Finally, the first tomatoes are ripening.  And this little red mushroom was sighted among flowers.

The first year in a new home has to be the best, as you’re discovering new plant and animal life each day.  Today we saw another new-to-us bird, I think a cowbird of some sort.  Our birdbaths were crowded with all kinds of bird-bathers, including some bluebirds I believe, all splashing around together.  Lately, big fat chipmunks bravely join squirrels at the “waterhole” out on the exposed deck.  At night the crickets and cicadas(?) are almost deafening.  It’s a new, wild world down south.

Here is your daily flower supplement:

As promised, more photos…here we have some more flowers, my son sleeping through yet another kids’ movie (in this case Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, which takes some serious exhaustion to sleep through), a beautiful sunset, and best of all: he and we finally actually made it out to Public House on High for some late night excellent craft beers and conversation.  There were the requisite extreme kid meltdowns along the way, so a well-earned and deserved time out for him.