The Cooper's hawk returns to the buffet line (02 February 2018).
Various photos of plants, flowers, and birds taken at 1177 Lincoln Avenue.
The Cooper's hawk returns to the buffet line (02 February 2018).
A four-foot icicle on the front porch (10 February 2018).
Video of the blizzard action (14 April 2018).
Jonathan takes a snap of a snowed-in car on our walk back from our usual Sunday dinner at Salut Bar Americáin (15 April 2018).
A view out the back window after the storm moved out (15 April 2018).
Close-up on one of the landscape lights (15 April 2018).
A crow (Corvus brachyrhychos), visits the bird bath (07 May 2018).
Summer is coming - the goldfinches (Carduelis or Spinus tristis), are changing coats (23 May 2018).
The crow is back, now on the fountain (26 May 2018).
Video of the crow drinking from the fountain (26 May 2018).
The flag is out on Memorial Day (26 May 2018).
A blue heron (Ardea herodias), on the neighbor's garage roof eying the goldfish in the pond (04 July 2018).
A blue heron on the neighbor's garage roof (04 July 2018).
The blue heron - we think s/he had gulped down Ishmael by the time this photo was taken - s/he did not return to the pond while we watched (06 July 2018).
A bee on the hydragea tree (18 August 2018).
The hydragea tree (Hydrangea paniculata) (18 August 2018).
Monarch butterfly (Danaus plexippus), on the hydragea tree (18 August 2018)
Flowers of the cardinal climber (Ipomoea x sloteri) on the backyard arbor. It's also known as hummingbird vine - and it did attract a hummingbird (25 August 2018).
Water lily 'Attraction' (25 August 2018).
Hydrangea 'Twist and Shout' (25 August 2018).
The onion and carrot harvest - a squirrel, looking for last year's acorns, got into the carrot bed and wiped most out of the seedlings (03 October 2018).
The ornamental grass in front was colorful this year (09 October 2018).
Looking down the street eastward (09 October 2018).
A close-up showing the color variagation in the grass (09 October 2018).
Some new plantings, but I don't know the plant (09 October 2018).
Chrysanthemums (09 October 2018)
'Rainbird' sculpture framed by the blue spruce (09 October 2018).
The hydrangea tree blooms are turning pink as they age (09 October 2018).
Snow on the artichoke. We harvested several, and left the rest to bloom this year (14 October 2018).
The fountain in the first snowfall of the year (14 October 2018).