4-4-09

Today, I discovered this beauty in my back yard. I transplanted several last year, when I came across a new road being cut through their home, and I just couldn't bear to see them killed. Today we took a walk in the woods. If you click on the picture you may be able to *just* make out a black dot or two...red-tailed hawks catching the currents above the mountain.

And...*what* we were doing on our walk up the mountain...mushroom hunting! This one was my find...one of the most photogenic mushrooms we found today. ; )

3-25-09

Blooming willows, and an old house. When we were kids we pretended it was haunted, but the worst thing we actually ever found there were snake eggs. lol Quince bushes blooming.

The willow tree. I LOVES that green!

Forsythia bushes blooming.

And last, a plum tree in bloom.

Bringing in Spring!

Spring green is my favourite color! Anna and I spent the day building rock piles in the woods...part of the day, anyway. : )

My flowers finally bloomed! It seems like they took FOREVER this year...I'm so glad to see them!

These have been bloomed for almost a week now. They're in the front yard, and bloomed earlier.

03-09-09

We went out yesterday, and I have lots of nice new pictures to share. : ) I LOVE LOVE LOVE the green of the cress! Spring makes me so happy. : )

A corner, with dead leaves....I thought afterwards I should have tried it with Anna in it, too.

These next few are the view from Copper Ridge...LOVE that view!

Train track and tunnel...and sunbeams! I didn't see the sunbeams until I loaded the pics on the computer...I thought they made the picture nicer.

We came across this coolest old house. There is a sign not too far (about a mile or so) from it that talks about the first settlers moving into the area about 1780, and it wouldn't surprise me a bit if this house wasn't from that era. It's logs, under the siding, but the roof is damaged (on the left in the picture) and the loft is already destroyed, so the floor won't be far behind, then the walls will come down.....it's a shame, it's too nice a house to let fall down. A couple pieces of tin would fix the problem. : (

The house is on one of the rockiest farms I've ever seen. The farmer has picked up all these rocks and piled them (I wondered why he didn't go ahead and make stone walls with them). There were lots of smaller piles around the property, this was the largest and neatest pile...most of the others were just tossed into piles.

03-06-09

We went out today, and Daddy took a new (to us) road. This house was at the end of the road. Also this creek...

and again...

The bridge over the creek.

And the mill standing beside the creek.

We also stopped by a park, with geese floating.

And a bridge to pose on. ; )

An old log in the water.

And DAFFODILS! BLOOMING!!! I LOVE SPRING! : )

This was last night...Emma dressed Oscar in her doll's jacket.

A Girl's Gotta have Some Green!

I LOVES me some green! Especially in Spring! Winter is always so brown and grey...green in spring thrills me to the soul!

Goodnight, Moons!

God Bless the moons! ; ) Late moon.

Early moon.