Evidence of a successful hatch.
Wednesday, July 29, 2009
Hatchlings
Tuesday, July 28, 2009
More of GNP
A lovely salmon colored Indian Paintbrush was growing everywhere in the Park. I love salmon colored flowers.
The south side of Josephine Lake. We hiked around this lake and then the lake on the other side of the mound of trees in the center of this picture. It was a 7+ mile hike.
A little grizzly cub along the river. He caused a major traffic jam on a windy two lane road. I took this picture from the truck and across the river so he's not in focus. It was too dangerous to get out of the truck for a closer shot. We didn't see the mother griz, but I suspect she was in the brush.
The south side of Josephine Lake. We hiked around this lake and then the lake on the other side of the mound of trees in the center of this picture. It was a 7+ mile hike.
A little grizzly cub along the river. He caused a major traffic jam on a windy two lane road. I took this picture from the truck and across the river so he's not in focus. It was too dangerous to get out of the truck for a closer shot. We didn't see the mother griz, but I suspect she was in the brush.
Monday, July 27, 2009
Golf in Glacier NP
Tuesday, July 21, 2009
Gotcha!
Monday, July 20, 2009
Sunday, July 19, 2009
We're jammin'
Friday, July 17, 2009
Red taters
This morning's harvest. We harvested over 10# last weekend and have been eating potato salad, scalloped potatoes and hash browns. None of the russets have been dug yet so we still have bakers in our future.
(Sorry Debara, the potato plants couldn't wait for you to recover from shoulder surgery. Next year.)
Thursday, July 16, 2009
Found him
What a surprise for me when I opened the front door and almost stepped on the "big boy". I tried to rescue him by picking him up, but he felt like a thin water balloon full of goop. It wasn't a pleasant feeling and I'm normally not squeamish about carrying frogs, small toads, little birds, etc., but this was just icky. I had to use the dust pan method.
Wednesday, July 15, 2009
Garden life
The "big boy". I look for him every year and this morning Hubby nearly ran over him with the Mule as he rested on the asphalt. By the time we came back from our walk he was gone.
New in the garden this year is kohlrabi. I've never even eaten it before so we'll see if it merits space in next year's garden.
Another pollinator, the European honey bee. We had so few of them last year, I'm glad to see they've found the garden this year.
New in the garden this year is kohlrabi. I've never even eaten it before so we'll see if it merits space in next year's garden.
Finally some pollinators on the Hill although I would prefer this bumbler visited my pepper and winter squash plants instead of this wild bergamot.
Another pollinator, the European honey bee. We had so few of them last year, I'm glad to see they've found the garden this year.
We had another bear sighting yesterday evening thanks to Cali and her uber guard dog behavior. The minute she was let outside to lay on the lawn she started barking her head off and looking up the hill. Sure enough, there was a young cinnamon colored bear ambling up the hill. No time to get my camera as we had to try and get Cali to quit following the bear.
Monday, July 13, 2009
Fur and feathers
Sunday, July 12, 2009
Saturday, July 11, 2009
This is the worst possible place...
...to lay your eggs. The common nighthawk that flies above our house every night has nested behind the crabapple trees. Normally I would be thrilled about this, but Cali has flushed this bird 3 mornings in a row on our daily walk. I finally investigated why this bird is always on the ground there and found these 2 eggs and all of the bird's tail feathers. Cali will now have to walk on leash until these babies fledge.
Wednesday, July 8, 2009
Tuesday, July 7, 2009
Sweet peas
Monday, July 6, 2009
Shelling peas
Sunday, July 5, 2009
Last one out is a rotten egg...
Saturday, July 4, 2009
Friday, July 3, 2009
garlic harvest
Thursday, July 2, 2009
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