cooling off in the woods

We went for a walk in the woods the other day. It was supposed to be cooler. Well it was but not cool enough for me.Fall is in the air, the leaves are just showing signs of changing. The yellow daisies and later flowers are out now. Funny how in Spring the flowers are yellow, daffodils, primroses etc, now again in Fall the Black eyed Susies and many others are yellow, a deeper yellow like Sunflowers. Anyway, we went to the playground but there were a few people there and Reina asked to go for a walk so off we went.


This pond is on one side and there are a couple more in the same area. This one has Water lily on it. Lots of turtle but they were shy

I wanted dragon fly but they didn't cooperate. So I got a water lily instead

A lovely reflection on this pond of the barn across the way

I can do without the heat but will miss summer walks in the woods and days on the beach. With Fall coming and back to school we must make the most of the last days of summer


I love taking pictures of the wildflowers. Seldom see wildlife because of those two rowdy young ones. Was the same when mine were kids.
This is not Queens Annes Lace.........I think of it as Cow Parsley, not sure of the correct name

A pretty close up

This is the weed/daisy thats in my garden


I mean, its not that we do a lot but I have to think the kids will remember the time we spent with them.

See the beauty in simple things, it all around us.



Close up of the wasp

The sky was beautiful and strange. Looked like a rasher of bacon





We were pooped,amazing that it was only in the 70s and should have been cool after the high temps this summer but.........too much for us. We left the park and managed to get away without going back to the playground by me tempting them with ice cream. We went to Moomers................yum!!!!

Tristen's Weekend With Auntie Laura...........

Tristen went to Auntie Laura this weekend. I don't think he has been for about 3 weeks. So this weekend was so much fun for him. On Saturday they went The Festival Of Trees. Its an annual thing that's done for charity. They happened to have a petting zoo this year. He seems to really like animals. Maybe its because we always throw him together with them because we all do. Anyway, he will grow up around animals and learning to respect them. He will learn to be safe around them and how to treat them right. He loves our poodles but they are small and I still have to keep him at a distance. He really loves Bodi though, she is a bit bigger and so soft she would not hurt a fly. Looks like they may have stopped at Gander Mtn On Sunday they went for a walk along a trail close to Laura's house. He loves being out in the woods and here is a lovely picture of him and their dog Charlie. I love that picture. A boy needs a dog and I am tempted to get another one just so he can have one of his own. It would be rather difficult being as we already have 4 poodles. Laura says that he and Charlie chase each other around the house. He tries to do that with Bijou but it just scares her. Bodi cant run fast enough so that's out and the small ones are just too scared of getting hurt. Anyway they had a grand old time. Down by the lake, he always finds a stick. That's Granddad's fault, he always grabs a walking stick. Later they had a Moomers Ice cream.............he loves his icecream. So that's his weekend. He is a fortunate little boy to have such a great auntie and uncle who do fun things with him.