06-SEP-2008
A Walk in the Woods
Only a few more weeks and these leaves will be brilliant fall colors, but for now, the forest is still deep green.
05-SEP-2008
The Lake
We're spending the weekend at Stonewall Jackson Resort in a cabin on the lake. It is very nice and quiet here. We walked back from dinner at the lodge tonight and saw a beaver swimming in the lake. He slapped his tail and dove twice. The sunset was really pretty and it is very relaxing.
04-SEP-2008
Caterpillars
Ben calls these "paterpillars". I was out taking pictures and saw these all over the butterfly weed plant in my yard. I think they are monarchs. I collected 4 of them and went to Walmart and bought a "butterfly treehouse." Hopefully, I can keep them alive long enough for them to go through their lifecycle and turn into butterflies.
01-SEP-2008
The End is Near
Unfortunately, this is what happens to flowers when I plant them in pots around my house. It all starts well, and I keep them watered and trimmed up. But then I go on vacation, or it gets hot and I get busy, and before you know it, they are shriveled up and brown. But since it is the first of September, I know they didn't have much longer to bloom anyway. There's always next year.
