Feeding Ducks

Chloe loves the little duck pond by our house.  We are going to have to find a new one once get moved as soon as possible.  We took a break from packing last week to have a little family outing and go feed the ducks.  The only thing that would have made Chloe happier is if she had actually been able to catch and kiss one of the ducks.  She tries every time!

 Climbing the dirt mountain

 Pretty flowers

 A little bread for the ducks

 Watching

 Walking with Daddy

 Ducks and spring flowers

My tidy little girl, cleaning up the great outdoors!

Moving update:  We are loading the moving van today.  We would appreciate all your prayers!!

The Squirrls Need Somewhere to Sit Too!

While out walking the other night I spotted this tiny little bench.

I fell in love with it because I think tiny little things that look exactly like the bigger version that I usually see are so cool.  Don't ask me why, but I am quite fascinated by these tiny replicas.  Maybe because it kinda makes me feel like a giant....I don't know....I am quite curios why one would need a bench quite so small though.  Maybe at night when all the people go to sleep a little boy squirrel will bring his sweetheart here and they will hold hands and look at the moon.  I know...I am weird....you can stop laughing now....

A Little Piece of Wilderness

Last week we branched out a little for our evening walk.  I like our evening walks for many reasons, I get some exercise, it gives us something different to do at night, it seems to calm me and I get to chat with my hubby without all the interruptions.  Clint, however, likes the walks to be adventurous and  he likes to explore so we decided to go exploring one night.  We didn't wind up where we thought we were going, but we found a cool little spot.  It is a nature preserve type thing, I think.  It was a big surprise though, because once we got in and started walking around I didn't even feel like I was in the middle of a busy city.  I saw a few too many snakes for my comfort on the little path that we decided to take, but over all it was a nice place and I felt like I had gotten away from the chaos and spent some time in the big outdoors even if it was still in the middle of the big city.

No city here!

I could come back and sit beside this lake for a while...So peaceful....

City....What city???

Nope, no sign of the city here either!

City Sunset

I come from the wide open flat plains of the Texas panhandle.  The sunsets there are absolutely breathtaking and, while there are many things that I do not miss about the panhandle such as the wind and the lack of rain, the sunsets are definitely not one of them.  I miss them terribly.  That is why, when I do get to glimpse of a sunset in the big city I try to enjoy it as much as possible.  It will never compare to the panhandle sunsets but they are still pretty.

It is still beautiful you just have to look through the electric lines, over the fence and past the street light, but look at the color.  So pretty.

The clouds do look pretty cool here though.

Such pretty sights God gives us to look at on our evening walks.

Hidden Paths, Mailboxes and Names

We love it when we get to see interesting or unique sights when we take our evening walks.  Sometimes it is a bit of a game to see who gets to find the most interesting thing of the night.  Here are a few things we saw this past week.

Its is just a guess, but I bet this person loves dogs.

I liked the colors of this one.

One night while wondering around we found this little hidden path behind some houses.  Its not very long and doesn't go anywhere exciting but it is quiet and peaceful and we almost never see anyone on it.  It has a couple of little benches along the way too.

Its a bad picture but it was getting kinda dark.

You ever wonder the story behind the names?  Who are the people?  Why did they write their names here?  Are these the people that poured the concrete or did some crazy kids just happen upon the wet cement?  Sometimes I wonder about these things...don't laugh...

Evening walks

My sweet Hubby and I have started walks around the neighborhood in the evening and we are having lots of fun and getting to see some different things. The neighbors are all working hard to get their yards all spruced up for the summer an we are enjoying seeing the transformation and checking out all their pretty flowers. As we walk down the street I often catch a whiff of the perfume of a flower. I then start smelling as hard as I can so I can get as much of the scent as I can before we get too far away to smell it any more. (The perfume we wear will never compare to the perfume God gives the flowers.) I like trying to locate which flower smells so pretty. I am sure Clint thinks I am insane walking around wiggling my nose and sniffing the air like a rabbit, but he loves me anyway.

I thought it might be fun to share some of the sights we see on our walks every once in a while.



These, my dear Hubby tell me, are butter cups. He did say he is not sure if that is their true name or not but apparently that is what all the little boys called them growing up.

Do you want to know why? I am sure you do because I was quite curious myself.

Apparently, all the little boys give these flowers to the little girls.

I am thinking..."Why yes, this makes sense, they grow wild everywhere. How sweet of the little boys to pick the wild flowers for the little girls."

But I was wrong.

According to my Hubby these flowers are given to the little girls because all little girls smell flowers, and when these specific flowers are sniffed, they leave yellow pollen all over the little girl's nose and face and looked like butter, hence the name Buttercup.

There go all thoughts of cute little playground romances.

I have a lot to learn about little boys....


Apparently this little guy lives here. He has been napping in this area of the yard nearly every night that we have walked by. He seems very content with his napping place and I would be too. It looks like some soft grass and is right beside some Star Jasmine which smell INCREDIBLE! Maybe he likes to come here and smell the flowers too.