Summer Clips -

Ollie - still alone. He has had interested ladies, but he isn't interested.

Serenity..

My older grandson, Jack, after swim meet.

The younger one, Nick (8), high-fiving and showing off his muscles - he's threatening records all over town this year.

Move over, Michael Phelps!

"Teddy Bears' Picnic"

Remember that song? Well it was very fitting at Shenandoh yesterday! We saw more bears than we have total in all our other trips to the park. They were close, but behind a lot of brush.....They were all over the place - several times along Skyline Dr we stopped to watch them.

I see you, but bet you can't see me!

I got a bazillion fawn shots!

I loved this one with the grass blowing.

"God's in His heaven; all's right with the world."

Something different...

The young RB is growing up.

BAD HAIR DAY

Still a lot of activity in my backyard. But still, no Camille. Ollie and the kids are OK, but Ollie still
sits looking out over the yard.

Life goes on...

Fathers Day pose..

I can do this!

This seems to be all that is left from 5 eggs..

Still no sign of Camille. I knew Ollie was feeding fledglings, but I had only seen one since my tripand Camille's disappearance, but Friday two beautiful babies came to the porch. A couple of times an adult female has come, but Ollie drives her away. She sat for a long time in the bird tree, just looking - This is the second time Ollie has lost his mate (the first time, house sparrows trapped her in the box and killed her). That time he was showing his "real estate" to another female within a couple of hours.

Good-bye to Camille

This is Camille - This was her 6th summer in my backyard....She and Ollie raised at least 60 beautiful babies during that time. But she's gone - my neighbor came over daily last week while I was gone, and saw her every day, but I haven't seen her since I returned on Thursday. Ollie comes and is caring for at least one of the 4 fledglings, but he sits and calls and calls. This is the part I hate.

I missed you!

It's been a couple of weeks since I've been able to post anything or even look at your posts. Needless to say, I've had a wonderful time tonight catching up!
I've been working on my website, beginning a juried nature art gallery in Backyard Boutique, and this week, I drove to Atlanta to spend a couple of days with my mother. The drive is 10 1/2 hours, but half of it is through the mountains, and is beautiful. I had wonderful driving weather, and enjoyed the time with my mom, although it's just terribly sad to watch her decline (She's 91)
I lived in Georgia for the first 43 years of my life and never saw a bluebird, but I had taken Mother out to the porch to sit, and a pair of bluebirds flew down to a branch very close to us. She doesn't see much at all, but she declared she could see them - I hope so.
The Gallery at Backyard Boutique is coming along well - we have some very talented artists (all mediums). I've made a start on the gallery webpage. If you go to my regular one,
www.backyardboutique.com you can click on gallery and there you are. (My daughter did the "Splash Page," and it has really helped...our stats have soared.) Things are still slow, but I think it'll get better.
My camera rode shotgun all the way to GA and back, but I was in a hurry, and didn't make a single picture along the way, but boy, I saw some beautiful scenery and skies.
Life is good - busy, but at least never boring.

I couldn't help myself......

I couldn't stand it - those two photos from last week were driving me crazy...So let me present - Bambi and Thumper! (Thank you, Adobe!)