Spring is a wonderful time to go hiking here! No ticks or mosquitoes, still get to wear jackets... Taking the less traveled paths also seemed appropriate for this "shelter at home" or "quarantine" time. These paths through the ravine to the river we wouldn't have found on a summer or fall day. It was lovely.
Found 2 sets of tracks by the river's edge!
We've been bringing a small nature journal backpack along on our hikes and taking a little break to draw a little. Ly and I did this time, while Kevin, Kj, and Mn climbed a hillside on a fallen tree.
Kj discovered this really cool looking thing. We weren't sure what it was, but she found it on a juniper tree. The following pictures are of it broken open and then pinched between my fingers...maybe not smart, but I didn't think of that until midway through the pinching. I looked it up this evening and found that it is a gall. A growth, a disease. Thankfully, it was really hard to find another one...feeling like we should go back and dispose of others though.
Returned home for lunch and work on our garden beds. The biggest in the forefront we put together last week. Today we made the 3-section compost area and the tiny garden bed in the middle of them. It's been fun over the years in our house to add improvements to the yard and garden. The boards over the top are basically to keep the straw from blowing away until we get the plants and such in.
The finale of the day was "nice cream" and the 2nd half of Mary Martin as Peter Pan. Even Kevin was able to have it! Just didn't add any m&ms to his portion. This batch was salted caramel nice cream with caramel sauce. Mmm! Kj eats "nice cream". If you know Kj she WILL NOT eat bananas, she tastes them in everything that their put in, but for some reason this works. She won't have seconds, but will eat a full portion! Win-win here!
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I loved seeing your nature walks and all the fun stuff you did while in the woods! Beautiful drawings, nice idea to bring a nature journal! Miss you! -Zac
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