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Walking out to pick up the mail this afternoon I saw this mama and babe Mourning dove resting on the fence. I don't think mama thought I saw her because she held so still and even let me get some pictures. We have lots of black Locust trees on our property, and the blossoms are very fragrant this year. They smell like Concord grapes.

There seems to be lots of Whitetail Dragonflies this year too. Last summer I didn't see very many.

On my creek walk last week on a really warm day I almost stepped on this Garter snake. He was sunning himself on some dried weeds.

This is the first snake I have seen around here in many years, and this one is at least 23" long!

A couple Mallards lounge during a beautiful day.

A Skimmer Dragonfly.

Yesterday afternoon I walked along the creek trail which by the way hasn't been mowed this year yet. It has been under water so many times, the ground is still soft mud, and the grass is getting pretty high. Anyway as I stood on the creek bank looking out toward the water, I saw this huge Soft-shelled turtle swimming up stream. The water it still quite swift, and this dude is really a strong swimmer.

As soon as he saw me, he headed out farther, and I couldn't get any closer.

Then I watched for a while as this Robin took a bath.

Another storm roared through here this afternoon, so now everything is wet again.

I hope you all are having a wonderful weekend.