glimpses of nature

When the pickins' are slim right around the house, weeds count.

There is a super cool walking trail near our community, with a swamp and stream running through. We've seen schools of tadpoles and minnows, turtles sunning themselves on flat rocks, lots of reeds and greenery. The other day, a real deer bounded past us, scared up by a dog. I thought we'd died and gone to National Geographic land.

Papa occasionally brings home desert treasures that we compare to a memory game we have of North American animals.

white-tailed deer antler

javelina tusks

Caracara bird (in the falcon family)

acorn art by Jason - these things are beanie-clad dudes all the way

evidence of spring

sunset behind our community

We're deep in the woods!

Well...not that deep.

playing with the photo editing program - - I'm sure our naked eyes would see these scenes this way if not for light interference, right?