The cast of characters and activities is slowly but surely changing with the seasons. Please send your photos to editor@gazettejournal.net.

Heuchera in the afternoon sun and allium, sent by Alexander Wilson of Moon.

Raccoon in the bird bath, sent by Tom Bernard of Zanoni. Tiger lilies, sent by Karen Borja, Gloucester. Beautiful cloud over the Piankatank River viewed from the home of Karen and Spencer McNeil, Harcum.

Tuggie’s flowers, sent by Mary Pope of Mathews. “Birdseed makes me feel sleepy,” seemingly said the napping squirrel at Mary Bourne’s home in Bena. Tropical Rock trumpet flower sent by Melissa Kellum of Mathews.

An African violet from Jim and Kathy Phillips of Gloucester. Sunflower sent by Cheryl Battle of Bavon. Susan Jones took this photo of black-bellied whistling ducks near her home in Onemo.

A blooming cactus at the home of Joy Wilson, Gloucester. Shirley Faison of Cobbs Creek has beautiful lilies in her yard. Roses from a Mathews County listing offere...