land of wonders ~ may 2026

May was a long and busy month. Storage shed building contractors came and went. We had weekly vet, along with some human appointments. Brad attended a horse show, things went well. I stayed home to take care of our animals. Gardens and containers were planted. Watering and more watering were daily activities. Just to name a few things that kept us busy in May.

As for our land itself, our wooded paths turned into green tunnels with pesky ticks and other biters. Making me wish for Winter. Hiking was enjoyed sparingly. My mosquito net saved my face a couple times. These days it is clipped onto my pants loop, just incase.

Summer's heat arrived early. Our hay fields have grown long and dry. They are scheduled to be cut next week. We are finally getting much needed rain this week!

May Snaps:

Indigo Bunting?
5.6.26

First Four Leaf Clover of the season

Chickadee Eggs in our Bluebird nesting box

Cierra & Nemo



Apple Tree Blossoms




First of many Wild Strawberries
5.7.26

Tanks Branch of the Day
5.8.26


treasured sky views
5.11.26


Leo gets a Lift
5.13.26


Remi's Daily Drop-n-Roll
5.13.26

Wild Honeysuckles in Bloom
5.14.26

Jameson joins us on a rare doggie walk

Stunning Spring Skies viewed from our deck
5.16.26

Closer-up

Heat makes gardens bloom faster. A couple transplanted Clematis remain from our previous home:

5.20.26

Fun Allium Bulbs

5.27.26

Surprise! Walk around required.
5.28.26

Every year the weather seems to foster a different type of bug invasion. 

Red Clover Mites. Everywhere.

5.30.26

Brad sent me a photo of some blooms he spotted growing in a part of our land we don't frequent as much. I was SO surprised to see these transplanted iris thriving on their own in the sandiest part of our propertyl!!

They used to grow in the front bed of my previous home. I have a much smaller garden bed now and didn't have a spot for them to live. Our son has zero interest in gardening, so we took all the beds out. I saved and gave away whatever plants I could.

It is safe to say these Iris are very hardy!

Caeser's Brothers Iris
5.31.26

We are already almost half way through June. Enjoy the turn of official Summer!!

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Marching, or in Tanks case jumping, through the second half the month:

March 18 (Remi waaay ahead)

Tanks shadows!

March 19

enjoying late season snow

I was so surprised to find another isolated heart (below)!! Same path. I had stopped to snap a photo of Tank and almost stepped on the heart with my snowshoes. If I had, it would have become my broken heart.

no clue what formed this almost perfectly shaped heart (not me)

yes you blondee, get down

March 20 sunset

mother nature took a big pine down
(13 secs)

March 22 cloudy layered sunset

taking 3 dogs for a walk
March 23

(Tank, Remi and Leo the cat-dog)



everything smells better together

Tank is always watching out for me



Harmony enjoying bed and breakfast
March 24

Our round bales easily fall apart and are so messy! Brad said "we will never do round bales again". Don't know until you try.

catkins caught my eye

Google says they are from a Hazelnut. Hmm. Maybe?



Tank & Remi
March 25

naturalized grape hyacinths
March 26



calm grazing on emerging grass
March 27



are you coming?




the dogs sniff a lot in the disturbed area

Nemo & Cierra under cover

(no clue why photos are so much darker in blogger)



Tank & Rem-Rem
March 30

It is unusual for me to have all three big dogs together these days.

Remi taking a break

She will be 10 at the end of May. Bernese Mountain dogs life expectancy is 6-8 yrs. She is a medium sized Berny and doing good. Country life suits her well. She loves the woods, the barn and me.

Tank & Remi on barn watch (Leo photo bomb)
March 30

More scratches please (Hope)
March 31

Koda and friends walking
(5 secs)



Tank takes his horse job seriously

This concludes a snapshot of March happenings.

April should bring rain showers, with less weather swings. My early daffodils are about to open and many perennials are poking through the ground. It won't be long and active gardening season will take over! Unfortunately, so will the dreaded flying biters. 

Taking the good with the bad, makes us appreciate the good even more.

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Let us March into the first half of the month...

March 1 (Tank & Jameson)

X marks the spot

3.2.26


one of my favorite view, coming out of our woods
3.4.26



3.5.26


Cierra

3.6.26

didn't even notice it was raining ;)

um, this tree is in our way

3.7.26



playing pick up sticks




plueeese throw this one (or pole vault!)

good morning moon 3.7.26 (7:37am)




a heart at my feet
3.8.26

Our son had his excavator doing some working at our place. He took down a huge two trunk split tree that was hung up on others. Along with a couple other big tree's waiting to fall on my head. It was so fascinating to watch the action!! He cracked them like toothpicks. My son is a bad ass! I left our woods with a whole new appreciation of his occupation of choice.

safe to walk the Y path again

burning my butterfly garden
(still 3.8.26)

Harmony & Hope and Cierra & Nemo operate as a herd, with fences

3.8.26
a day to remember

amazing evening sky morphing



 two eagles soaring over our place
3.9.26

investigating the changes
3.10.26

calm to the north
3.12.26

fast moving clouds to the south

(Cierra and Nemo)



Tank found our missing rain spout
3.14.26



 auto-paws

waiting to see which direction we are taking

3.14.26

Thanks for scrolling along! I am back to splitting land of wonder posts, even with a small fraction of photos and video's shared *^* No kidding!!