Round Hill Park- Part 2

It's Spring time, and the farm had many baby animals. I totally fell in love with this baby lamb! If I had a big purse with me I probably would have smuggled him home!

He is so sweet, when he came up to the fence, I rubbed his soft little nose and he just closed his eyes! I really thought I was going to put him to sleep! I could have stayed there all day with him, but the boys weren't very interested in the animals!
The mother had three little babies. One black one, and two brown ones. Aren't they precious?! They constantly wanted to eat, and she barely stood there long enough to let them!

I'm not a big fan of chickens, but the little baby chicks sure were cute! There were tons!

And these pigs were enormous! I know it's sad for me to admit this (I would love to be a vegetarian) but I got so hungry when I saw that big pink pig! I immediately thought of a ham sandwich with spicy brown mustard on it! lol It sort of reminds me of the cartoon "Tom and Jerry"...there is an episode where Tom sees Jerry and he has this thought of Jerry on a hot dog bun! I was totally visualizing this ham on a bun! lol

And isn't this spotted pig sooo sweet?! It must have been a lazy day in the barn, all the pigs were napping!

Oh and the ducks! Usually there are lots of ducks at the farm, but that day there was maybe 20! I don't know where they all went? Maybe they are still vacationing in Florida and haven't gotten back from their winter migration!

Usually big geese/ducks frighten me! They usually hiss and come at you looking for something to eat! They can be very intimidating, especially to young children! The ducks weren't really hungry when we were there, but this duck and a couple others came out of the creek towards us. They nibbled here and there, and this duck was especially good with the boys! You can just see the gentleness in her amazing blue eyes! Alex was following her around...he'd make a sudden movement, and she'd flinch and that was about it! She wasn't afraid of the boys!

Ben, who is usually afraid of his own shadow, even fed the duck! Check it out!

Here's my little photographer, Alex, getting awfully close for a photo! I'll have to post some of his photos from our day at the farm! There is a really good one of me petting that baby lamb!

Here the sweet goose is coming towards him, and it looks like she is posing for the photo!

We had such a great time, and I cannot wait to go back soon!

Round Hill Park- Part 1

Yesterday I took the boys to Round Hill Park for a photo shoot! Round Hill Park is an exhibit farm, which is about a half hour from my house. They have pavilions for picnics, playgrounds, a duck pond, and various farm buildings. There is no admission, which is wonderful, and it's such a great place to take photos!

First we ate lunch in the pavilion, and then we went to feed the ducks. After that we explored the many buildings that was at the farm. More on that tomorrow, when I post some photos of the baby animals!

Here are some of my favorite photos of the day. If you want to see the whole album, you can view it at my photography site HERE. I used the opportunity of taking a rest in the shade as a photo opp!

The views from this park are awesome! I'm going to be sure to visit this Fall, when I know it will be beautiful!

This is my favorite place in the whole park! I just love this lane! I can't wait until Fall, I bet it's just beautiful with the trees that line the lane!

Check back tomorrow, when I post some photos of the cute little baby animals! Have a great day!

Happy Easter!

Every year our local floral shop has the cutest Easter display! They always have real bunnies in their display, and every year we never get to see it! I always get so busy with the holiday and things that it's always too late whenever I think about going. So today I decided to take the boys! I apologize for the photos, it was a sunny day, the shop was closed, so I had to take photos through the glass. The reflection on the glass was horrible! Anyway, here are some photos!

It was the cutest mommy bunny, and four of her babies! If you look closely you can barely see the one little bunny's ear...cause he was snuggled right up under his mommy!
This little guy hopped on over to get a drink! They are all so cute...I want to take them all home!

I like the reflection of this photo, you can see a smile on Ben's face!

Here's a photo taken through two sets of glass..but I love the look of them looking through the window at the bunnies! It reminds me of the movie "The Christmas Story" where all the kids are looking through the glass at the amazing Christmas display!

I planned on cropping my reflection out of the shot, but I don't have photoshop on my laptop yet, and I don't feel like using it on the ancient computer upstairs! Plus, this is one of the rare times that I'm actually in a family photo! lol

The flower shop was closed, but as we were walking away Alex tried to go into the store. He said that he wanted to go in and buy a bunny! Alex takes after me...he's an animal lover too! Oh how I wish we could have a bunny! Maybe someday!

Hope everyone has a wonderful Easter!

The Giving Tree

Tomorrow we are picking up our new camper! We're really excited, but we need to make room for it! One of the things that we needed to do was cut down a huge tree on the side of our garage! As you can see in this photo, the tree is huge! Here is my husband standing next to the monstrous tree! We actually have four trees total that we need to remove. The reason we're taking them all down is because the majority of them are close to the house and the birds have taken over! Last year bird mites got into the one bedroom and that is something that we do not want to deal with again! Believe me, that's a whole other nasty blog post that I didn't even blog about last year! lol

It was so sunny today and with the sun I took some cool shadow shots! I love shadows (they make you look skinny, which is always a good thing)! Here I am taking the photo against the old tree!

Here's Chris' shadow, next to the ladder and the last shadow that the old tree will produce!

My husband is a control room operator at a Power Plant, but he really can do it all! He amazes me! He does electrical work, plumbing, building, and anything you can imagine! This happens to be awesome, because if I'm ever at a thrift store and something doesn't work electrically, I know he can always fix it! So it didn't surprise me that he decided to do it himself!

In our area it costs around $500 to take down one tree, and we have four! My husband knew with the cost of a new chainsaw, that he could do it....and he did! Plus, he said a $150 deductible for an emergency room visit is a whole lot cheaper than hiring someone! lol Luckily, he never had to go to the emergency room! Here he is with what is left of the old tree!

Here is one of the huge branches!

I like how it has a shape of a heart, sort of! This tree provided many years of shade when our golden retrievers were alive! It reminds me of the story "The Giving Tree!" And it really saddens me that it needed to be cut down, because it was such a wonderful tree! Knowing that it was going to be cut down brought tears to my eyes!

Here's Chris with part of the mess. There is soo much mess that I couldn't get it all in one shot! lol We couldn't finish cleaning it all up today, because unfortunately he was called into work!

Don't mind the ugly brown building (it's our second garage). It hold all of my craft supplies and goodies in the apartment above. I cannot wait until my husband creates it into a crafting studio!
But we all know that won't happen for a couple of years! We currently have a ton of other projects that we're trying to get done!

Here is a photo that was shot up above from our other garage! We really do have a mess on our hands and more firewood that we know what to do with! lol

I'll leave you with an excerpt from "The Giving Tree!" If you haven't read it you can view the full text here!

"I am sorry," sighed the tree. "I wish that I could give you something------ but I have nothing left. I am just an old stump." "I don't need very much now," said the boy. "Just a quiet place to sit and rest. I am very tired."

"Well," said the tree, straightening herself up as much as she could, "well, an old stump is good for sitting and resting. Come, Boy, sit down. Sit down and rest." And the boy did. And the tree was happy.