One of the many wonderful things about spending so much time out in the garden is that I get to experience many brushes with nature. I see gorgeous butterflies, buzzing bees, cool bugs, singing birds. We’ve also seen raccoons, skunks, and a male turkey doing a mating dance, hilarious!! I’ve even seen a beaver! Yes, that’s right. I wasn’t in my garden, but one day I saw a beaver chewing on a tree branch on the side of the road just a couple miles from my house. That was a first. I didn’t get video of that, but I took a few pictures.

Check out my cool encounters below and let me know what interesting things you see in your garden.