On and Around My Home... Tingsgrove~

Eastern Bluebirds are one of the tickets into Spring all the way through Summer. 
They have as many as 3 and 4 clutches of young ones and by this time of the season, there are Bluebirds galore. 
They visit our property, only to hunt for insects, but that is fine, they are near by.
The Bluebirds shared in this post, live right across the lane from me.
One day, while caring for the neighbors home, while they vacationed, I came upon a young Bluebird hunting for Mosquitos along the rim of the birdbath. 
Awe and the flowers...you know me, I am not good at naming the flowers that I share, but they add colour and a bit of mystery to my otherwise drab posts, and so here they are. 
If some of you would like to help me with ID's that would be great, yet I cannot promise you that I will remember them, the next time that I share.
Huge Sigh ;)

Remember to double click on the image, to view a larger slide show of the images shared ~

I am linking up with Mary for:

"Mosaic Monday"

at: 

http://dearlittleredhouse.blogspot.com
and

I am linking up with Stewart at:

Wild Bird Wednesday

(http://paying-ready-attention-gallery.blogspot.com.au/)
 

 

 My neighbor across the lane said that the red and yellow flowers are called Gardilla blanket flowers.
I am guessing that the flowers between them are some kind of Thistle plant, though, I am not certain...sigh~

 

 

 

Below, a Red Maple leaf seed pod dangles in the afternoon sun~
 

Above is a male Common Whitetail  Dragonfly. 

Below is my soon to be 90 year old Father-in-law.
  Dr. William Cromer taught at the Southern Baptist Theological Seminary for 43 years.  Now he is suffering from Dementia, and while that makes us all very sad, he and I share a very close bond and when I care for him, we always have something to talk about with the wildlife. 
His backyard is a haven for birds and Eastern Cottontails.

 

Tahdah...the pink and white flower above is a Tall Phlox. 
 I only know that, because it is in my garden;)

We have so many American Robins nesting during Spring and Summer, it would be very difficult to know for sure how many there are.
Come  Autumn, the yard will be filled with anxious Robins taking in earthworms and berries to get the Winter months started~
 

 

Only one other time, ever since living here for nearly 32 years, have I seen a Great Crested Flycatcher. 
Week before last, as I was coming home from a walk, I heard some chatter high up in a tree, that I did not recognize. 
I took a couple of images when all of a sudden a second bird appeared, and so I am guessing this was a pair. 
Both the last time, that I saw one and this time, the birds remained very high up in the trees. 
They are quite striking and I hope to see them again~

 

Below a common Pearl Crescent Butterfly is among one of the favored visitors to our yard and wildflowers~
 

OK... the Butterfly below... I have checked in my book and the closest that I can come to ID on this beauty, may be a Hairstreak...any help accepted and appreciated~
 

 

Magnolia Blossoms begin to show in mid to late Spring and dazzle until early to mid Summer, depending on the species~
 

I had to change the pathway down my little garden when we got the new pup-cub...and this is the way it looks for now~
 

Every once in a great while we have a Coyote come around and this one was not too far away~ 

Of all of the 63 Gray Squirrels and the 6 Red Fox Squirrels that several years ago I hand raised and released over an 8 year period...the Red Fox Squirrels were by far my favorite...with the exception of an adult,that bit me on the hand the day that she was being released back into the wild.   
That was the thanks she gave me after I cared for her for 6 weeks...they are not very grateful~
 

 

 

 

Many of you have seen my 2 acres before, but they are always changing.

We have lived in this home, this woods for 32 years the 22 of this month.

This is HOME! 

It takes me 5 hours to mow. 

I use a self-propelled push mower. 

There are so many trees, and I like to keep some of the areas wild and so I prefer this method.

I hope that if you are viewing for the first time, or once again, that you will enjoy the beauty...it does not always look so pretty. 

This year, we have had plenty of rain and so everything is in lovely shades of green~

 

Not very often, but once in a great while, I get to see the Brown Thrashers that visit the acreage. 
They are quite secretive, and one must all but freeze and hopefully not be wearing a bright colour the day, they decide to appear. 
I had 2 such days, all within a week and was able to get a few nice captures~

The tall wharf green structure in the woods, is our home. 
A 3 story contemporary home, that my husby designed over 33 years ago. 
 On this land, so full of trees and hills, we could not build a sprawling ranch design, we could only go up, and so that we did~