Bloom where you are planted

"I will survive!"

We noticed this little viola somehow planted itself, grew and bloomed in between the planks of our deck.

Wave petunias

Burgandy wave petunias

Wheat field 2

Wheat-not quite ready for harvest

Blue dragonfly

As I was taking photos of the fields, this little guy decided he wanted to get in a photo.

Wheat field 2

Just having some fun in photoshop

Wheat field

We live in the middle of 40 acres that our landlords farm. Every year we get to watch corn, wheat, oats and peas, hay, and soybeans grow.

Day lilies 4

Day lilies 3

Psalm 100:5

Day lilies 2

Day lilies after a thunderstorm

"Yippee!" hummingbird

Hovering hummingbird

Hummingbird

Hummingbird and ant

After I took this photo I noticed the ant on the feeder, too.

Beautiful fox gloves

Another first for our flowerbeds this year. Was given a gift card and purchased a few perennials that we have never had before including two fox glove plants. Absolutely love the beautiful blooms.

Candy Corn flower

This is a first for our flower beds. It is a candy corn plant. It is a vining plant and we've enjoyed watching it grow.

Goldfinch and thistle seed

Caught this male goldfinch at the thistle sack and he dropped this piece of thistle.

Psalm 19:1

Another country sunset

The barn

Oh Glorious Day

This old hymn is one of my all time favorite songs.

The old milk house

Summer country sunset

Not quite an inch worm

This little guy was wondering around on the table on our deck. He wasn't even a half inch worm yet.

An egret in Horicon Marsh

And more purple crocus

What manner of love

Inchworm and helicopters

Inch worm

More foxgloves

1 Peter 5:10

Rain drops on unopened iris

After a recent rain storm I took the camera out and got some photos of the rain drops on various flowers. This is an iris not opened yet with lots of raindrops still on it.

Canadian Goose

Foxglove flowers after the rain