The Backyard

 

Derby

If the goose isn't in the yard and happens to see me from afar

he starts heading my way.   He wants a free meal. 

Our resident ducks.  No babies for this pair this year.

I had no luck growing sweet peas in the garden last year.

I put a few seeds in a pot and so far so good.

Hollyhocks

Lantana for the hummingbirds.

Our ginkgo tree wasn't happy so we decided to cut it down.

I started the process by removing the few branches it

  had.  Now every bird has decided it's a great place to rest.

Hummingbirds are hard to photograph.

This is the best shot I could get.

For this year we'll be leaving the ginkgo as is for the birds.

The view across the pond from our porch.

I haven't seen a deer in a long time and was surprised to see one 

in daylight.  They do have a night time path through my flower bed 

because they like to snack on my hydrangea 

bushes.  I sprinkled rabbit and deer repellant around 

the base of those plants so they don't eat them to the ground.