Late Christmas Fun

Colin in the park

My sister and her son were here this weekend for an after Christmas visit. My parents and I had a Christmas celebration on that day, but we had most fun when Erin and Colin came to visit. Erin lives in California so we don't see her all that often and now that she has a son, it is harder for her to travel, so we were happy she came. Colin is the cutest boy ever! He is not a big talker, but is good at Mama and Dog.

Mommy demostrating horse. Giddiup

He was so much fun to be around, it is a big let down now that they are gone. I wish that they lived closer. Colin liked his Christmas gift from me which was a hand crocheted Hobby Horse. He could not hold it upright, but could pick it up and carry it around upside down, which I was impressed with. I made the eyes out of lampwork buttons, they are OK, but I'm proud of them none the less.

Nice Horsey

More Little Critters

In early June I visited my mom and dad's extended family in Texas. My sister brought her adorable 7 month old Colin to see everyone. Colin was such a good baby and a trooper with all the changes in his routine: airline flights, car rides and tons of new strangers. He has huge brown eyes and they find that camera while getting pictures of him. He is a little ham.





He started eating solids better while we were in Texas, here he is with his favorite, a Texas Peach. He attacked that peach like it was the last food in the world.

The last photo of him is in Lubbock, Texas at Prairie Dog Town with his mom, my sister Erin. This is a place set aside for Prairie Dogs to be protected. They are free to move in and out of the area and in fact, in the photo below with the green grass, they had tunneled under the fence to the other side. They are pretty cute.









When I got home, I got another photo of a Chickedee. I think this is the best one yet, but still a little blurry.

Botanical Gardens

This weekend my sister and her son were up visiting. We went to the Botanical Gardens in Bellevue Washington. It has a great collections of ferns, trees, flowers, a Japanese Garden and a native garden. This purple flower was my favorite one there, it is a Pasque Flower.

This cool leaf bud looked so cool. I have made it black and white just for fun. It is a very pretty sage green color. The texture is amazing. I suspect this is a Magnolia, but I'm not sure.

These daffodils were really pretty. I have done a sepia treatment on the photos and it turned out really neat. I like the little bit of yellow showing through the sepia treatment. I'm thinking of printed this one for my house.

My nephew learning about Rhododendrons. Colin really loved being at the gardens and was so intrigued by everything.

This just about to blossum cherry tree had some great pink colors.

This snowdrop plan has just beautiful little blossoms. I like the green tip ends of the petals.