Thursday, May 28, 2009

Sleepover

Last weekend my 3 neices came to our place for a sleepover. It was a weekend of seeing lots of baby animals. Friday evening we went to Daryl and Brenda's to see their conglomeration of baby ducks, geese, chicks, and turkeys.
Matt and Sam holding a baby turkey and a duckling (I think:)
Here's the mix!

Katrina with a gosling

Looks like Sam and the gosling are getting along just fine!:)

Karissa with a gosling

Matt and a duckling? Or maybe it's a gosling?


Saturday morning my three neices and I walked about a mile down to our neighbor's pond to see the swan babies there.

It turned out the daddy swan was rasing the three babies, and he was a bit protective, as we found out.

Poor Katrina got marooned on the little island, and we had a difficult time diverting Mr. Swan's attention long enough for her to jump back to safety!

Aren't they cute?

We made one more stop at another neighbor's farm to see their kittens.

When it was time to take the girls home, we stopped along the road to see this cute little guy. He was curious but skittish, so we didn't really get a chance to pet him.


Wednesday, May 27, 2009

Spring in the Air

I don't get tired of the beautiful spring colors and sights (as you've probably figured out by now:). One evening I went for a walk once again, and the following pictures show some of what I saw.
Our magnolia tree

Sixty-some chicks that Dad brought home from work

What they'll look like in time:)


Pink dogwood tree at the end of our walks

Dad working in the "small" garden

Mom posing for me on the front porch:)

Tree peony near our front door

Irises near the greenhouses on the way out the lane

About 20 minutes into my walk

May apples in the woods


Look-alikes??


I'm told my neice and I look alike/have similar personalities. Can you see it here??:)