Halloween Night 👻

Boo!!!

Trick-or-Treat!!!

Happy Halloween 😺

Post Scripts to Summer

Even though summer has long passed, a single bright pink coneflower bloomed, just as it has every fall after the rest of the flowers were long gone.  It's a bit of a mystery to me as to why this special bloom opens as it does at this late date every year, but it's always a welcome sight!

 

And ... just as I was wondering if I'd see any more butterflies this year, the beauty above came to visit the last of the zinnia flowers.  I always miss the butterflies when the advancing colder seasons arrive and they depart, so I felt very happy to have the chance to see at least one more!

Our Annual Zoo Visit

Every year, around this time, we make a trip to our local zoo to visit the animals. I was very excited to discover the zoo had added a new resident to its roster this year ... a beautiful snow leopard!!!
Here are photos of some of the zoo residents we saw during our visit.

Macaw greeter

Smiley alligator

Zoo patron feeding a llama and goat

Turtle pile-up in duckweed filled pond

White-feathered peacock

Sleepy Snow Leopard

Snow Leopard Close-up

Happy Birthday to My Forever Friend


For over half a century, Debbie has been my best friend. Today is her special day, but I celebrate her and our forever friendship every day.  HAPPY Birthday, my dear friend!!!

Pretty Shanti

Shanti in a favorite place in the sun

Wouldn't You Know ...

Just as soon as I said we rarely see bucks in my previous post, we were visited by a small family group of a doe, her two fawns, and, yes, a very handsome buck!  All of them were right outside our window allowing me to get some pretty good photographs this time.  One of the fawns was so curious that he came right up to the window pane to look in on us.  It reminded me of a little kid pressing his nose against the window glass to peer in at what's going on inside.  We were quite amused!!!