16C and overcast. A pleasant morning for walking with a lovely surprise. This mama Mallard must have hatched a second family because these little ones were very very new!
A weed has appeared in our yard that I don't recall having in previous years. Middle son used an App on his phone and identified it as Lapsana communis, an introduced species from Eurasia. It has the unusual common name of nipplewort. No doubt it was used at one time to heal cracked nipples.
We had rain over the weekend resulting in the mophead Hydrangeas hanging their blooms down with the weight of the water :(
See the empty area in the middle of Endless Summer......
...and the blooms of Annabelle also hanging down. I'm going to go outside and try shaking some of the water off. Hopefully they can then lift themselves up again. That is where I'm off to now as my laundry dries. Happy Monday!
Thanks for visiting.
Cute mouse picture! I'll forward it onto to a friend who loves pictures of mice, less keen on the real ones in the house!
ReplyDeleteWe needed the rain but the exuberant blooms of June don't appreciate it.
ReplyDeleteBeautiful flowers. I especially like the last picture. That’s how I feel cleaning the camper. It’s like a playhouse.🥰
ReplyDeleteBlessings,
Betsy