Special Nature Visitors in our garden! :) It's Summer Time Nature! :)

SUMMER TIME NATURE!!! :) oh my! :) on this sweet summer thursday, we got lots and lots of happy nature animal friends visiting our yard, and gardens! :) a butterfly was flying right near us today! :) oh my! :) i got some sweet up close pictures of the butterfly, plus, a mystery garden critter/insect, visiting our garden today! :) it looked like it was a part ladybug/bumble bee/dragonfly/beetle! i got some cool pictures of it! :) we had awesome rainfall overnight, and it turned to a warm sunny sunshine day! :) i am so happy and excited, to share about our plants, and the nature i saw today, and sharing new pictures :) it's a nice relaxing, peaceful, nature-eee thursday! : )Tomorrow's baking friday! :) calling all cookie monsters! :) cookie monsters unite! :) it's almost time to bake! bake! bake! :)
WILD NATURE! DEEP WITHIN THE HEART OF OUR GARDEN! :) awww! :) Hi angel friends! :) sunshine greetings, and happy nature smiles :) my family and i hope everyone is doing well, and having a great day :) We had a really nice nourishing rainfall overnight :) the plants really enjoyed it :) by the early morning hours, the rain had eased, and we began to see some sunshine peeking through the clouds :) The plants are very happy, and healthy :) today we've been enjoying a relaxing day, seeing lots of nature, all around, including some sweet surprise nature sights, that are always very exciting, and thrilling :)
Earlier, my mom, dad, Kayla, Taylynn, and i were outside, as it was getting nicely sunny, the kids have been playing around our yard :) my dad and mom were doing some organizing/clean up on the side of our driveway, where we had some storage boxes. i was walking around our yard, and gardens, checking in on the plants :) from across our yard, i could see a butterfly, over by the strawberry patch garden :) awww! :) i was looking at our plants, and went into our garden, and began to take a closer look at our jalapeno pepper plants :) it's so neat, and cool to see the tiny little peppers growing :) we love jalapeno peppers, especially when we make fresh homemade salsa :) i was also checking our tomato plant blossoms, and i then noticed a really neat nature surprise :)
There was a garden critter/insect, that was on our yellow squash plants! :) when i first saw it, i thought it looked like a ladybug, then noticed, it had wings, like a dragonfly/beetle, and it also looked like a bumble bee! oh my! :) This was WILD!!! :) i was setting up to take a picture of the garden critter, when it landed on one of the plants leafs, i took an up close picture, plus another pciture :) it was so cool to see! :) it was really neat! :) i was amazed by this nature sight, and was so thrilled, i was able to take some pictures of it :) i'll include the pictures in my journal today :) if anyone knows what the insect is, what kind of species it is, let me know :) i hope to spot the garden critter again :) i continued to walk around our yard, and had another thrilling nature experience, over by our strawberry garden :)
i was walking over by the strawberries plants, and began to spot that beautiful butterfly! :) it was still around! :) awww! :) it's blue and black, and looked so happy, as it was floating and floating around, and landing upon our garden area :) i was standing still, with my digital camera on, and the butterfly landed about 15 inches from my foot! :) oh my! : )This was SUPER MEGA SWEET AWESOME!!!! :) i was so excited, because i know i was gonna be having a very good opportunity, to take pictures of the butterfly :) i super zoomed in, and was taking some pictures, i was in my nature heaven, getting to see this very cool nature experience, up close, and i was thinking of you all, as i took the pictures of the butterfly :) i said, "Dad, look at this butterfly!" :) and he saw it flying around :) Kayla and Taylynn, and my mom got to see the butterfly up close too :) We love these amazing, and heart-felt nature experiences :) i went back indoors to get my other digital camera battery, and went back outside :)
Over by the raspberry truellis, where i put our new garden shepherd's pole, i saw the butterfly again! :) it was the same butterfly, and was landing on the ground area :) i took some more pictures :) this was so cool, seeing these nature animal friends, visiting our yard, and gardens :) it's a very heart warming joy, knowing that they are enjoying our yard, and plants, seeing all of the flowers, and all of the gardens around : )our clover flowers :) i spotted buzz the bumble bee too! :) this was amazing! :) i was taking lots of new pictures of our plants too : )i am so happy, we have some beautiful sunshine today, and it's also very warm too, so the plants are soaking up the warmth, they always grow so much, after a good raining, and it gets warm, the plants are flourishing nicely in the gardens :) my family and i have been getting lots of wonderful joy, and happiness, with lots of peace, from our yard, and gardens, this s eason :) it's so nice, and a special joy, to our hearts, getting to share in, and celebrate these wonderful nature joys with everyone :) it's summer season, and our gardens are flourishing :) We're very happy :) These are very special times, lots of great memories being made :)
