Flowers and such

This is what I see when I look out my window in the morning -- a patch of blackeyed Susans. Because my side of the wildflower garden is more sheltered and shaded, the flowers do not bloom as soon and they do not grow as tall. One happy result is that the flowers do not get as beat up by the wind and rain.

Tom scattered wildflower seeds when we first moved up here, and each year has brought a different look to those areas. This year the Susans really came into their own. Other flowers bloomed first, and we had an early wave of pink and purple, then a lot of blue, but now the predominant color is yellow, mixed with some whites.

On the other wildlife front, yesterday afternoon during a thunderstorm, a single turkey ran through the backyard like she was heading for shelter somewhere down the ridge.