Jonathan Crowe @mcwetboy@wandering.shop

This spring peeper turned up on our back deck this morning.

The phoebes appear to have come back.

Monarch on hophornbeam. Our yard on Wednesday.

Lilies in sun and shadow.

Bee balm.

I didn’t think we were going to get northern flickers this year—they usually turn up in spring—but this fellow showed up on Canada Day.

High spots on bookshelves and cute watchful kittens.

HALP

Another round of peonies.

Squirrel!

The peonies opened up today, more or less on schedule.

Another very small toad found in our backyard this afternoon.

Goober, our oldest cat, died today. https://www.jonathancrowe.net/2020/06/goober-2004-2020/

Alliums. (Species/cultivar unknown: they’ve been on the property longer than we have.)

First toad of the season came late this year.

Our apple trees are stubbornly hanging in there, despite shade and limb loss to wind damage. One of them is even putting out blossoms.

Two tulips.

The trilliums were in bloom in our yard again this year. Here’s a photo album: https://flic.kr/s/aHsmNou2w8

From earlier this week: a female yellow-bellied sapsucker (aka squeeze toy) hunting for insects on the maple tree in our front yard.

These recent photos didn’t turn out so great, but provide interesting information all the same: (1) a red-shouldered hawk about to do a pounce; (2) a pair of wood ducks high in the trees.