my family and i enjoy lots of BBQ cookouts, this time of the year too :) During the evening yesteerday, we had a nice spontaneous BBQ cookout :) it was so nice :) my mom grilled hotdogs, on the BBQ grill :) my sister Lisa, made seafood salad for us to make sandwiches :) Kayla and Taylynn made smores! :) they were so proud, to make the smores for everyone :) We enjoyed the BBQ, and it got a bit sunny outside here during the evening too :) it was great! :) my dad and i walked around our yard, and gardens, checking the plants :) we love our summer time nature walks :) our tiger lillies, will be blossoming soon :) my dad gave me a really cool compliment :) he said, "you got these plants growing great!" :) awww! :) it made me very happy to hear the compliment :) We love talking about the plants, and nature, as we check in on our gardens :) it was such a nice nature walk :) We'll enjoy many more nature walks during the evenings, during this wonderful blossoming summer season :)
HAPPY FRIENDSHIP SMILES, SENT WITH LOTS AND LOTS OF LOVE, FROM AUSTRALIA! : )Awww! :) This is so very beautifully heart warming, and very special :) Special greetings, across the miles, sent with love, and smiles :) my family and i recieved 2 awesome, and super cool friendship cards, from our dear and lovely friends, my ds mum (Bloss), her daughter Christine (Aussie85), and their family : )aww! :) This is awesome! :) Mum wrote me a wonderful letter :) She and her husband, and their dogs, recently went on a nice vacation, traveling adventure, they saw some amazing sights, and had a really nice time, traveling :) it always warms my heart, and makes me smile, when i hear that mum, and family are enjoying adventures :) i'm so excited! :) my mom and i are going to send mum, Christine, and family some new letters soon, that we're writing :) it's so much fun, and very special, getting to share our days, and adventures with eachother :) The cards, that Mum, and family sent us, are so nice :) the first card, has beautiful butterflies and colorful designs, on the card :) the 2nd card, has cool cars featured on the card :) These are such wonderful gifts, and heart-felt treasures :) i love putting our cards in my writing area :) my family and i will always love, and cherish these special gifts :) We're looking forward to writing to mum, and family :) we're so happy, thankful, and blessed, to have you all in our lives :) Mum, family, my family and i thank you all so very much, for these very special treasures :) We deeply appreciate everything, with all of the love of our hearts :) Sending lots and lots of love, and happy friendship smiles across the miles, from our hearts, and home to yours :)
We're enjoying a great thursday! :) peaceful, nature, and enjoying some wholesome joys today, cleaning up my computer room a bit, enjoying time online, writing to friends :) it's been a really sweet week, and lots of great things going on :) Today for lunch, i enjoyed some tomato vegetable soup, corn, and 2 seafood salad tortilla wraps :) lunch was delicious! :) the kids had lots of fun playing outside today :) We're gearing up for a fun baking friday adventure tomorrow :) i'm feeling a really nice peaceful joy within, celebrating each day to the fullest, with family and friends :) Tonight, i'm gonna watch some tv for a little while :) my family and i thank you all so very much, for all that you do for us :) Your very special friendships, amazing love, care, and support, uplifting encouragement, and for brightening our days :) We deeply appreciate everything, with all of the love of our hearts :) BIG GROUP SUNNY SUNFLOWER HUG :) There's many more great things to look forward too :)
Calling all cookie monsters! :) hehe! :) cookie monsters! :) hehe! :) cookie monsters unite!!! :) tomorrow is baking friday! :) oh my! :) a super fun, and super sweet, tradition, summer season themed baking friday adventures in the kitchen!!! :) the summer season is here, and we're ready for a season of baking friday fun, excitement, and lots more great memories being made :) we sure do love our baking friday adventures, and sharing our adventures with everyone :) keeping with the tradition, a wonderfully wholesome tradition, tomorrow Kayla, Taylynn, Mikey, and i are gonna bake, either cookies, or pizza :) we're still deciding, on which goodies to bake :) it's gonna be lots of fun baking :) i'll take lots of pictures of our adventure, to share with everyone :) many family and friends, have been joining in on the baking friday fun this week :) is anyone baking goodies tomorrow? :) calling all cookie monsters! :) cookie monsters unite! :) it's almost time to bake! bake! bake! :)
-never lose hope :)
To Wildthing, Peaceful Gentle Moments of the day :) Wildthing, the plants are growing so nicely, and love to see the butterflies visiting the yard, and gardens :) the season is shining, and glowing :) happy nature smiles :) thinking of you, our dear friend :)
my mom says hi :) She says, "i hope everyone is having a really good day" :) awww! :) We love you all bunches and bunches, our sweet dear wonderful guardian angel friends :) We hope everyone is doing well, and enjoying a great day :) We think of you all often :)
Happy Friendship smiles, sent with lots and lots of love, from Australia! :) awww! :)this is so very wonderfully heart warming, and very special :) special greetings, from across the miles :) my family and i love our wonderful cards, that our dear, and lovely friends, my ds mum (Bloss), Christine (Aussie85), and their family sent us :) these are very special treasures :) we'll always love, and cherish them :) Mum, Christine, family, my family and i thank you all so very much :) we deeply appreciate your kindness, and generousity, with all of the love of our hearts :) 

