Baseball practice has already begun. GS is now 15 and on the varsity team. This is Little League pic.

We had a big black snake climb into a shrub several years ago. The only reason I saw it was because a pair of catbirds with a nest in the shrub started screeching. It was a big snake and I didn't want to handle it, so I sprayed it with the garden hose on full blast. The snake left the shrub and my husband took the snake for a walk into the woods (and let it go unharmed except for the cold shower). :)

Hummingbird (sphinx moth) Snowberry clearwing! Awesome!

I want to pet those silky soft doggie ears. Reminds me of my shepherd/collie Florabelle, RIP, of long ago. I jsut placed a scarf circle on the livingroom floor. My cat immediately walked up to it, but only sniffed and walked away. Then I saw her go back and check it out again, but so far she's not sitting inside it. Such an interesting phenom.