Yumiko and Jessi Get Married!!!

Well, it is hard to believe, but my baby girl Yumiko got married to the love of her life, Jessica Scricciolo in a Zoom Wedding in our back yard at 2:00 in the afternoon on May 14.  It was a beautiful day.  There were at least 200 people on the Zoom and oh it was so so so lovely.  I am processing the photographs and will continue to post so keep checking back for more.

The Scarlet Tanager

On my way up the walk through the woods this afternoon, I looked up and saw not one, but two of these beautiful male Scarlet Tanagers.  They quickly spotted me and flew high up in the tree tops, but what a thrill for that minute.

Squirrel Chin Rest

So Nice to be Warm on a Cold Day

Today's Catch

It was another beautiful day here at Charlestown Meadows.  The walk through the woods and around to the culvert was bursting with wildlife.  Such a good place to be.  Here's the catch for today:

Baby Squirrel Checking out the World

Blue Jay in the Blossoms

The Carolina wren

The Wood Thrush

The Toad

More of that Ovenbird

I went back to the woods today looking for the oven bird and found so many of them.  Here area a few of my favorite photos and a little video from this mornings walk.

The Yellow Rumped Warbler and a Friend

The woods were alive with warblers today.  Here are two - The Black and White Warbler and the Yellow Rumped.  Oh heaven!!!!

Black and White Warbler

Yellow Rumped Warbler

Hermit Thrush in the Woods at Charlestown Meadows

I saw this little cutie on the ground as I was walking along the path in Charlestown Meadows. I stopped in my tracks, but he had already seen me too.  He jumped up to that branch and stood with only his tail showing and most of his body hidden behind the big vertical trunk. Somebody walked by me on the path and said hello and when I looked back up, there was my little hermit thrush looking right at me with his skirt a flowing. Oh my beating heart....

Gallaway Cows

Just down the road from Charlestown Meadows is a beautiful farm with a small herd of Gallaway Cows.  (I never knew there was such a cow even though I grew up on a dairy farm with Holsteins and Jerseys and Black Angus.)  This particular breed includes the beautiful brown belted cow (see below).  There was also a little month old calf with so much cuteness I could barely stand it.  Here they are for your viewing pleasure.

Late Afternoon Snack

Love My Mom

Belted Brown Cow

Curious

Mom

Moooooooo