Week ~3

Blue

Summertime Swingin

my little boy...lost his 1st top tooth!

he had some help from his skateboard
and our sidewalk :o)


A snaggletoothed summer..my favorite

We're fortunate to have one of the sweetest friends

and homeschooling families around

live near us..And now we look foward to welcoming

a precious new member of their family with open arms and the best of wishesYou are loved, my friend

Watercolor Resist

Needed:

white watercolor paper

white wax crayon

watercolors

the wax from the crayon will "resist" the watercolor

52 weeks ~week 2

of natural me

Laughter and Bubbles

dancing in a field of clover matrix moves (a few tears)and then some worms, those too
I love this girl

52 weeks ~week 1

taking a moment each week to flip the direction of my camera and focus...

on me

My Iris Garden in the afternoon light...

makes me happy and so do weeds

when being hauled away by my little helper :o)Meg helps toosome work will have to wait

as Kobe found a rainbow to dream under...So here are some shots I took last yr

of precious robin nestlings We're tickled that mama Robin decided our porch

was a safe place to build her nest this spring

and directly above our hammock too!3 little Robin's hungrily chirping On the opposite end of the porch,

while replacing rafter boards

we found this nest tucked away

holding one single egg...

we wait for mama to come back

and we're filled with hope

Friendship

I was excited to see this shot featured over at the fabulous Shutter Sisters :o)

http://shuttersisters.com/onewordproject/2010/5/7/everyday-by-shona-leah.html#comments

Thank-you for yours

It Rained...and rained

It was a dark and stormy day,

the banks, formerly known as our backyard

swirled in a muddy mass and beckoned us to set sail...There was a hint of sadness as we made these,

knowing that at that moment rescue boats

covered areas of our community that we

love and travel frequently

While our city is under 50ft of water I'm thankful the rain only brought my family extra large puddles

onto which we set sail our origami canoesthis canoe has a motor apparentlyThen they wanted a faster pace another tryit escapes the rocks!Kyle setting to sail his wooden boat

After all of our paper canoes capsized and tore apart
The boys decided to race leaf boats We also inspected a damp log teeming with life,

there we found fungi, a tiny spider hanging from it's web

a snail, pillbugs, ants, a centipede

wonderful decomposers in our backyard! and Kobe found a firefly

as Kyle broke out his

"I need an icee" face Maya splashed in puddles

Our thoughts are with those affected by this flooding