I am thankful for nature's surprises.
This week in my yard I found a few surprises from nature that made me happy.
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| At the beginning of spring, we saw several goldfinches. However, we hadn't seen any for a few weeks until recently. This one was eating seeds from the sunflower head it was sitting on. |
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| Yesterday, I went behind a row of bushes to see if any of the invasive weeds that I'm trying to control were growing again. I only found a couple of weeds, but I found something else I was excited about. I found several little volunteer begonias from ones we planted in front of the bushes last year. In our climate, begonias don't reseed themselves very often and especially not this far from the originals. |
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| I think the name of these lilies says it all--surprise lilies. They bloom on stalks that shoot up months after their leaves have died. |
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| We don't see as many butterflies here as we used to at our old house so we have been planting more flowers to attract them. I think it is starting to work with the sighting of this swallowtail last week. |
So for these things and the rest of the beauty that nature has to offer, I am thankful.
