A hole ...

A hole in the sky. A drought is about to start according to the forecasts.

Rain most of the week

 We had a drought on wed. so the Painted turtles were sunning

 Whole groups

 Fortunately the drought ended Thurs. morning

 Creeks like this are typically dry by now

 The little Red Newt was out moving to a new home.

The wild cherries are starting to turn red.  Unfortunately these are about 15 feet up.

Rain the couple days

 Fog on the pond

 This is one of the few honey bees I have seen this year

 More Rosa multiflora honey.  At least this weed is good for something

These are snapping turtle eggs recently dug up .  Usually this happens the day after they were laid, but this is weeks later.

Rabbit

This little guy has been chased by Grenville, my dog, several times in recent days but he really likes the seeds that drop from my neighbors bird feeder.

This past week

 I was trying to find a bird and was hearing a plane behind me.  Finally I turned around to see the loops and question mark in the sky

 I could hear the plane continue to loop and maneuver but could not see him until he turned his smoke back on.

 Raspberry in bloom

Tiny little For-get-me-not

On the trail today

 Ok, this girl was just off to the side and I did disturb her sleep

 The Garter Snake was sleeping also in what sun we had after some pretty heavy rain

 A closer stare

Mr and Mrs Cardinal were out but only Mrs would stand for a portrait.

Down by the old beaver pond

 A King Fisher looks for dinner from the branch of a high tree.

 Mean while, on an other tree branch a Blue Heron looks for frogs etc.

And near by a dragon fly just flies about.