New clothes shopping

Hand me downs are the best. Part of the fun is that you never know what you're going to get. Take, for example, this last box from our friends. In it, the now infamous linen suit:


Also shown in "Take On Me" video version:

(Our new camera has such neat settings.And darn it if I don't still like that music video.)

Then there's the stuntman shirt from last year that still gets a laugh this year - especially when paired with the over-sized orange shorts:


And this one just defies all description except that it made Craig really, really want to go to Hawaii (like, even more so than usual):


Big I insisted on those shoes and hat to go with it, by the way.

BIG bunny

Meet Olaf. (Named for Olaf "Olie the Goalie" Kolzig.)


He's a super sweet Flemish Giant. We're smitten.

Happy Easter

Couldn't you just die from the cuteness? A linen suit for Easter (with a Hawaiian shirt to boot).

That's his very first Peep too.

Leftovers

Remember that lovely neighborhood hawk that got the baby bunny a while back?

Look what I found today. Neat!

It's still in good shape too. The jaw and vertebrae are still attached. If I was still at work that would get added to our interpretation collection.

As an aside, when you find animal bones of any sort in the woods or fields, leave them there. The little critters gnaw on them for the minerals. Many times if you look closely you can see the teeth marks.

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Look what our new camera does automatically! One end of our wee yard to the other. Also neat!

Back in business

Our new camera came today. Big I and I tested it out.


First he wanted to give a shout out via his wardrobe to his west coast aunties that he had so much fun with this past weekend. Can you read his new (to him) shirt? You might have to click.


We have a few things blooming:

the salvias (pardon the grass, we haven't had a chance to mow yet),


the bluebonnets,


and even the tomatoes.


The shade garden is looking very green and oh so relaxing when I walk over there. I added some Lenten Roses and a Coralberry this year.


And our new rainbarrel which works extremely well.


And best of all, the little elfish creature that hangs around here can help me water.


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Bonus pics I found on the SD card from a couple of months ago judging by the hair and chapped cheeks: