Thursday, August 29, 2013

Its a butterfly, Mom. Get over it!


The title pretty much says it all...I found out a few things during our walk yesterday:


Alex can be very snarky!! (in a good way!)
Moms that bring cameras on walks are lame! 
(Moms who stop every couple of seconds to try and get a picture of the butterfly
that was following us are ridiculous.  So bad in fact, that teenage boys will not wait on them...apparently can't even be seen with/near them.)
 
Never did catch the butterfly.

Alex only walked with me the first 2 miles and delcared he was done.
The last two were by myself. I stopped way too much to try and get pictures...so many things to see. 
 
Dappled sunligh is my favorite!
 
 
It has to be said...I LOVE clouds!!
 
 

 

 


I love this time of year! Cool breezes, the whitest, puffiest clouds I have ever seen. 
Still hot, but not too hot. 

Leaves so subtly beginning to change...
  



 
 
 
       
 
   
I love this walk.  4 miles round trip.  So many pretty things to see.

Tuesday, August 27, 2013

August flowers



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Bray  -  my little photobomber...if there is a camera nearby,
he will do his best to get himself in the shot!  Love him!!
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Goodnight!
 
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Friday, August 23, 2013

The Bamboo Forest


We decided to go ahead and try to get a few miles in today.  Even though the sky looked liked it would bust open at any moment.

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They just got this finished this week.  With all this rain we have had this year,
can't wait to see water flowing over all these rocks.
 

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I usually turn around here...but today, I decided to keep on going......
 
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(By this point...Alex had already run back to the car.)
 I walked on in the rain...

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and was rewarded by this.....
 
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and this.....

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I did not know that bamboo smelled so sweet! 
It was so thick in here the temperature dropped by 10 degrees at least.

a little stream off to the side...right past the biggest cobweb that I didn't see, only felt!

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Came out on the other side...it is now pouring down rain!! 
I am running back to the car with my camera under my shirt. 

Safe back at home!!
Only walked about 2 miles, but it was so nice!!