It’s hard to beat a deer sighting, but these proliferating chipmunks are too adorable.  There’s a whole family running around our house, and now they just eat bird seed and ignore me and Misu for the most part.

I had another first, though not as dramatic–the snow peas are finally blooming, now that it’s headed for the high 80s!  About time.  And a second–the second salad of the season, straight from the “salad bar”; doesn’t get any fresher than that.

Last but definitely not least, my favorite flowers continue to amaze–poppies, columbines, irises, and the deep blue bachelor’s buttons or cornflower (Centaurea).  I know, not native, still pretty.