More flowers/butterflies

Here is on of my baskets when I first planted them...

and here they are now! I think they're growing nicely!

I am stalking the eagle. We've only ever seen one at a time, but there was one in the nest, and the other flying around. So exciting!

I love the big tree in this pic. The eagle is to the right.

(Can you tell how much I love using the new camera??:-)

so cute!

We went to see the eagle again. He was showing off big time and it was such a beautiful day!!!

We went to see the eagle yesterday and thought we missed him, but Bill found him in a tree. There were some black birds messing with him (not the smartest thing I've ever seen) and he ended up putting on a good show for us. He flew right over the car at the end (it was raining, so we didn't get out...)!

Just some deer pics...

We took a walk this morning and everything was so pretty with the snow!

Playing after the walk

Brin

Sammy

I love all the beautiful deer around here!

Last night, Sharon and her family got here just as the storm was beginning. It was crazy- hail, wind, rain coming down in buckets... We got everyone in safely, S&K left and I got the kids in bed. Bill had a crazy long day and said he'd be home around 9. I had been calling him to make sure everything was alright and his phone kept going straight to voicemail. 9:30 rolled by and I hadn't heard from him. I waited til 10 and called the pro shop- no answer. So I do what's natural- panic. I called my mom (crying)to have her look up some numbers, then I called his parents (sobbing by this time) who were in bed. They jumped in their car and went to trace where they thought he would have driven. I called Rattlesnake back and tried a few different extensions and finally got the grill room and asked if Bill was there. He was- he picked up the phone and I blurted out,"Where the *&^% have you been?!?!?" (which, in retrospect, was kinda a stupid question). Long story short, he got home around 11, called the inlaws and apologized, and went to bed. The limb in the second picture hit my car and dented the back end a bit- could've been much worse. And to top everything off, we had a house showing today at 2:30, so I spent the kids rest time hauling limbs and trying to make the outside presentable. I'm going to take a nap now! :-)

I took this picture leaving Rattlesnake Ridge. Isn't it neat?

So I sent Bill out to theh car to get some groceries and a few minutes later, find him FROZEN on the walkway. I ask him what's wrong and he can't even talk. It was a garden snake. Now, I do have to admit that when the snake started thrashing around, it was a bit alarming, but I suppose it's supposed to be.

This is the snake chasing Bill around the corner.

the babies are growing up!