Be sure and check out all of my posts! I just posted 9 of them because I'm so far behind! Some of them shifted to the older posts.
Even little boys like flowers...
Next we fed ducks at Mission Mill.
Paul requested a pie for his birthday, so we made him 4 of them! There was a lemon meringue, chocolate meringue, banana cream, and an apple pie. Can you tell he's excited to dig in?
I made an early morning trip to my neighbors' to enjoy his western bluebirds. Each year they come to the bird house he puts up. This is the female waiting for her breakfast.
My neighbor has a variety of bird houses to attract different birds.
A gorgeous swallow...
A little bewick's wren singing its morning song...
Another trip to Ankeny with Megan, Andy and Jesse. Can you tell this is one of Jesse's favorite places?
Several of our kids gathered with us and hiked to Shellburg Falls for the day. Anne and Matt came with their dog, Tillie. Paul brought his girlfriend, Kayla. Megan and Andy came with Jesse and discovered that a bike cart is a great way to go on a long hike with a 2 year old.
Jesse had it made. He just sat in the back, took in the scenery, and played with sticks!
The wild irises were gorgeous...especially since they were covered with droplets of water.
Yum...a salmonberry!
The trail down to the viewpoint...
Everything was fresh from the earlier rain.
Bill
Jesse liked his walking stick.
We ended our day with a BBQ of orange crusted salmon (caught by my brother Chris!)
