not great photos, but I loved how this bouquet looked in the morning light on our kitchen windowsill






Tim bush-hogged the path down to the pond - necessary, though unfortunately it meant cutting through several of these flowers :( so I picked these out of the wreckage - Happily, there are still lots more covering the hillside :)

Spotted the turkeys again, this time while driving past our neighbors' yard. They quickly scurried away when I slowed down the car.

coolest yard visitors ever!

Wild turkeys!!! There were 3 adults and Tim counted 15 baby turkey chicks (is that what they're called?) - During the past 2 weeks we've encountered them crossing our road 1/2 mile down, but this is the first time they've come through our yard. (Are they called a flock?) They moved right along, I hardly had time to snap quick photos as the sun moved in & out of clouds - as usual, my pics don't do them justice - wish they gave a better sense of how highly patterned the adults are. What a treat first thing this morning!






^^^This was the direction towards which they headed, hidden by the underbrush.

Jim's place

just off Rt. 21, looking towards Cohocton direction...

this is the chickens' favorite hang-out spot, especially on rainy days:


Sunny & Ernestina (named for Ernest Borgnine, by Tim of course)

art exchange

behind Roots cafe & Inspire Moore winery, Main St., Naples

feeling pink

My mom, my sister & I attended a concert together - a woman sitting in front of us turned around to say we looked like the coral bells in the garden :) (no, we didn't all plan matching outfits)

and my sister is wearing high heels here - ooh la la!

scores by #11!

(unfortunately I didn't get those exact moments on camera)








(last photo taken by Q, of his brother G running towards him - after the game was finished :)

good morning, girls

(still haven't gotten a handle on how to best photograph these girls) (That's Sunny standing up front)

What to do when a sudden heavy rainstorm prunes the trees and knocks out the power on a humid July evening?







unmowed trail: