Brown-eyed Susan

Rudbeckia hirta

Red Winged Black Bird taken at Cooper's Marsh, Story County, Iowa.

Red Wing Blackbird

Cup Fungi

I'll identify it later ;-)

Black Raspberries

Summer's Here!

It was so warm here today that the squirrels, which are normally tearing through our trees chasing each other around, were just laying on the branches napping instead.

I wasn't able to get a shot of the squirrels stretched out on the branches but here's a pic from a year or so ago of our resident squirrel fattening up for winter. She's sitting in our Norway Maple in our backyard with a black walnut in her mouth.