First Baby Cottontails!

As predicted, it turns out that Diana Cottontail is a Mommy! When I went outside yesterday morning to water the hydrangea, I saw the first of the babies in the garden bed.

Words can't describe how cute they are!







They're smaller in person than they look in these photos. They look to be only a few weeks old, which means were they in a Beatrix Potter book I've no idea which one would be wearing trousers versus a dress.

Since we don't yet know, we've temporarily named them "Toodles" and "Snuggles."

We suspect they were born in that same flower bed, under the dahlia's. (Hence their constant presence there, as well as that snake the other day). If one turns out to be a girl, "Dahlia" will be her new name.











Here's the prince of our Hummingbird Trio.



And some deer on the neighbor's property yesterday.

Sorry it's so shaky, but there wasn't time to get out the tripod and the zoom feature on this camera is a joke.



And it looks like the deer returned again to eat our rose trees. There were three of them around here before dawn today.

We've been trying all these different methods of deterring them, but so far none of them are working. I guess it's back to tossing sheets over the trees again.



Texas Spiny Lizard

Believe it or not, it's also just a baby. I've never seen a baby one before. It, too, looks a lot larger in the photo. It's really the size of my thumb.





Is it just me, or does it look like this grasshopper is playing on an amusement park ride?





The bunnies are always hanging around the house these days.

If they're not there, they're cooling off all day at the side of the house in a little spot of shade. (Which is where Diana and her little brood hang out during the day. The last time I looked, the heat index reached 100 degrees... plus humidity of course).

At night there's always a rabbit sleeping in our backyard. I guess the fencing makes it feel more secure.











Froggy goes a huntin'

When I first saw this little guy I was afraid it was another snake peeping out at me.



The snakes around here are making me , and now I'm worried for our little baby rabbits safety from the snakes.

Not to mention that my dog, Abby, isn't afraid of them. The other morning she walked up to one and sniffed it! (She's afraid of walking on hardwood floors and tile, but is fearless over snakes. Go figure). Thank goodness it was a grass snake.

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