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This hummingbird has been hanging out on the mint. He's guarding the feeder just to the left of this picture.

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Jalapenos are growing.

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I'd say we were successful at surprising Nancy last night. I can't take credit for this photo, though. My other sister, Linda, took it. She captured Nancy's astonishment!

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As you can tell, it was an exciting Friday night around our house.

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I have no idea why this teacher has a potato on her computer.

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I finally got two in one picture!

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Nothing like being watched by a praying mantis. He watched me the whole time, even turned his head. (I'm assuming it's a he, but it might be a she.)

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I hope you're not getting tired of butterflies, but I could take pictures of them forever. I really liked this guy. You can see the flecks of pollen all over him.

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Have you ever seen a granddaddy longlegs up close and personal? I found this one in my oregano plant on the deck.

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She made me promise not to put this on facebook. So I'll just post it here.

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Look who I got to spend some time with today!

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I love our deck. Unfortunately it's been too hot to enjoy it lately.

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I drove in to school and had to wait on the geese to cross. They weren't too happy that I was getting close to them.

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I got to help my friend Lesley with her staff development session today. She did a phenomenal job, and the teachers are EXCITED!

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We've got a family of deer that live behind us in our woods. There's a buck, two does and two fawns. Here's one of our doe and the fawns. Sometimes they come up farther in the yard and eat the bird seed from our feeders!

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I've been trying to get the shutter speed just right so I can capture the feathers on the wings. I can't seem to get it quite right. This is the best I've done so far.

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It's kind of hard to see, but this hawk was making lots of noise in this tree. He was so loud I thought he was on the deck.

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We've got mushrooms growing all over the place in our backyard.

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I thought this was a unique view of the butterfly, from the underside. Even its body is yellow.

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I was back at the school with the butterfly garden today. It is such a happy place, and so colorful. I just love the sunflowers, these had gotten so tall, the bent down and made it easy to take pictures. If you look closely in the top right corner, that blur is a butterfly.

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A quick shot of one of our male hummingbirds at the feeder. I'd rather see them than the squirrels.

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Way back on Day 110, I took a photo of the fields behind the school. They were busy planting something but I wasn't sure what it was. Looks like tobacco. No matter how you feel about tobacco, you have to admit it's a beautiful plant.

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I was quite surprised to see swans yesterday at Airlie gardens!

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I spent some time at Airlie Gardens on Saturday. They have recently opened a butterfly house. This is not the prettiest butterfly that was in there, but it was the most comical looking.

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We got to Wilmington Friday afternoon, and I took a quick walk around my in-laws back yard. What was once a beautiful garden has fallen into disarray since my mother in law had her stroke. This plant was growing on the trellis, not exactly sure what it is, but I like the green.