Walking to the zoo with friends

International Migratory Bird Day at the zoo

Why is the rhubarb red?

Kindergarten graduation

Outside for chickens, kids

Old horse pasture, nettles in foreground, which Mommy was harvesting

Playground 1

Shelf fungus hat

Putting on gloves to help pick nettle leaves off stems for sauteeing. This lasted 2 minutes.

Barbecue party on Bird Creek

Birthday party

Rosemary rides

Early spring wildflower hike in the mountains with one of Ava's classmate's family

The big find was coltsfoot flowers, which appear before the leaves.

Backwards hiking

Nettle harvesting and playground, part 2

"A 'ceratops did this to me." (the answer is"wet sand")

First outside dinner of the year

Her idea...

Playground part 3

Corn

"Dad, what's that word again for someone who really likes to make fire?" Charcoal grill as brazier.

Memorial Day hike up Flattop Mountain (Mommy, Daddy, and Rosemary); and adjacent Peak Two for Ava and our neighbor. The yellow arrow in the inset topo map below shows approximately where the trails for the backside of Flattop Mountain and Peak Two diverge. Mommy, Daddy, and Rosemary could look across the valley and see Ava and Sue ascending the snow field, where they are barely visible dots in the red circle in the photo. Ava and Sue went up and over Peak Two and descended in the valley between Peak Two and Peak Three. Ava climbed Flattop with Daddy last year (via the more difficult "front side" northern route), and this was her first ascent of Peak Two. Yesterday was Rosemary's first ascent of Flattop. She did amazingly well.

 Rosemary touches the woolly inflorescence of Pedicularis lanata

Exploring the (flat) summit