Lovely pics everyone. I love all the pretty flowers. Gazania your butterfly shot is gorgeous. Clairdo you have a beautiful home. Casey, I told my son if I ever won the lottery that I would be moving to Newfoundland. He said I would be going by myself, cause it was too cold there . So I told him good bye in case I ever win. LOL

The pumpkin vine grew up through the hedge and popped out the top. Now I have a pumpkin on top of the hedge, look carefully. It's almost the size of a basketball. Hope it doesn't fall; it would be like Humpty Dumpty.

I can almost smell those Lilacs! Not in bloom here yet. Love the corkscrew hazelnut. Daughter had 2 of them, but after 6 years, they died of 'filbert blight'. It is a real problem with the species in the northeast I hear. I have been spending a lot of time outside trying to supervise DH's yard work, but did just finish this puzzle in my down time. A fun puzzle.

We must have a flock of Robins wintering nearby....20 or so finding something in our artificial lawn....under a crab apple tree. So pudgy and cute. We had to quit feeding...neighbor cat kept leaving his 'kills' on our patio or porch as a thank you....no thanks. He is a skilled hunter, more than one a day.