Of birds and bees

Love the graceful, bug-eating swallows.

Hate coming across the baby birds, like this young robin, who aren't quite air-worthy. I want to rescue them all, but have to let "nature" take its course.

Rick rented a bee box this year to see if it helps fruit production. He got it a little late for most of our fruit trees (except for the Braeburn apple, below, he planted for me earlier this spring),but the blueberries and cane berries should keep them bizzzy - if it ever stops raining and warms up enough for more of the little workers to come out of their hive!

Of course, they say the "birds and bees" lead to babies, so here are the first and last born of the 2009 lamb crop, Bronwen and Barabbas:
Another shot of Barabbas, the "hubba-hubba" last born:
That's it for now at . . .