Chipmunk, kitties, bear, strawberry cake

"One of these things is not like the other. One of these things doesn't belong. Can you guess which thing is not like the other by the time I finish this song?"

For Memorial Day: phlox, hen, bluets

Bearable

Chickens are fine. The intruder was just interested in their food. 

Good morning

This year's tree for festival. Happy Holidays, all!

Planting on Dad's Birthday

Rosebay Rhododendron and Mapleleaf Viburnum.
We're going to transplant a sugar maple from the woods to where the center stake is next spring, after I root prune it this fall. 

Cleaning up

Working on storm debris, culvert, and road by our seasonal stream. The bridge that washed out (about a mile up the road) reopened a couple of weeks ago.