The boys and I are always coming across new and exciting flora and fauna discoveries at home and on our adventures! Check out what we’ve seen lately:
Photography
A break from tree cutting with tree swinging
Squirrel, Evan and hummingbird.
Hummingbird listening in at the music room.
Miniature sunflowers on the deck.
Black-Eyed Susans in the wild flower bed.
Sunflower beauties.
Evan’s admiring the patch of annuals.
More sunflowers.
Gladiolas in bloom.
Lots of sunflower varieties.
A good year for sunflowers.
The yard is full of dragonflies - all colors!
Strawflower.
Pansy.
Waggles posing for the camera.
Scrap wood table for the newly re-screened porch.
Milk snake in the yard
New hair style!
One of our favorite parks in NYC
Quick trip on the Staten Island Ferry
Just Eat It!
In the palm of my hand
Off to Colorado
Home away from home
Hiking above Telluride
Festival stage
Troubadours and Sam Bush (fiddle)
Mike and fellow Troubadours
Around the town of Telluride, CO
Another favorite
Hiking in the rain
Taking a break
Heading to Durango
Hiking in Boulder
First night of homemade sushi
Baby snapper in the yard
A great year for lilacs
Toad in a mulch cave
A field of forget-me-nots
Chickadee listening in at the music room window
Parker didn’t mind the gecko’s exploration
Evan meets my Dad’s gecko
View from Corey’s rooftop
Corey, Mom and Dad....don’t get wet!
San Fran for Thankgiving
After a long hike, the boys just crashed.
What a beautiful place to live!
Sunset on Bow Lake
Sunflower!
Tower of sunflowers!
Yet another sunflower variety.
The sunflower tower is at least 10 feet tall!
Parker Mountain, July 4th
Camping for the afternoon on Parker Mtn.
Topsy Turvy Cherry Tomato Plants
A pair of foxes in the driveway
“Waggles” the raspberry bush flattening porcupine
Pair of Evening Grosbeaks
Evening Grosbeak - the “Superhero” bird
Evening Grosbeak at the feeder
Cedar Waxwings on Parker Mountain
Waggles lives in a rock cave along the driveway
Evan enjoying the spring Irises
Iris in the summer
Pretty purple stuff that the butterflies love
Formerly squirrel-proof, never bear-proof tower
Evan playing in our snow tunnels
Time to warm-up after an afternoon in the snow
Miniature early spring Irises
Crocuses in the spring
Summer bonfire
Baby Parker Blue
Evan Green the snuggler
Parker and Evan ready for hunting season
Parker and Evan celebrate St. Pat’s Day
