I love watching all of the perennials come up. I think about how old these peony bushes might be. My guess is they are easily 50 years old; they could potentially be 100 years old, outliving the person who planted and tended them.




Take a closer look at the second and third photos. Do you see it?
He's very well-camouflaged! The leaves give you a little bit of a scale, but it's still hard to tell from the photos how small he is. He would have fit in my hand. I think a rogue cat riled up a nest, and they scattered throughout our yard. Funny how the cute little baby makes me smile, but the grown, garden-eating one doesn't.
My husband chased the cat out of our yard -- I don't know if his hunt was successful or not.
Life is fragile. Life can change in an instant. Live every day.

