April 12, 2010

My garden is growing. The little green leaves and delicate shoots poking out of the soil make me happy.

April 11, 2010

The face of excitement! He just hit a home run!

April 10, 2010

April 9, 2010

On my honor I will do my best,
To do my duty to God and my country and to obey the Scout Law;
To help other people at all times;
To keep myself physically strong, mentally awake, and morally straight.

April 8, 2010

April 7, 2010

It's always good to be able to depend on your spouse to give you a boost! I hope these Wood Storks get their nest built.

April 6, 2010

April 5, 2010

Did you find all your eggs? We usually find a few more eggs months later. We are good hiders of eggs.

April 4, 2010

I love beautiful evening light. This photo is SOOC, no editing at all. I didn't manufacture those sparkly eyes, I just faced her toward the setting sun. I love bright, colorful pictures.

Happy Easter, everyone!

April 3, 2010

Kristie, you were right.

It's a moth of some kind. We actually found two of them yesterday in the backyard. One was sitting on the back of a red, plastic basketball hoop. The other was on a blade of grass. I can't quite figure out what is coming out of his head; looks like feathers. They were just sitting there, then a big gust of wind came and the one, (on the blade of grass) started being blown by the wind. He eventually flew away. The other one just sat there. Ella said she saw the one on the basketball hoop yesterday, so apparently it didn't move much. I wonder why. Perhaps I should find out what kind of moth these are. They are quite large, very hairy, and green.

April 2, 2010

The peacocks must be molting (do they even do that?) because the kids are finding lots of very long, beautiful feathers out at the barn.

April 1, 2010

Make a guess ... what is this?

March 31, 2010

March 30, 2010

Spent a lovely day at the zoo watching the lions, elephants and great apes.

March 29, 2010

Seriously buddy, open your eyes!!

March 23, 2010

I remember as a kid climbing trees in my grandparents backyard. No fear.

March 22, 2010

This is my entry for i heart faces, category: Angles

For this week's photo challenge, we are focusing on unusual angles. Stand higher than your subject, lay on the ground, move to the side, tilt your camera while you are shooting...do what you need to do to give your photo a uniqueness of it's own. A unique angle is what this week is all about.

She loves to climb trees, and we have lots of trees! She comes away with scratched legs and arms and a resolved determination to go higher next time. Please honey, no higher!

Go check out i heart faces for more photos.

March 21, 2010

Look what was buzzing around while we sat outside. In the spring, bees like to bore holes in the wood planks underneath the deck roof. There are small piles of sawdust on the deck under the holes. I'm not sure what they do in those holes, but it is interesting to watch.

March 20, 2010

We took a detour after our soccer games to go have lunch and of course, the kids found plenty of trees to climb on. Thanks Kim, for coming with us.

March 19, 2010

Friday afternoon was so beautiful. Clear, warm, no wind. Add to that no homework, no practices to get to, no games, no deadlines, no obligations. We just played in the backyard and made homemade pizza.