Our backyard transition continues as mid summer flowers begin to bloom and early summer flowers fade away. Fourth of July fireworks and jet flyovers give way to nature's red, white and blues.
Man made camouflage at BTV airport.
Nature's camouflage in our backyard
What can be sweeter than flowers and bunny rabbits on a summer morning!
Newly born baby rabbits.
Summer Snowflakes
One in a million
In July in Vermont,
Chicory is more common than a blue moon.
Sun shines through fences
creating freckles on tomatoes.
look like bumblebees on steroids.
Stop not only to look,
but listen as well,
for in July in Vermont,
Petrified birds are seldom heard.
And apple trees talk if you listen.
So come to Vermont,
and sit a spell.
Try some fresh local organic heirloom produce,
Pair up with someone you love
and discover the many colors of Vermont summer flowers that draw pollinators for miles.
Come to Vermont and bring your friends,
than Stop, Look, and Listen
to Vermont flowers and critters,
and know why we volunteer to
keep the State Green and Clean.
Other Vermont flower,
critter, and birds, postings:
Ø Backyard Birds: http://litterwithastorytotell.blogspot.com/2013/02/vermont-backyard-bird-watching.html
Ø Bird Nest Boxes (bird houses): http://litterwithastorytotell.blogspot.com/2012/04/bird-nest-box-vacancies.html
Ø June/4 Leaf Clover: http://litterwithastorytotell.blogspot.com/2012/07/looking-for-four-leaf-clover-june.html
Ø Best things in life: http://litterwithastorytotell.blogspot.com/2012/08/the-best-things-in-life-arent-things.html
Ø Leaf Peeping: http://litterwithastorytotell.blogspot.com/2012/10/vermont-leaf-peeping-leaf-litter.html
Ø Snapping Turtle: http://litterwithastorytotell.blogspot.com/2011/08/why-did-turtle-cross-road.html
Ø Bird Fever: http://litterwithastorytotell.blogspot.com/2011/06/bird-fever-you-should-catch-it.html
Nice flower images Bernie...I like the one with the Queen Anne's Lace...was that reddish bloom part of that plant? If so, I've never seen anything like that before...good photo capture!
ReplyDeleteAccording to Ron Rood's VERMONT A Nature Guide, “In the center of the disc (of wild carrot or Queen Anne’s Lace) you’ll occasionally find a dark red blob about the size of one of the hundreds of tiny blossoms—the drop of blood that fell when the royal lacemaker pricked her finger with the needle.”
ReplyDeleteSo many colors! What a beautiful time of year.
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