Just Lots of Pictures

Showing off that Uncle Tim's Christmas present fits.

Caroline "helping" to stack 4 of the 10 cords of firewood for this year.

Red Hot Poker Plant in bloom.

Blurry picture...this pup stands about as still as the 3 year old.

Caroline's oldest friend, Z man; they are "pulling" funny faces.

Mom does this pose look familiar?

Mountain Laurel - one of my favorite up here, I like the angularness of the blooms in contrast to the rounded edges of the dark green leaves.
Fox glove forest.
Father's Day with Z man, Z's dad, Caroline, and her dad fishing.

I Got The Hint

Lots of stuff happening in the gardens currently, to be posted later. At the point of time these pictures were taken, not much was happening yet.

Daddy made his "little princess" a crown. Tater and Lili were there for the acceptance ceremony.
Amid the grand fanfare, the newly crowned princess couldn't help but throw her arms up with a big "Hooray"
Come to find out my poppy isn't very unusual at all; just to me, not having grown them before. But I thought this was a decent picture with the dew still lingering.
I love the way Mother Nature puts so many different types of beauty into her creations.
I was in the kitchen doing dishes and talking to my mom, when I heard great squeals of laughter coming from the yard below the deck. I knew Caroline was playing in her little sandbox and had to go see what her latest creation was that had tickled her so. This is what I saw when I looked over the railing. Tater's curiosity couldn't be contained any longer and he jumped into the sandcastle making process to "help"