Rudbeckias and Pansies

Finally our perennials in the garden are starting to bloom. Everyday it seems the plants come to life a little more. The robins, chickadees and grackles have babies and mums and dads are busy feeding the hungry young. Even the chipmunks have three off spring this year. The mummy chipmunk protects her private stash of peanuts that my husband gives her and she fights off any young that get too close to the treasure. The pansies are so colorful and the black eyed Susie's are beautiful. 

                                  

  

Here is the 16x20 painting of summer, in bloom, barely, in our garden.