Peony Time

It's peony time! And they are beautiful. This one grows in my front yard, and I'm grateful that the deer don't like eating them.

The fields nearby are still green but dotted with lavender flowers like lupine but more delicate - so very pleasing to the eye and spirit. There are strong odors of lilac wafting in the breeze. Summer is coming.

We thought it was here last weekend when temperatures nearly reached 100 degrees F. But today the high was in the 60s. My work boss had snow this morning at his higher elevation. That's spring in Oregon.

On the less showy and definitely less fragrant side, a volunteer garlic bulb is budding and is quite lovely in its own way.

And on a definitely stinky side, we have our resident skunk out on the prowl. I found him rooting through the grasses below my kitchen window very early in the morning, hoping to find black sunflower seeds that the wild birds did not eat.

Look how beautiful his tail is!