Mother's Day walkabout

We had a beautiful Mother's Day, so we went for a walk after Church. We went to Price Nature Center, of course. It's so close and so awesome. I love how different it looks each time we go. I could think about taking up jogging if I could go there all the time - but then I remember that I would have kids in tow and maybe they wouldn't be able to keep up. Anyway... The weather was perfect and we had a nice time seeing all the flowers, bugs, and green trees.

This is how she does Peek-a-Boo now. She doesn't bother covering her eyes.

Kevin was pointing out the frogs in the water so all the kids got down to look for them.

Can you see it in the middle of the picture?

Sky of gray.

Back on the 12th of May, I took these pictures from my back yard.

I just loved the dark sky, the clouds, and the trees.

Just thought I'd share.

Rainy day pictures.

I just had to take some pictures the other day. It was raining but looked really neat. So I thought I would share. It made me happy to take some pictures - I don't do it nearly as much as I did on the island and I miss it.

We had a robin couple build a nest at the top of a gutter, under the protection of the roof. They ended up having 4 babies and they grew really quickly. They have left the nest - one morning they just weren't there anymore. There is one still around the house that flies a bit but hops around and is still being fed by the parents. I don't know what happened but it has been neat to watch it.


Here's the fat baby bird.


I loved the look of the haze.




New growth on our pine trees, with pine cones and rain drops.

Drops in a puddle in our front yard.

The only yellow tulip in our yard. We had one other tulip, a red one, but it's gone already. I really want to plant more for next year. We'll see.

These little delicate flowers are growing in our front plot.

My neighbors red maple. There are lots of these around town and I really like them, with the green contrast of the other tress and the grass.