Chipmunk

A little chipmunk on our Japanese lantern today.

Photo: Marge Ishmael

Stargazer Lily

My Stargazer lily bloomed last week. 

Photos: Marge Ishmael

Full Moon in July

The Full Moon in July is the Buck Moon, named after the new antlers that emerge from a buck's forehead around this time of the year. It is also called Thunder Moon, Hay Moon, and Wort Moon.  It was two weeks ago on 4th of July.

Photo: Marge Ishmael

Mint tea

We have a bumper crop of mint and now drying the mint leaves to make mint tea:

Photo by Marge Ishmael

Possum

A possum under a neighbor's car: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Opossum

Strange Fruit - Billie Holiday

Billie Holiday’s 1939 protest song.  Abel Meeropol wrote it after seeing a photo of a double lynching in Marion, Indiana.

Sign of the times

Signs in a local restaurant today:

Photos: Marge Ishmael