Echo

We were in VT last week for a family vacation.  One of the days we took the kids to Echo and they had an absolute blast. 

Kids at the water table!  Patrick mostly wanted to splash but Natalie was fixated w/ the little boats and making it rain and diverting the water flow.  Future engineer?

Or Maybe there is a future Archaeologist in our midst.  Both kids were thrilled to don the safety goggles and dig for a bit.  Fortunately they grew tired of freeing the small whale from the stone w/ paint brushes before their Dad & I lapsed into a boredom coma :)

And Natalie checks out the Rat Snake!

Trying this again

I rarely take lunch these days and it's a bad habit and slippery slope.  So, I'm going to try to take at least 15 minutes every day - for sanity!  Today, since it's raining I'm going to toss a few pictures up and try to get back into the groove of blogging.  Here are some shots from early this month in the back yard.

Driving is very serious business!

The Hummingbird Moth - this thing showed up a few days ago and is having a love affair with my butterfly bush. I have to admit it had us pretty darn puzzled! Thank goodness for Google!