Eshqua Bog

I've loaded 24 photos and Blogger just mixes them all up out of order.  Anyone else have that trouble?  Is there some setting I've failed to select that leaves the photos in chronological order? 

It was a beautiful day last Thursday.  The Bog is in Vermont a short drive from here.  The walk wasn't long but the woods and bog were waking up from winter.  We were too early for the orchids but enjoyed the other flowers and new leaves.  We had lunch on a picnic table at a Deli/Gas Station and then came back home. 

Hummingbirds

 I put my hummingbird feeder up over a week ago when I checked the migration map and saw that the birds had been spotted in New Hampshire. It wasn't very long before the hummingbirds arrived and I had to fill the feeder a bit fuller.

Dan and I enjoy sitting on the deck to watch the antics of the male trying to keep other males away. Yesterday one male has taken up residence on the staff and attacks any other hummingbird that comes close. I was finally able to get some almost in focus photos.  Problem is going through the glass of the sliding door compounded by shaking hands.

Wild Flowers

Mother's Day we took an afternoon hike in the town forest to see the wild flowers.

Enjoy!

Here's the hillside where the photos were taken. You can just make out the very narrow trail. Photo taken on return trip to car so the sun has gone behind the mountain already.