2015 May to June

May 29, 2015 Floodwaters 

And by June 2nd, the waters were still fast, but clear again.

And with all the rains (wettest May on record), we've been able to enjoy all sorts of mushrooms and fungi.

Perhaps some Amber Jelly (Exidia recisa) on an old walnut log.

Lemon Yellow Lepiota (Leucocoprinus Birnbaumii) up next to the house.

Growing beneath the Big Oak.

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Sex among three black and yellow mud daubers (Sceliphron caementarium).

None of this sort of excitement has anything to do with flooding creeks.

Hang on.

After our Big Rains, the harvester ants in the video below appeared about six feet away from their old nest entrance at this new entrance. The ants go back and forth between the two entrances now:

Trumpet creeper blossom on the vines in the hens' yard. 

The century plant caught some dew this morning.

Newest of the several small gardens around the place. June 2.

June and July 2014

Morning of June 10, not long after a rood rise on the Creek,
as evidenced by the fine drift-log on the boulder.

Damsel.

Incomplete clutch of turkey eggs found between gate
and house. Three days later, they were gone.

Juvenile red-shoulder hawk at the edge of its nest (June 10). 

  A couple days later on June 12 a nice storm tore of the tops of many cedar elm trees, but not this one. The hawks never returned, though.

  Beneath the nest, I found these items:

Red-shouldered hawk kitchen midden.

Toppled over in the July 12 storm

Dogs' graves beneath the fallen elm.

June 13 after a fair rain and wind.

Field leading up to our place. Most beautiful field in the world.

Turkey chick ("Tennessee") among chicken chicks.

First week of June harvest from the greenhouse

Heirloom. June 6.

Fresh from the terraced pesto garden against the hill.

Dead. Desiccated. And still beautiful.

  Now for a short button-bush series: