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Hummingbirds were out in full force tonight!

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Our internet was out pretty much all day yesterday so I didn't get to upload yesterday's picture until today. Here's one of Thug for you.

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We had lunch sitting outside by the waterway before we left Wilmington today. Of course I took my camera. This laughing gull was hoping someone would toss him a scrap.

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This is Raffi. He belongs to my friend Tara and was such an energetic little dog!

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A most delicious memory from my childhood.

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Not much time for pictures today. Here's a macro shot of impatiens.

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I kept hearing a noise in the woods when I got home this afternoon. I thought it was a squirrel, but when I looked, this little guy was checking me out!

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This is the best time of the year! Fresh tomatoes, fresh jalapeno, fresh cilantro...guess what I ate for supper?

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So many peppers, so little time.

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For Father's Day we had a shrimp smorgasbord. Here they are waiting to go on the grill!

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My parents planted a Rose of Sharon bush years ago in their yard. I thought it would be the perfect opportunity to practice the macro settings. A macro lens will be the next one I buy.

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I wanted to get a little closer, but the bees were too fast.

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Say hello to the world's largest tomato plant. That thing has got to be 8 feet tall. I'm in there in an attempt to give you a little perspective.

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Our typical summer evenings, at least during the week. Dottie in the recliner with her laptop, Donald and me on the couch with our laptops. What nerds.

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Hummingbird. I'm having a hard time getting them completely in focus.

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I was pleasantly surprised to see this mother duck and her ducklings today! She has 11 all together.

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This is a knot on one of our dogwood trees. To me it looks like a person's profile.

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Patience, Grasshopper!

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Hot diggity dog! A tomato is growing at last!

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I have no idea what this is, but it's growing in my front yard.

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The dog and my toes.

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Some first graders pointed out the baby birds in the breezeway. I don't think their eyes are open yet.

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I love working in a rural community. You never know when you're going to come up upon some cows. These girls were just hanging out and didn't mind that I stopped to take their picture.

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I apologize for two hibiscus pictures in a row, but the blossoms are so pretty right now! If I had to pick a favorite flower, this might be it.

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Way back on April 27, my photo of the day was the hibiscus. It lost all its leaves over the winter, and was slowly starting to come back to life. This morning, I was delighted to look out the window and see this beautiful blossom!

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I love the different shades of green in our backyard. Here's just a sample, a close up of the mint.

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Liz and Ben came over for supper. They both love this chair, and it was funny to watch them try to be the first in it. As you can see, it was a draw.

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We love to sit outside in the evenings right now, as long as we can keep the mosquitoes away. Here's a view of our deck, complete with tomato plants and a hummingbird feeder in the background.

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This is how I have spent the last several afternoons. These kids built robots and are now programming them.

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Another spider and it's not even Halloween. This one was inside and built its web on top of the end table. We were not thrilled. For the record, we did not kill it.