Garden & Snake

These have been days that are slow and busy at the same time it seems. I have not been back up to my studio since I showed you the last sketch. Maybe this afternoon. Somehow I am a little afraid to continue with it for fear of ruining it. When I get to feeling like that I usually wait until I feel inspired again...

In the meantime I took a few photos in our garden as so much is happening this time of the year. We only have very few pomegranates this time around. Somehow the bees weren't there when they were blooming. But we'll get five or six. The peppers are all doing well and some of them are ready to be eaten!

The eggplant are growing wonderfully this year!

As are all of the tomatoes! We've even been able to eat some of the little ones already. They are so sweet - so different from when we buy them at the store.

A few zinnias self seeded from last year and are blooming happily.

And the kumquat tree is loaded with flowers...and they smell so good!

Another pomegranate, just because they are so beautiful...

Winslow enjoying the rain we had this morning.

And here the grey rat snake we saw this morning.

It is one of the non-venomous snakes we see fairly often around here. But this one was special. Daniel woke me up early, early this morning, telling me that there was a relatively small snake on the side of house that was trying to eat a frog. I was up and dressed in a flash!

For the next two hours, we watched mother nature at work and were equally amazed and put off by what we witnessed. We had such mixed emotions as we love snakes and the frogs that sing when it rains. Just like we love cats and birds. Yet sometimes they collide and one feeds the other.

Instead of putting all the photos we took on my blog, I thought I'd give you the choice of looking at them if you'd like. They are not for the faint of heart or those of you who get queasy easily... If you'd like to see, simply click here!

With that I leave you for today and wish you a beautiful Wednesday!