Color, color, color

Surrounded by an unrelenting richness of color, our yard is full of opportunities.  

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The big and the little

Murphy is 5 + years old and weighs about 92 pounds.  Frankie is about 9 weeks old and weighs maybe a pound.  Here's how they look together - and Frankie is fearless.

Frankie and Leo

We get lots of questions regarding how Leo, the older and bigger cat, and Frankie coexist.  The answer is, quite well. From a human perspective, it seems that Leo has taken the role of big brother, and, in addition to playing with Frankie as the pictures below show, he will let Frankie cut in front of him at the food dish. Never thought I would see that!  Leo often comes in about 3 or 4am and Frankie will get up and play with him, then come back to bed when Leo leaves.
The little guy is fearless - and very fast.  Leo doesn't even try to catch him, probably cause he knows that Frankie will be coming back to attack him at any moment.

Babies

I really hate to post again when the day lily pictures are so wonderful; BUT I happened to see some activity in the plum tree so took my 80-400 and went out to see.  Here's the results - a momma house finch feeding a young one!  What a treat to capture! Then of course, the ubiquitous Frankie, checking out Murph as they hung out on the deck.

Day Lilies Rule!

The season of day lily's is upon us and the magnificence of these flowers just takes my breath away.  The lighter ones come out first, followed by the orange and then the multi-colored or deeper colors. Of course, that could be due to where they are planted, but I like the mystery!
Here's some of the flowers as of today, along with a humming bird feeding.
All of these were taken with the 50mm f/1.8 lens.

A morning of kitten play

Friday is my day off and we spent the morning hanging out on the deck and in the garden, and Frankie was there and everywhere!  So precious and adorable, and yet you have to let him learn for himself.  Murph seems to watch over him at times, as does Leo.  But mostly he is just running around, much too fast for any of the other creatures in the household to catch him!
The day starts early, about 5:30am, and he is up and running about.  Often Leo comes in about that time and they play together without bothering us.  But then Frankie gets back up on the bed and he loves hanging out with his Mom (and she with him).

Since he zips around so much many of my shots are blurry, but so they should be.

He explored the garden quite a bit but had an overseer for some of his journey..and at one point became the one-eyed garden monster!

Then, around 10 or 10:30, he disappears and after a little we go looking for him.  Sometimes we can't find him, but when we can he looks like this - completely sacked out, resting up for some more hours of fun!