These are buds from a lilac bush in my front yard.
I found a patch of sheet moss near a tree in my backyard.
This is foliose lichen that was growing on a tree
This is a picture of two tom turkeys puffing their wings out while the hens were off eating.
This is my dog squirt sniffing the ground after sticking her face in mud.
These are rhododendrons, the provide shelter for birds when it rains.
This a christmas cactus or easter cactus, they are called that because they tend to bloom around that time of year.
This is some pachysandra, it is used for a ground cover in gardens.
This is a white throated sparrow that is eating birdseed.
The common sparrow in this picture is on the ground picking through the drooped seeds from the feeder.
This is a picture of a downy woodpecker.
This is a goldfinch, you may not recognize it by it's color because they turn a greyish olive color in the winter
This is a chipmunk eating fallen birdseed from a feeder near by.
If you can see there are small buds on the pear tree.
This is a patch of honeysuckle, it provides shelter for bird to build their nests in.
Here we have some turkey poop on the patio.
This is a junco on the brick, he is looking for small insects.
This is some common sparrows eating bird seed off the platform.
This is a male cardinal, he is eating the birdseed I put out.
THis is a chickadee the chickadee is the massachusetts state bird.
This is a boxwood bush, they are commonly used as hedges, although some people don't like them because the smell like cat pee.
These are new sprouts of daylilies, they get their name because the flowers only last a day.
Here is some english ivy, it's commonly used as a nice ground cover.
This is an american robin, seeing a robin signifies that spring is coming.
These are some lovely british soldiers, not the ones that fought in the revolutionary war though. They are a type of lichen, they got their name from the red on top and the red coats the the british wore.