Virgil!!!!

Came home and found a friend!!!!

We think it's the female that has been living in the barn!!!!

No more feet for him :) !!!

His girl is sooooo excited!!!!

Isn't life grand?!?!

Celebrating T#1...

Happy Birthday!

My sweet firstborn child!!!

 You are my sunshine!

I love you bunches!!!

Grands...

Taylor and I, share the day with four of them...

 Hucky, Spike, Caroline & Esther climb...

 And count...

 $121,29 in B'ma's coin jar...

And with cousin Matt, play with Grampa Jim's rope tape... 

Just a fun-filled day!!!

Hector...

And Tara...

 On a training mission...

 Spike holds the prey on a line, then release...

And Hector attacks, in spite of a robin's heckling...

 Tara secures Hector...

 And lets him enjoy his victory.

Sweet Success!!!

By Evening...

Clouds dress the mountain...

 A batch of strawberry-rhubarb jam cools...

And TJ grills a delicious dinner...

Simply, a perfect close to our day!!!!

Cleaning Up...

By the swing where the kids play...

 Piles of junk want moving!

 TJ joins me...

 And together...

We begin to create a safe space...for possibilites!!!

Slim Pickings...

Taunia, Esther, neighbor Lilly, Caroline, Spike, Huck & I...

 Head out to do some...

 Berry picking...

 Huck eats the 'perfect' ones...

But our buckets fill slowly...

The kids together fill one then off to play, while Taunia...

 And I each fill only one.

Still...a good time!

 A half crate of sweet strawberries, fun memories...
And a bit of sweet anticipation!

 

Jasmine...

And Candlelight...

More...Scent-sations!



The Rose...

City...

 From Portland's Washington Park...

 Rose Gardens!

 We wander through the grandeur...

Candace & I... 

As sweet perfume...

And harp music fill the air...

A festival...

 For our senses!!!

Mother Nature's creations!

Then, home in the quiet yard...

We savor our own creations!
Perfect!

Storm...

Clouds gather...

Promising!!!

An Uncle...

And his Boy-o...

Goofin' Off!!!

After Days....

The clouds part...

 The mountain appears.

 Can one take too many pictures?

When each reveals...

 Yet another...

 Perspective...

Of her majesty???