Nikki's Photography

Toad in the garden

The great thing about Zinnias is that cutting the flowers for bouquets encourages them to create more. They thrive here in my Lewisville garden, Texas

Sombra, my visiting sister-in-law’s dog, found a nest of 5 baby rabbits in our back yard. I never would have found them otherwise, even though the nest was buried in a busy spot in the garden. The nest of fur and straw was a perfect bowl shape, covered by perennials. The little bunnies squealed and shrieked so loudly, it was hard to believe that sound came from such tiny 4 inch-long creatures. I didn’t want to handle them much because I was afraid the mother might not return to care for them if they were human-scented, but they had to be protected from Sombra, who would not leave them alone. I put them in a box, then when Suzanne and I left with Sombra to drive to Alberta, Alain put them back in the nest, covered them up again, and put celery, lettuce and carrots out every evening to entice the mama bunny back. At least one did survive because I saw it later that year in the back yard, along with the older bunnies who venture in year-round.

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No fear; Dove nesting in the wreath beside the back door, Lewisville, TX

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Flowering Agave, Dallas TX. Agave live to be about 20 years old, then flower spikes, blooming for a few weeks and can grow to over 15 feet tall, produce seeds then the plant dies.

Pansy, first snow, Lewisville, TX

Blue pansises, first snow, Lewisville, TX

Red Zinnia, Lewisville, TX

This year the Bearded Iris have bloomed three times. During spring some stalks were about 5 ft. tall, extremely unusual.

Zinnia at dawn