Days 162-168

Day 162

 Heliotrope blossoms . . . so pretty and delicate.

Day 163

 Sunflower bud getting bigger every day.

Day 164

 My dad, my sister and my step-mom . . . family get together on Sunday.  Dad looking pretty good for 80.  I have way more gray hair than he does.

Day 165

 Perennial phlox after an evening sprinkle.

Day 166

 Still snow on the mountains mid-July.

Day 167

 Onion flower head . . . yellow stamens stand tall above tiny white petals newly opened.

Day 168 

 Daisy and winged hunter-gatherer.

Days 120-126

Day 120

Raindrops on roses . . . in black & white.

Day 121

One of three cats in our household . . . Chloe, the grand old dame with the emerald eyes.

Day 122

I found this snail on the rim of a cement and stone table.  Love the colours against the mix of pebbles.

Day 123

This crazy critter had me doing research to identify it.  Turns out it is a brachonid wasp and that long thing that looks like a needle is called an ovipositer by which it deposits its eggs in a favourable location.

Day 124

Love my feathered friends that come to visit.

Day 125

With the allium finished, the lavender is the newest attraction for the bees.

Day 126

My daughter's garage sale find . . . very cool!

Days 106-112

Day 106

 Have so enjoyed the allium this year . . . and so is this "flitter critter".

Day 107

 One of the rescue eagles at the Greater Vancouver Zoo.  Unable to fly it would not survive in the wild.

Day 108

 Lacy fern fronds unfurling in the warm spring air.

Day 109

 Gracie snuggling up in the laundry pile.

Day 110

 Mama duck settled on her nest under a rhododendron bush.  She was discovered at the Evergreen Baptist Seniors Home where I visit with a lady.  The staff cordoned off the area and posted "Do Not Disturb" signs.

Day 111

 Patchwork "twirly" skirt for my oldest grandgirly turning 10 next week.

Day 112

The first bloom on my Mother's Day rose from last year.  This is a highly fragrant, award winning hybrid and exhibition quality rose named "Elle".