Breathtaking views any which way you look, and the mass movement of out of state visitors are showing up by the day. I welcome all of you, just treat the land gently please.
Our cattle have been moved to the common ground. They're not really ours, we lease out our community land for the summer and fall to a local 5th generation rancher. Good for us (ag tax) and good for them (it's great grass). They'll stay there for about 3 weeks and be moved to the main acreage after the larkspur die down. Larkspur is a beautiful wildflower here but toxic to cattle. I wasn't sure how serious that was I recently read an article about cattle dying in an area in New Mexico that, due to unusual levels of rain, had larkspur growing where it normally does not, and ranchers lost a number of cattle before they realized what was going on.
Deer are everywhere now which is lovely to see, but the one deer I'm looking for has not shown up yet. Flap. She has been coming every year since we built the house, now 10 years. A very special deer indeed, so named as she has part of one ear split with a "flappy" part. She has eaten more flowers than I can count, flowers that other deer leave alone, but I have a soft place in my heart for her anyway. Hope she is still going strong...
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| Lupine |
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| Bluebells |
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| Sunflowers |
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| Larkspur |
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| early shade loving sunflowers |
On my, the flowers.... It is going to be a banner year. Since our area is designated one of the wildflower capitals of the world, a lot of visitors are going to be happy I think.
Ahhh, the coyote. We hear them at night but don't see them in the daytime that often. I say 3 in one day, two on my morning walk. I am not afraid, they stay clear of humans in this pristine wilderness.
Along with all things blooming, it is also all things repair. The hard winter means lots of things took a hit, including our front fence. We've moved it back this time away from the road. Normal snowfall does not damage the fence, but no guarantees on any given year just what we're going to get.
You can barely see two of the three hummingbird feeders up on the deck. The second the wildflowers started blooming away went the hummingbirds. We have almost none, really. For those of you who've been around for the hummingbird mania, where we literally go through a gallon of sugar water a day, this is different. We've had slowdowns before, but this is the most severe I remember. It's also, no coincidence here, going to be an astounding wildflower season. So, in the end, the hummingbirds go for the au natural, which is a good thing.
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| Our house way in the distance |
Mark is back Saturday which is fabulous. He misses every minute he's not here. That work thing...
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