Kirkfest Scarecrows 2015 - III

A few more scarecrows for you to look at. Have you chosen your favourite(s) yet?

Bear Grills Survival

If you are fond of gardening perhaps this is for you. Mind you Monty Don always has his dog Nigel to accompany him in Gardeners World.

"I love my garden so much I wet my plants."

I don't know what to call the next one with a bunch of flowers.

With a heat wave forecast for this week the next scarecrow got it right - if only I had got the whole of the notice in.

Summer this way ==>

Meanwhile Dorothy 

Follows the yellow brick road

Watched over by

Princess Ozma and the Wicked Witch of the East

While Homer has things to say to Bart, Marge and Lisa

The Simpsons

Rather a contrast to 

All Creatures Great and Small

There is another batch still to come before you make your final selection of the best scarecrow of all. 

All will be revealed in Scarecrows V later in the week.

Summer (and signs of Autumn)

There have been hordes of butterflies in our garden this year with Peacocks, Red Admirals and Tortoiseshells in abundance. However a smaller species has been around a lot as well.

Speckled Wood butterfly on a Euonymus
(Emerald 'N Gold) leaf

Those black 'eyes' on its wings seem to be watching you.

I walk by things every day without using my eyes. A garden by the roadside always has a magnificent show of dahlias which I have neglected to photograph until today when some are past their best.

Roadside Dahlias

That photo does not do justice to the beauty of individual blooms ( I do not know the names of each variety.)

I have watched corn grow throughout the year but never managed to see it being harvested.

Just stubble and a single pile of straw bales

The farmers certainly get on quickly as most of this field has been ploughed and rolled. Today sowing for next year's crop was in progress.

Seed drill at work

The tractor behind the bush was pulling a roller to break down another ploughed section of the same field.

If farmers are starting on autumn tasks others have a move to warmer climes in mind.

Preparing to fly south

Here's something we tend to take for granted.

Fuchsia bush at the top of our drive

We really should look closer as we walk past.

Fuchsia flowers

Obviously summer isn't quite over yet.

Michigan Summer - Thematic Photography

The summer theme seemed to be an opportunity for me to include some shots from my recent trip to Michigan.

My daughter's dogs (well one of them) is intent on catching one of these at the edge of the lake in their grounds. Not that this fellow was at all concerned.

American Green Frog

On a summer's evening what could be better than a ride in one of these.

Hot Air Balloon

This one landed within 200 yards of the house and then took off again.

Up, up and away

Meanwhile the boats are waiting for a tow to a nearby lake.

Beached (or grassed)

With temperatures nearing 100F it was time for the dogs to be shampooed and trimmed leading to:

Cody (in bandanna) and Scout

Why do you smell so different now?

Even Lily gets in on the act.

Scout and Lily (Cody hidden)

Little does she know  that it's her turn next.

For more summery action you need to turn to others at Carmi's Welcome Summer