last one that visited ate my roses! I, like Queen Victoria, was NOT amused.
ReplyDeleteDo you have any close by water sources for toads or frogs? I'm trying to figure out if they do need water how's it possible I have a toad living in the garden? I have to get the bottom of this mystery.
DeleteI have a water tank and last summer the animals were grateful for that, almost queuing up to use it. One of the frogs would stand against the back of the tank, which is covered in sphagnum moss, for hours on end under the spray of the water jet. The spray is turned off in the winter. This winter the tank froze solid for the first time and Wolfie lay on the ice inspecting the birds trying to drink from a water source not available at the time. Frogs and toads need water to reproduce in, but as far as I can make out can exist on the morning dew and rainfall, .
DeleteThanks Helen!!!!!
DeleteToads are remarkable. Unlike frogs, they have dry skin and don't need to live in nor near water (except when they are breeding). They're also very useful because they eat slugs, snails and every other type of pest that ruins a plant display. I'd love a few of them to sort out the pests in our garden every Spring!
ReplyDeleteLovely show of blooms and birdies, by the way... And fawns! Jx
I wish my toad would eat more of the slugs and snails in my garden! Mind you, the toad is a LOT bigger than it was last year.
DeleteThanks Jon! I wondered if the toad needed water. I still can't imagine where he came from, as I can't think of a body of water of any kind anywhere near the Casa. But your right, he gets those bugs. But we don't have many, if any, slugs ever.
DeleteTundra Bunny here...
ReplyDeleteWow, a doe with five fawns! Three fawns per doe is uncommon, let alone five! Perhaps you should report this sighting to your local Game Warden or Conservation Officer -- just in case the doe has taken on extra fawns that she'll be unable to raise. Removing 2 or 3 fawns to a wildlife rehab centre would give them the best chance for survival.
I have never seen a doe with more than two fawns. I wonder if she took on another passed on Doe's fawns...or there could have been another doe present, I just didn't see her.
DeleteBeautiful pics, and I'm thrilled Bouvier has her own houseboys!
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