Giant Swallowtail

Three Brown Bats

You might say "Ewwww!", but these guys eat mosquitoes!

They can stay!

Hummingbird Moth

Fun on the Farm

Grandkids were all here today.

 Walking on the slackline

 Getting ammo for a water balloon fight

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Ambushing Grandpa!

 

 Gotcha!

 Learning about water

Ice cream time!

I Spy

Ever get that feeling that someone is watching you?

Weather Station Perch

A hawk on the weather station

Indigo bunting

Paddlewheeler on the Columbia River

We have just returned from a trip up the Columbia River gorge.

We traveled on a paddle wheel boat.

The journey included 8 locks.

Ziplining

Kayaking

And jet boating on the Snake River

We saw kite boarders

 Beautiful scenery 

And lovely sunsets.

 We spotted ospreys on nests from the boat

 Turkeys in an orchard along the Snake River

As well as deer cooling off in the shade.

Bighorn sheep watched us sail by from the cliffs.

And of course we saw lots of seabirds!

Sailing the gorge was a unique way to see the area.

MOM! Wait Up!

Here Comes the Sun

Happy 4th of July From the Blue Rock Ranch

Nestlings

There is a cardinal nest in our shrub.

Four eggs

Hatchlings

Three baby cardinals.

The birds have fledged.

One egg didn't hatch.

Slow & Steady