SUMMER NATURE SMILES :) we're enjoying an awesome nature-eee day, with lots of sunshine, warmth for the plants, and seeing many beautiful nature sights :) my family and i love spending time in our yard, and gardens, during the summer season :) it's such a wonderful time in the season, with all of the plants flourishing, we seeing many nature animal friends :) these beautiful times, are creating lots of special memories :) i'm very happy, excited, and thrilled, to share my new nature pictures with everyone :)
BUTTERFLY! :) We had a very special butterfly visitor, in our yard, and gardens today :) my mom, dad, Kayla, Taylynn, and i were so excited, to see the butterfly :) it was flying around ,floating around our yard, and gardens :) The butterfly landed about 15 inches from my feet! :)WOW! :)i was so thrilled, to see the butterly so close! :)amazing nature experiences! :)


MYSTERY GARDEN FRIEND! :) i spotted this cute little insect in our garden today, near our yellow squash plants :) The insect looks like it's part ladybug/dragonfly/bumble bee :) very unique! :) i took these up close pictures, of the insect :) Hey there nature garden visitor! :) Welcome to our garden! :)

TOMATO PLANT BLOSSOMS! :) our tomato plants are loaded with lots of nice blossoms :)


TIGER LILLY BLOSSOMS GROWING! :) very soon, our tiger lillies will be blossoming :)
ROSE BUSH! :) our roses are blossoming beautifully :)

RASPBERRIES RIPENING! :)
CUCUMBER PLANTS! :)
GRAPES! :) Growing and Growing :)
SUNFLOWER POWER! :) The sunflowers are growing wild in the gardens :)







SUMMER GARDEN! :) our plants are flourishing nicely :)











GOLDEN STAR WILDFLOWER :) soaking up that wonderful summer sunshine :)

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CoolGal
CoolGal

Hi Chris Glad you and your family had a nice day.The sun came out here as well and my cousin and I had a nice visit this morning. I\'m glad all of you are enjoying your yard and garden.The garden looks great the roses strawberries and grapes are doing super.Don\'t know what the insect is, Maybe some kind of a beetle. Watch out for the leaves of your plants. Thanks for all my nice hugs today, Have a good evening. hugs to all-Stephanie
DCUK
DCUK

HOW AMAZEING IS OUR WILDLIFE N NATURE BUDDY JUST WHEN WE THINK WEVE LEARND ALL ABOUT THOSE INSECTS ALONG COMES A DIFFERENT KIND [ IT JUST BLOWS YOU AWAY N TAKES THE BREATH AWAY!] WHAT JOY ;D,

YOU NO I COULD SURE LEARN ALOT ABOUT GARDENING IF I WERE TO WALK AROUND YOUR GARDEN OFFTEN IM SIMPLY BLOWN AWAY WITH EVERYTHING THATS GOING ON IN YOUR GARDEN! [BUT I FEAR I\'D GET LOST LOL ME BEING BLIND N ALL ;D] I THINK IM BEST LEFT WITH MY LIL WINDOW BX N STRAWBERRY PLANT FOR NOW [[[ UNLESS OF COURSE I HAD A GUIDED TOUR NOW THAT COULD B SO MUCH FUN HEHEHE]]] I KEEP HOLD OF THAT IMAGE PICTURE AS IT MAKES ME SMILE SOME...

