Almost a New Year !
Here it is almost 2019 !! Can you believe it , where did the year go?
Danish Flag Poppy Flower
Previous Next Meet the Danish Flag Poppy Flower! These Poppy Flowers are so pretty it is just neat to see them blooming in the garden! Very flashy! These were grown in 2013. I like the poppy flower , large or small! I just think they are pretty. Yes this is a Papaver Somniferum so if […]
Yellow Rose
Previous Next This is our Yellow Rose we have had here for quite sometime. We got this rose some years back when we found it growing on the desert floor, a little cutting is all it took! Talk about thorns !! Even the birds like this rose , even with the thorns. Prolific one time […]
Pine Siskin Bird In The High Desert
Previous Next Meet the Pine Siskin ! Here at our home in the high desert of Oregon we get a lot of visitors. This visitor looked different so I grabbed my camera! We do get some birds heading to the Ochoco Mountains or the Cascade Mountains stop in for a bite to eat. I am […]
Hummingbird In The Lilacs
Previous Next This is one of the many Hummingbirds we have here at the house every year! Every year we have a family, or families of Hummingbirds who dart here and there ! The young are real fun to watch for they are just as curious of you as you are of them! The Hummers […]
sweat bee on a Ozark Sundrop Flower
Previous Next Photographed this sweat bee feeding on the Ozark Sundrop flower the other morning. This is a vary good growing and flowering primrose that I think we got in one of those wildflower mixes?? One of my sundrops is over six feet tall! If thinking of growing this flower make sure you pay attention […]
Buffalo In Oregon
Previous Next Some folks keep horses, others keep buffalo! The leader of this pack determined by the quick observation I had was the one who was caught rolling around in images 8-9-10. What that one said went! This small group of 6 or so did not walk to their fence but ran, we have had […]
Landscape of The High Desert
Previous Next Welcome to The High Desert of Oregon! If in the USA hope you had a good holiday weekend! Some of us choose to live here for the scenic beauty of our area. If you choose to visit our area I sure hope you ask around to find our hidden jems of Jefferson County […]
Balancing Rocks of Oregon
Previous Next At one time this was just a local place. Not to many people have been there. Now of course it has a sign and progress has moved in. There are other spots that have these balancing rocks, some day I would like to hike to the spots we have found. These remind me […]
Poppy Flower Blooming
Previous Next This is one species of Poppy Flowers we grow. Big as my hand, perhaps larger and two colors from this group are blooming right now! We allowed this poppy plant to take over one of the corners nearest the smaller pond. Since the slugs like this poppy plant the toads help with eating […]