Skyscape

Why does it seem that the sky is so much more beautiful when we are on vacation? Maybe if we looked up more often when at home we would be pleasantly surprised...

Sun dog (had to look this up to make sure). Cool - huh? It's formed by the refraction of sunlight by small ice crystals making up the clouds. We saw two over the weekend.

More backyard horticultural beauty...

If you click on this photo (to make it larger) you can see a cool bug on the bottom of the peony

Shots from around our little piece of Heaven

The boys could throw rocks into the creek for endless hours


My favorite flower there ~ Indian Paintbrush

The sun also rises...

The Zoo

I spent the afternoon at the zoo with my three favorite guys - now that's my kind of birthday!

This photo makes me sad...

More flowers...

Fruit.

These shots are of some of the fruit growing around our yard. I love the baby bunches of grapes - so cute! (You can click on the photos to make them bigger)

Apricots
Cherries
Grapes

Strawberries

Mount Olympus

The boys and I spent the afternoon exploring around the trailhead of Mt. Olympus. I have always been enamored with this mountain. I stare at it every time I pass the north face from the freeway (or just about anywhere in the valley for that matter) and the south side from my backyard. I can't imagine not getting butterflies in my belly when I see it - I hope that never happens... The next time I post photos of this beaut it will be from the summit!