SO GLAD EVERYONE GOT TO HAVING A NICE BBQ LAST NIGHT! AND YOU\'VE ALL ENJOYED TODAY MY LOVE TO ALL HUGGLES N CUDDLES N GOD BLESS KEEPING YOU ALL IN MY THOUGHTS N PRAYERS [[[FRIENDS FOREVER!!!]]]
ddeadred
ddeadred

Sounds like another wonderful day, dear Chris!!! Loving those garden pics today with the bugs... Hmmm... You mystery bug looks like a beneficial bug--just watch for damage on the foliage of your plants, but I\'m pretty sure he\'s a good one!!! And the beautiful butterfly is another GREAT GARDEN BUG! One of our pollinators which are so necessary for our crops!!!

The morning found me in the garden as well where I got the rest of the mulch laid in the other raised bed... It ain\'t pretty, but I think it will help a great deal with the weeds that are trying to take over... It will also help in August to keep the moisture where it needs to be for our plants... Lots and lots of happenings everyday and I\'m happy to report that my mower belts were replaced today!!! The boyz will be back tomorrow to mow and weed-eat so the farm will be presentable once again! I also picked more blueberries and promptly ATE EVER LAST ONE of the half a pint I picked... YUMMO!!! Also YUMMO where the chocolate mini cupcakes I baked today! New recipe--one box of devils food cake mix and 2 cups of pumpkin and THAT IS ALL!!! The mix is really thick and must be folded together, but the results are FANTASTIC!!! Nothing like easy baking for boyz who mow!

Love to you and Mom and Dad and everyone in CT!!! have a SUPER DUPER EVENING with GARDEN JOY DREAMS!!! I\'m ahead of you with my baking this week with BAKING THURSDAY!!! Can\'t wait to see the goodies tomorrow!!! xoxoxo Cj
Butterfly85
Butterfly85

WOW!!! What a lush, green just amazing garden, Chris. I can tell that you tend it with a lot of TLC! It sure paid off, and I am so happy that you all had sunny weather for it all to grow...God is good, he creates nature to be amazing and so therapeutic to see! The pic of the Butterfly is just perfect, so beautiful.
KneeDeep
KneeDeep

Hi Chris.........Lovely day you had,spending time with your family and garden. Beautiful butterfly! and mystery bug...Wow. Grapes are getting big and so are your raspberries! me, I mowed the lawns, and walked with Fritz,cleaned the kitchen and then watched Rectify. Hope your get a good nights sleeps and have a Great Baking Friday tomorrow. Your doing great with your eating healthy. Love/Blessings/Greenies
bluemoon29
bluemoon29

SO beautiful. i read your journal and i feel inspired to do anything:) i am going to recondition some old fashioned kitchen cabinets today:)

your garden is gorgeous. hugs to all of you. happy baking today!!!
Love4you
Love4you

Dear Chris, I am happy you enjoyed a great day! :-) love your new treasures
from your friend! :-) Your Garden is very beautiful! :-) The Butterfly looks
very beautiful! :-) I am taking it easy....the heat is very bad plus the
humidity... Tonight I will go over to Kerstins home to watch my 2 small Grand-children till Sunday! :-) Thinking of you, my dear friend and your
family, Sending best wishes your way! :-) Enjoy a beautiful weekend! :-)

Love,Hugs&Blessings,Maria
DeeTOOL13
DeeTOOL13

Hello my dear sweet guardian angel friend, just a lovely journal, I really enjoyed reading it, I love your excitement in your writing it\'s truly awesome :) I loved your pictures, great shots of that beautiful butterfly, never seen one quite like that before. Your garden looks just awesome, very healthy.
Love you bunches & bunches my gardening & nature loving friend.
Hugs for all