Bambi!

I can't believe it ~ The game camera at Lake Jean captured a shot of a fawn! I expected it to be a few more weeks before Mama took Baby to the lake.  It's a little grainy, but I had to show you anyway - enjoy!




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Kittie seems interested. 

Spring Wildflowers and Cactus - oil painting, Patio Flowers, Hummingbirds

Jean Levert Hood, ©2010, Spring Wildflowers and Cactus, Oil, 10 x 20 inches 

 Spring Wildflowers and Cactus, detail

There's a section on the patio that I like to let go natural each year. I generally regret this decision deeply later in the summer, but I can't help my self early in the spring!  I love to see what will come up and I love the look of un-manicured growth.  This area is filled with very dense basalt rock, rich with browns, grays, blacks, reds and greens.  It really makes a pretty show until it gets totally out of control.










"Totally Out of Control" will be coming very soon.

Here's a very happy Hummingbird:







My helpers have been busy and they asked if they worked hard, could



 I find a place for them to take dance lessons.  

 
   
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Rain, Animals, Kitties and Mushrooms!

This photo below captures my favorite light of the very late day.  I wait for this light splash every evening and was thrilled when I was able to get deer, antelope and ducks in the shot!  The antelope seem to glow when this light hits.  The ducks barely made it into the photo.  The gray patches on the hill are cenizo, which hopefully will be blooming soon. We've had so much rain (over 6 inches in the last week!)  that I'm waiting for a good bloom.  Cenizo flowers turn the hill into purple patches.

  

Every time we have nice consecutive rains, I get these wonderful mushrooms growing just outside of my studio.  The come up looking like a egg, then turn into a very dark flat shape. A bunch of them  are coming up!

 
...aside, and why the one above has the double fancy border, well, I have no idea!



Stella needs a pillow, and, this is often Clothilde.  Clothilde tolerates it well, although at times she does just go away and hide for some peace.  They are often intertwined like this:



Which progresses to:




I appreciate the feedback on my hummingbird, and the consensus seems to be the Black Chinned. Thank you to all who helped! 




Enjoy a very safe and Happy 4th, all of my US readers!


I'm hoping they'll be ready to get back to work soon.  Some of their holidays get very extended.