Five Acres with a View

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I saw this yesterday morning before heading to Abbe Ranch to scribe for the judge at the horse trial.

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I love this dragon that a friend has in her garden.

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Hap was twenty-four years old in May, and is still one of the most handsome horses that I know. Not that I am biased, or anything.

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I haven’t been getting much in the way of early morning shots because even I don’t wake up that early in June.

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We have been having some fairly dramatic afternoon skies, even when we’ve been spared thunderstorms.

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This photo of my other variety of columbines is prettier than the real thing. I think I bought the originals based on what the bloom looked like photo. In reality, these columbines always remind me of Victorian half-mourning. If they ever fail to reseed themselves, I will manage to bear up under the disappointment.