Of White Birds And Colorful Flowers

The white fantail pigeons seem healthier and happier than ever before. I'm not sure why, though maybe it's the heat wave and my leaving their window open each night (with protective screen, of course):

 One of this season's babies is fully grown already and this one is getting there rapidly:

 The two babies on the floor are doing very well. They peep for food all the time and their two parents are constantly busy feeding them:

 A new baby is so fat it can't move. It will begin moving around soon enough, though:

 In the colorful flower department: The Rugosa Roses are mostly finished blooming, but they put out a cluster of flowers every so often, perhaps so I won't forget about them:

 The newly planted, baby Day Lilies are beginning to bloom. I only ordered three varieties and now I wish I'd ordered more:

 Yellow and orange Asiatic Lilies are competing for space with the Blue Sea Holly in the little rock garden:

 And the Blue Sea Holly is really blue - outside in the sunshine:

 The yellow lilies bloomed first, then the orange. The red lilies are next:

 And just when I thought they were finished for the year, one of the old-fashioned roses put out this cluster of flowers:

 Wildflowers abound, including these Oxeye Daisies: