Tulips at Lyon Family Farms

 I visited a local You Pick it Farm when they had some nice tulip fields, instead of driving to Baltimore to see Sherwood Gardens.  I discovered that Sherwood Gardens was a really long trip.  The fields were not only pretty, but I got to bring home a batch of tulips to photograph and bulbs to plant. (although it is somewhat questionable whether they will come up next Spring in our poor soil.)

The farm had really dark purple, almost black tulips, some frilly red and yellow ones and several shades of pink.

Sort of Red White and Blue (purple)

There was a wishing well and a little bridge.

This one reminded me of Mickey Mouse.

I cut off the bulbs later to plant in Autumn.

I loved the pretty baskets for gathering tulips.

Exotic Butterflies 3

 Green Clipper

Possibly a Black Swallowtail

Pink  Cattleheart

 Julia Longwing

 Zebra Longwing

 Giant Swallowtail

Two Blue Morphos eating banana

  

 Giant Swallowtail

Possibly Black Swallowtails

Blue Morpho.  The inside of the wings is much more colorful.

A Day Trip to Kent Island

Jim wanted to go see the boat show, a long trip by himself.  I went along to help drive and spent the day visiting the local Kent Island parks with pur toy poodle Sarita.  I had sore feet, but it was lovely to get away for the day after my mother's recent death on Easter day.

      Metapeake Dog beach.  You can just barely make out the Chesapeake Bay Bridge in the background

     Metapeake pier

     Melanistic gray squirrel, a fairly rare sight in Maryland (Kent Island South Trail Netapeake entrance April 2017)

https://patch.com/maryland/annapolis/black-squirrels-in-annapolis

     Kent Island south trail

   Textures

     Possibly daisy fleabane

     Male Mallard

    

 

     Terrapin Nature park meadow

     Chesapeake Bay Bridge

     Sandy Point Park Beach