August

Hot! Hot! Hot!  

Not a "dry" heat, but a sauna heat.  

Steamy! Steamy! Steamy!

 

the Hill Across the Way

Chinkapin

 Castanea pumila

Litha

Merry midsummer!

 Looking up at bluest sky through greenest oak leaves.

Ditch Lilies

Hemerocallis fulva, the common ditch lily or daylily, is the grandmother of all daylilies.  Here in Madison County in June, they can be seen along roadsides and in ditches every where.  

It's Thyme

 

Conner in the Clover

Conner is the newest resident at the house above Heck Creek.  His birthday was March 24, and he's been with us for three weeks now. He can go from the sweetest cuddliest puppy to wild thing maniac in half a minute.  We're certainly busy keeping up with him.  But look at that adorable face!

Spiderwort

 

Raindrops on Hosta

 

Ninebark

 

At the Beginning of June

 The hill across the way on a cloudy day . . . 

 

 

Iris after the Rain

 

I snapped these photos of the purple iris this morning during a brief period of sunshine after a drippy night.  Iris is the Greek goddess of the rainbow, so these photos of irises seem apropos after the rain.  (Though it's raining again now.)

 

Their color is rather dark, but in the sunshine, so PURPLE.  💜

Their odor is delicate, but so delicious!

 

 

 

Beltane

 The hill across the way dressed in all its Mayday green . . .

Pink . . . Pink . Pink .

Redbud . . .

Crabapple . . .

 

Another crabapple . . . 

 

And a real apple becoming . . . 

 

Springing

The house above Heck Creek is perched on the slope of a south-facing ridge back in a cove so there isn't a long distance view.  What I do see when I look out my kitchen window is the hill across the way.  I love to watch the changing seasons.

 

 

On a sunny morning in late March, you can see the faintest tinge of green on some of the deciduous trees.  Looking closely, you can see the flowers on the red maples.

 

 

A Sunny Day--Finally!

It was a beautiful day today along Heck Creek.  After days and days of snow, rain, clouds and damp, it was so wonderful to see the sun and blue skies today.  Not a cloud in the sky--just an early rising moon to the east.

I was outside for a bit.  If you looked closely, you could see buds swelling slightly on many plants.   Maybe Spring won't be too much longer in coming.

 

 

Imbolc

On the Deck

 

the Hill across the Way