Not-Quite-Country Girl

This weekend was a honey-and-cider kinda weekend.

Okay...I'm not a big fan of arachnids, but even my spider-wary eye recognizes beauty.

Nabbed the culprit!

While we were basking on the beach, our orchard was being invaded by a vast army.

A great blue heron, looking a little old and beat up, scans a nearby pond...

If there's anything cuter than a fluffy kitten...

Got us some new girls to work around the compound this summer.

Behind Kyler and Kara's house is a wonderful wetlands preserve, a fun place to take a walk and look for beautiful birds.

And for today's ornithology lesson, I present to you a pileated woodpecker.

This photo is from last April.  For the first spring since we moved onto the Gray compound (37 years ago), we are raising no baby chicks.