Summer is right around the corner…

Today we put the screens in the storm doors and brought in the fan.  I opened all the windows so the breeze can blow through and we can hear the birds singing their pretty songs.  There’s still a few sticks of wood inside in case we need a fire, but I’m hoping that won’t happen again until fall.  Our tomatoes and cucumbers are doing really good.  Jim’s pampering is really paying off.  But we’re still crossing our fingers that we’ll have a bumper crop later this summer. 

 

This morning I saw an eagle overlooking the St. Croix River again. 

See it over there on the left side?

The reptiles are starting to move around too.  Here’s a garter snake that stuck it’s tongue out at me and a turtle with a really shiny shell.

We’re seeing lots of deer, but only one more new fawn.  We’re pretty sure there’s one or more around our cabin, but mother doe hasn’t brought them around yet.  She comes by each day and munches the brush along the edges.  We put up another trail cam hoping to catch a picture of her new babies.  I’ll keep you posted.  Here’s a video of her munching the leaves on a limb that broke off a tree.

Taken from inside the cabin on June 3, 2011.

This week I saw my first of the swallowtail butterfly of the year and the first lupine in bloom.  So many pretty things in my northern world this week.  Hope you see many pretty things in your world too.