The Pleasures & Perils of Gardening

Summertime is in full tilt, and the gardens are humming with activity ... some that is very pleasurable to come across and some that makes one step back and keep a respectful distance.  While tending the gardens today, the little skipper butterflies were frolicking through the colorful zinnia patch.  In another part of the yard, a copperhead snake, one that is poisonous, was enjoying the shade where I was about to clear some dried daylily leaves.  That garden clean-up will wait for another time!