Some old Christmas pictures!

Here is my very first picture with Santa! I was just about 11 months old. The picture is in it's original card!

 

 

I'm not sure of the date of this one...but I sure do remember this dress! The tag in the back of the neck had a sparkly gold embroidered Cinderella coach, and I thought it was just beautiful!

(this sentiment is not reflected in my lovely pout! wonder what made me mad?)

My Gram, my Aunt Donna, my mother and me!

Not sure of the date for this one, either. My mother made my dress. Isn't my brother adorable! And there is Gram, wearing one of her many Christmas aprons!

Me, Gram, and my brother, Johnny.

Dec. 19, 2010

Puddles and Daisy Christmas Joy!

"I SEE that stuffed snowman!!"

"Let me just get in here a little further....."

"I just can't see to pull him out...HELP DADDY"

"Now how do I get outa here and maintain my dignity?"

"PLEASE DADDY, let me have it!!!"   "NO!"  "But Daddy, we worked so hard....."

Steve, the Light Master

"OK, Daisy, leave the stuffed reindeer alone. It's time to wear the Santa hat!"

"oh help me someone, they are trying to KILL me!"

"&%$#$%@#$%$%*&@"

"OK, Puddles, your turn to wear the Santa hat!"

"uh, WRONG, silly humans."

"hee hee hee. While those humans are torturing Puddles with the hat, I'll just have me some tree skirt!"

"uh oh....."

Our adorable "NOEL" bears! A gift from my Mother-in-law!

 

Misc. December birds

December 8, look closely around the bottom of the tree....ROBINS!

Mourning Doves under the kitchen window feeder, Dec. 16...check out that crazy tail!

Cooper's Hawk, Dec. 17

Saturday, December 11, 2010

 The Unsuccessful Attemp of a Family Photo.

(thank you Daisy for making this impossible)

Steve the Lumberjack cuts the Christmas tree down!

Soldier's Delight Hike, November 7, 2010

Steve and Dave

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Oh shucks, didn't see this til we were LEAVING!

One of the mine entrances

Piece of restored track leading to the mine entrance.

Dave and Steve at mine entrance.

Steve at mine entrance.

Kinda scary looking in there! We didn't go past the entrance.

Me catching some water falling out of the rocks.

Serpentine rocks.

Steve at the roots of a huge fallen tree.

Salamander.

Red Dog Lodge sign on the door.

Dave and Steve hangin' out on the porch at Red Dog Lodge.

Here are some pictures of the beautiful and unique landscape of Soldier's Delight.

Soldier's Delight Open House, Dec. 11, 2010

Soldiers Delight Natural Environment Area (NEA) is comprised of 1,900 acres of serpentine barren. The area has over 39 rare, threatened, or endangered plant species as well as rare insects, rocks and minerals. Rare grassland plant species are threatened by invasion of Virginia Pines. Currently, a five year effort of removing 1,000 acres of pines and prescribed burning are underway to return the area to natural serpentine habitat. They offer many environmental education programs, and they have 7 miles of hiking trails.

They have many non-releasable animals and birds that are used in the educational programs. This past Saturday, Steve and I stopped in for their Open House, and wished we had gotten there sooner!

Here are some of the creatures we saw-

One of several Turkey Vultures...this particular one doesn't like men too much and was giving Steve the hairy eyeball!

 

One of several Black Vultures. 

Red Tail Hawks, adult on left, juvie on right.

American Kestrel 

 

Great Horned Owl. Head trauma...you can see the left side of his face isn't working quite right.

Red Shouldered Hawk. Hit by car, right eye had to be removed.

Golden Eagle. Shot by poacher, right wing amputated.

STINKBUG!!! Illegal alien. Soon to be eliminated!

Bald Eagle. Ran into power line and left wing badly damaged.