Blog

  • Oh My

    Oh My

    This little great horned owlet has a little handkerchief she is holding up to her mouth as a shy gesture – you will need to expand photo to see the hanky.  After a minute she flew off and landed high in a dead tree.  Little peanut is just getting her wings.

  • Julie, Peter, Anna, Alex, Abby, Avery and Claire come for a Visit!!

    Julie, Peter, Anna, Alex, Abby, Avery and Claire come for a Visit!!

    Aunt Julie Discussing Life with Claire while Alex, Abby look on and Avery pulls for attention We had a wonderful time last night with all the little Riley’s.  Check it out: Alex and Claire Claire Tango and Claire (Uh oh) Julie, Alex, Abby, Claire and Avery Anna, Peter and Claire Avery Anna, Peter and…

  • We’re in Sedona, Arizona!!

    We’re in Sedona, Arizona!!

    Here with my eight college friends from Hollins.  We’ve been friends for 47 years and still going strong.   Sedona is a magnificent, serene, beautiful piece of heaven and we are having the time of our lives.  Here are a few photos – best viewed if you click on each photo: From left:  Karen…

  • Curious Bluebird in Valley Forge

    Curious Bluebird in Valley Forge

    This beautiful bluebird landed right next to me as I was standing in the woods in Valley Forge.  At first he didn’t know I was there, but then I shifted my feet and pointed my big lens in his direction.  He, at first pretended he didn’t see me, but then got brave and looked…

  • Headlight Over the Horizon

    Headlight Over the Horizon

    I was taking a picture of the wildflowers at dusk tonight in Valley Forge when a car was coming my way.  Sometimes it just works.

  • Ken’s Bench

    Ken’s Bench

    It is Easter Weekend and Yumiko came home from New York to celebrate.  A few months ago we ordered a bench to be placed at Ken’s grave site in Valley Forge.  It was recently installed and Yumiko, Barb Reid (Ken’s first wife and dear friend) and I went to visit.  We planted three hyacinth…

  • The Babies Have Arrived!!

    The Babies Have Arrived!!

    I may be arrested for this, but I brought home a few praying mantis egg sacs from the fields of Valley Forge last fall.  I’ve done this for the last several years.  Shhhhhhhhh.  I put them in a glass jar with a little saran wrap on top and punched little air holes so there…