a summer walk

each stick was worth grabbing, banging and throwing

a sign that edible mushrooms may be close...
have no fear...we did not eat this one!

no hike is without a mid path dance party

a cool white admiral awaiting to be warmed by the sun

chanterelle!

So it seems that we don't often get off this property of "ours".  With a garden needing constant attention (and not getting it), vegetables piling up for processing, little feet begging to see the "pi - pi -pi" (pig) and "chi-chi-chi" (chickens), a little lady who just needs to be a mama hen and more animals than I can count on fingers and toes to tend....well it takes a lot for us to get up and get out on these summer weekends.  Knowing that our papa bear really needed to get out and into the woods (like woods away from our house) we piled into the car in the wee hours of the morning and headed a bit north for a nice walk in the woods.  There was quite a bit of whining happening (maybe a lot) and at first I thought our trip was destined for disaster...but alas...once we got into that cool forrest, felt those tree kisses (drops of dew that fall on our heads of course!) and started walking... things just fell into place.  We even unexpectedly found ourselves on our very first family mushroom adventure...and let me tell you this was fun.  Real fun....like a grown up easter egg hunt!