August 18

August 17

We just spent a long weekend at camp. Here are three photos from the first day there. Camp is in a remote part of the state. It's a 2-1/2 hour drive from where we live & the last hour is on dirt logging roads & then a 1/2 mile hike in on a path since we can't drive. The views are worth it though.

August 14

This photo is a bit blurry but the bird was simply not cooperating! I was sitting on our porch reading & enjoying the stillness & coolness of the day. I started hearing this picking noise & saw this bird up in the tree just a few feet away. I tried taking the photo from the porch but my camera kept picking up the screening. I had to go outside to get this one so I had to be quite. :-) I was doing well until my dog came to bark at the noise. Oh well!

August 13

This isn't the best photo I've taken, but I wanted to get a picture of a nice full bird feeder. The birds are very active around here & as of this posting (a few days after I took the photo) it's in need again.

August 7

Nothing says summer more than a tire swing - even if it's a plastic one. My boys love this swing. We originally had it hung up with a rope. It broke a few months ago. We then hung it up by this chain. That broke too after a little while of use. It was fixable as well. The boys spend hours out here. Poor B is starting to get a bit too big for it. Notice that there is no grass whatsoever anywhere near it. Needless to say, it gets hours of use by all three boys.

August 3

We have had the threat of thunder storms all day today. As I was driving home these clouds caught my eye. This was about a mile from my house. I actually didn't have my camera with me (gasp!) so I raced home, got the camera, & raced back praying the clouds would look the same. They did. The photo really doesn't do them justice at all! They looked like puffy marshmallows just painted there in the sky. I felt like I could reach out & touch them.

August 1

We have a discount store that sells surplus from other stores. They had these knock-off Crocs for kids for under $5 each!!! I outfitted my two youngest & my nephew & then had to take a photo of their feet. I'm loving the fact that my three year old can now get his own feet dressed. Yeah!