flowers may freeze
and turn brown on their stems
while thistles still thrive
— © today, by me
Frost on the morning’s thistles
thistles
Honey Bee in the Thistles
And an update on the bunny rabbits in our back yard. This morning their mother came to take them on an exploration of the wider neighborhood &$151; or perhaps just to get them out of Samantha’s way. We’ll see if they are back here again this evening. I discovered that there were three bunnies rather than just the two. I caught a photo of two of them just after they had crossed the street in front of our house, and then a third bunny came scrambling out from a parked car about ten feet from me and ran to catch up with the other two. The mother rabbit had gone out of the yard by another route in the meantime.
Bee in the Thistles
While we were in the back yard, waiting for the Blue Angels to fly over our house (rehearsing for the weekend’s air show), I took some photos of the thistle flowers in the garden, which included an emerald bee. I do so like them!
The rabbits are still alive and well, and managing to avoid Samantha. I’m only seeing one at a time, but I’m trusting that both are still there, dividing their time between the garden and their new burrow. The clover is widespread, right now, with moist leaves and white flowers. I haven’t seen their mother inside the fence recently. Don’t know if she still looks after them, but they are old enough to have been weaned, and they’re able to move pretty much freely most of the time. Samantha (cocker spaniel) is fairly good about coming when I call, unless she and the bunny are actually staring at each other at the time.
Flower and Thistles
The Moments Between 