Luna Moth!!!

 

New Deck

I realize I never posted a photo of our new deck, completed last fall.

Wildlife 2

An addendum to the last post.  The seed level in our feeder, which is hanging by ropes from two trees, is hard to see in some light.  It turns out that someone emptied about 1/4 of the seed from it.  It certainly is not birds, because I keep an eye on it during the day and have seen very few birds.  That raccoon must be the culprit.  And her antics needed to get to the feeder must be impressive.  The seed level was down further this morning.  Wish I had a trail cam to catch her in the act.  We will watch it closely this evening.

Wildlife

This raccoon appeared below our bird feeder today.  She couldn't find much, because the birds haven't found the feeder yet so haven't been dropping seeds, except for a lone chickadee that comes occasionally.  Clearly she is a female nursing cubs.  Unfortunately I think she went up into the dying hemlock tree that we have contracted to be removed.  I sure hope her nest isn't up there.

Strange Adirondack Weather

There were a couple of hot spells here before we arrived and the plants seem to have responded.  This is a fuzzy photo of a very early lady slipper orchid in our woods.  The fuzziness is because it is extremely windy.  We are not used to their blooming before the first weekend of June.

At Camp

 

An Update

We finally head for camp tomorrow.  We had extensive re-landscaping done in NJ and stayed longer into May than usual to water it well before the irrigation kicks on.  I haven't been able to do much so haven't been posting.  I had shingles back in February and have been suffering fairly severe nerve pain ever since.  I haven't been quilting and will not be able to paddle.  So posts will probably be infrequent. 

It's Tulip Time

We went to Holland Ridge again to pick tulips.  We had problems getting there the same as last time, this time encountering two closed roads.  We went first thing this morning and there were very few people.  By the time we left they were pouring in.

The Orchid House at Duke Gardens

 

Night Forms Exhibit at Grounds for Sculpture

We went to Grounds for Sculpture last evening to see the Night Forms: Dreamloop light show by the Klip Collective.  It was fantastic.  The park still has lots of Seward Johnson's huge sculptures which are always fun to see.

And the light show was fantastic.  These still photos don't really do it justice.