Froggies In My Irises

I was outside admiring my irises today and I

noticed that one had a hitchhiker.

How cute is this little guy?

I went a little crazy taking pics of him because

I thought I may never see anything like that again.

 After an hour or so I decided to take some pics of

my other gorgeous irises.

And guess what I found?

Maybe it is more common than you would think

Froggy Friends

Biggest Toad We Have Seen Hereabouts

Nocturnal Frog Visitor

Wildlife & Wildflowers

I saw two of these little cuties in one day,

so we must have many of them.

I should know the name of these.

I planted them a year ago,

and they have spread like crazy.

 All of these flowers,

and no honey bees:(

This is my husband's huge wildflower patch,

which is starting to be a showstopper.

Cutie Little Tree Frog

Working On The Little House In The Ozarks -- May 16

Indigo Bunting, taken from my sun room window.

My favorite bird of the week.

Because spending 3.5 hours trying

(and failing) to get my car air conditioning fixed,

does not lend itself well to pics.

And a cute nocturnal visitor

on my kitchen window.

Working On The Little House In The Ozarks -- May 11

 We were watching the sun go down together.

Other wildlife news:  I saw a very long black snake today,

but had just read about them and knew they were harmless.

Our neighbor had a white hummingbird last year

(very rare) so I told her to let me know if he shows up this year.

 I went to a (busy) rural garden center that was alot of fun.

 The colors of the annuals were so tempting...

 but I only picked up a few perennials.

And my son and daughter in law stopped by to

help me plant a couple of redbud trees off the deck.

(This soil is crazy rocky!)

Working On The Little House In The Ozarks Day 28

 Besides doing some white on white painting,

I worked on the fire pit area today.

It is one of those secret gems that made us fall for the house.

I bought the fire box thingie at a garage sale last weekend for $10,

and that spurred me on.  Yesterday I cleaned out the inside

of the circle and leveled it.  Then my son carried 5 bags

of pea pebbles for me. Which I spread out today,

and it barely covered half.

 The stone circle is the old foundation of a silo.

It has such a cool "been there forever" look.

 Next door to the fire pit is this great old stone foundation

of a barn.  It will take a ton of work, but we are going

to turn it into an awesome outdoor seating area.

Bonus of being outside is taking in some of the wildlife.