Monday, July 26, 2010

meeting Jed, puppy of friends


meeting Jed, originally uploaded by hobbitsmama.

backyard tomatoes


backyard tomatoes, originally uploaded by hobbitsmama.

rose of sharon


backyard, originally uploaded by hobbitsmama.

cousins


cousin nora, originally uploaded by hobbitsmama.

sailfest onboard peacemaker


sailfest on peacemaker, originally uploaded by hobbitsmama.

sailfest peacemaker


sailfest peacemaker, originally uploaded by hobbitsmama.

sailfest fried dough!


sailfest fried dough!, originally uploaded by hobbitsmama.

sailfest


sailfest, originally uploaded by hobbitsmama.

fireworks night


fireworks night, originally uploaded by hobbitsmama.

fireworks night


fireworks night, originally uploaded by hobbitsmama.

ready for fireworks


fireworks night, originally uploaded by hobbitsmama.

fireworks night


fireworks night, originally uploaded by hobbitsmama.

fireworks night


fireworks night, originally uploaded by hobbitsmama.

Cousin N and Aunt R with L. Having a snack before the annual Sailfest fireworks.

big helper


big helper, originally uploaded by hobbitsmama.

first tomatoes from the garden

on the beach at Harkness


on the beach, originally uploaded by hobbitsmama.

We brought a little picnic lunch to Harkness and it was so nice and cool in the shade. A woodpecker came and pecked at the tree above us. We took a little walk on the marsh trail to the bird blind .. saw the ospreys hunting, a great blue heron, a piping plover (!), egrets, cormorants, goldfinches, song sparrows .. and a pair of oystercatchers .. I was kicking myself for not bringing my zoom lens. Then we took a walk on the beach and talked to one of the park rangers .. unfortunately dogs got to some of the plover nests this year but they were waiting on another nest of eggs so .. fingers crossed. We watched the common terns fishing right along the beach in front of us. Beautiful day.

picnic at Harkness


picnic, originally uploaded by hobbitsmama.

running at the track


running at the track, originally uploaded by hobbitsmama.

cool bug


cool bug, originally uploaded by hobbitsmama.

baby common grackle being fed

watching volleyball


watching volleyball, originally uploaded by hobbitsmama.

classic car show


classic car show, originally uploaded by hobbitsmama.

bee on echinacea


bee on echinacea, originally uploaded by hobbitsmama.

RI hike


RI hike, originally uploaded by hobbitsmama.

RI hike


RI hike, originally uploaded by hobbitsmama.

Went for a nice hike along Beach Pond in RI. (Then of course, we made a stop at Buttonwood Farm for ice cream.) We heard lots of thrushes as we walked the trail. We are all listening to bird cds to try and learn bird song .. so we were able to identify wood thrushes and hermit thrushes by song. We also heard a lot of red-eyed vireos as we walked but could not find them in the tree canopy. We did get to watch a kingbird fishing. Very beautiful hike .. hope to make it further next time.

Tuesday, July 20, 2010

pipsissewa


pipsissewa, originally uploaded by hobbitsmama.

plunge pond


plunge pond, originally uploaded by hobbitsmama.

plunge pond


plunge pond, originally uploaded by hobbitsmama.

plunge pond


plunge pond, originally uploaded by hobbitsmama.

leopard frog


plunge pond, originally uploaded by hobbitsmama.

plunge pond


plunge pond, originally uploaded by hobbitsmama.

plunge pond


plunge pond, originally uploaded by hobbitsmama.

dragonfly


dragonfly, originally uploaded by hobbitsmama.

white memorial museum


museum white memorial, originally uploaded by hobbitsmama.

great crested flycatcher


great crested flycatcher, originally uploaded by hobbitsmama.

bantam lake path


bantam lake, originally uploaded by hobbitsmama.

bantam lake


bantam lake, originally uploaded by hobbitsmama.

looking up in the a.m.


looking up in the a.m., originally uploaded by hobbitsmama.

morning campfire


morning campfire, originally uploaded by hobbitsmama.

sunset


sunset, originally uploaded by hobbitsmama.

barn swallow


barn swallow, originally uploaded by hobbitsmama.

evening hike


evening, originally uploaded by hobbitsmama.

s'mores


s'mores, originally uploaded by hobbitsmama.

camp


camp, originally uploaded by hobbitsmama.

beautiful butterfly


beautiful butterfly, originally uploaded by hobbitsmama.

hanging out at the campfire


hanging out at the campfire, originally uploaded by hobbitsmama.

our frog catcher ...


poking around nature center, originally uploaded by hobbitsmama.

resting in a field of clover


poking around nature center, originally uploaded by hobbitsmama.

baby bluebirds


baby bluebirds, originally uploaded by hobbitsmama.

Camping!


setting up camp, originally uploaded by hobbitsmama.

Setting up our campsite .. well, and having lunch. Gorgeous huge site ..