This tiny blue wildflower is called a dayflower. It blooms early in the morning and is gone by the end of the day. There will be another bloom the next day...unless a deer eats the bud. There is never more than one bloom a day.
The deer have been eating a lot of buds lately. This includes the ones in my flowerbeds as well as the wildflowers. They are not eating the leaves, just chomping on the blooms. Grr!
Somebody up on the hill was shooting a gun yesterday. I'm guessing they were trying to save their garden. The buck that does so much damage in my yard was down here not too long after I heard the shooting. I saw him through the window. So without letting him see me, I quietly opened the front door and then slammed it as hard as I could. He took off over another hill. I hope that keeps him away for a while, but I doubt it.
I did see two skippers on the zinnias while I was out this morning. They are the first ones that I have seen this year. In case you are not familiar with this little butterfly, here is a recycled photo from August, 2005, showing one on a marigold bloom.
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