A baby ground hog playing footsie in Huntingdon Valley. A photo sent to me by a Foulkeways resident, Thank you!
Not a two-headed snake, but two garter snakes, probably mother and offspring.
A beetle on dogbane - soldier beetle, I think.
A female twelve-spooted skimmer in the meadow .
Frodo uses the dog park.
Some cool season grasses in the meadow with the Community Center beyond
Mrs. Bluebird is on top of the box and Mr. Bluebird is at the door.
Two bluebird eggs so far in the box
Underfoot in the meadow
There were also wren eggs in one of the boxes.
Admired the beautiful blooms of the Korean dogwood on the way home.
When given the choice of staying home and listening to the drill going down 300 feet or going to Peace Valley -- I went to Peace Valley.
Pine Woods
I walked to the Crossover, and took the Wild Woods Way, a path I had never walked before.
I walked to the stream and then retraced my steps.
Foxglove beardtongue Penstamon digitalis 
We joined a group from the Natural Lands Trust to tour the Paunacussing Preserve in Bucks County. It is approximately 20 miles from Foulkeways. A beautiful spot!
These wonderful woodlands have springs that give rise to the Paunacussing Creek, and were a great place to hear the birds.
Some of the wetland plantings. The strings and mylar are to keep the geese out.
The pond, which is being surrounded by wetland plantings. A few of the sightings I was able to photograph follow.
Whitetail dragonfly laying eggs,
Tree swallow eggs in a box.
An American toad, compared in size to a pinky finger!
Our beekeeper comes to check on the hives, particularly the middle hive, where we think we have lost the queen.
The supersedure cell is a cell which will replace a queen.
The supersedure cell is located in the upper two-thirds of the frame.
The swarm cell is located in the bottom third of the frame
The coloring on the frame is frim the bee feet.
This is what it is all about!
Changes are coming. Geo-thermal heating and cooling is being installed in the P and R sections.
The drill is going 300 to 350 feet into the ground.
A look at the black-lace elderberry, which you will not want come to see, now that the noise of construction is here.
I set off to see John"s magnificant deep purple iris. Truly spectacular, but difficult to photograph.
These yellow roses are near the main entrance.
Peck's skipper on heal-all, Prunella vulgaris, in the meadow.
I had 2 red admiral females in my garden most of the day. They were looking for a place to lay their eggs. I finally found this one egg, but I am sure there are more. They are very small.
Red admiral egg on false nettle, Boehmeria cylindrica
Our beekeeper has placed a very simple native pollinator survey device on the grounds of Foulkeways. The white, blue and yellow cups, known to be attractive to specific pollinators such as bumble bees, leaf cutter bees, alkali bees, etc. Each survey period is only 24 hours, but will be repeated at two week intervals all summer. There are signs by the cups identifying their purpose and giving a phone number to call for questions.
I don't know about bees, but this certainly was attractive to Peck's skippers.
The topic for this week was "still life", so these are some of the things I found over at central.
A few of the things that I saw today in the fern garden
Chrysogonum
Jack-in-the-pulpit
Yellow trillium
Japanese painted fern
Large-flowered trillium
Rattlesnake weed
Hellebore
Solomon's seal
Mayapple
tiarella
