Saturday, June 28, 2008

Happy Happy Birthday Morgan Dear and Falls and Flowers

Today is Morgan's 24th Birthday. Wow, it doesn't seem like she could be so grown-up, but then again, she's married and has a baby - so she'd better be. All of you know that Morgan is happiest in a crowd - the bigger the better, and if there are cousins at hand, so much the better.


When Morgan was little, she didn't have friends that lived nearby, so she had to create her own little play world with dolls, popples, mickey mouse, and kitty-cats. She truly could enjoy herself even if she had to do all the playing and talking herself.
Now she has other people to love and care for.

But of course, she still has her cats.

Happy Birthday Morgan! We love you and hope your birthday is happy and wonderful. Love, Mom, Dad, and Zack and all the Baums up here.
Last week, Zack brought me a robin's nest. The poor robin had built her nest in the engine area of the tractor that got was stuck in the mud. They discovered the nest and of course the robin couldn't stay there so she flew away and lost her eggs. Now I have them. I put the nest on a bush so it would look more natural and then I took the picture.

Yesterday we went to cave falls for a little Yellowstone experience. We had fun and the river was so full - I've never seen it that high. It was very misty and cool.
Seth taking in the Fall river view.
A good shot of the falls.
Seth and Zack at the lookover.
Skipping rocks across the river.
Some of the Flora and Fauna of the area.
This is Arrowleaf Balsam Root
A rockchuck that Zack spotted. This little guy had two friends with him.

I believe this was a Common Camas. This is as close as we got because they grow in wet meadows. This species is sometimes so frequent as to color entire meadows blue-violet.
Like this. Indians pit-roasted the bland bulbs with other leaves, and also boiled them, which yielded a good syrup. from the Field Guide to North American Wildflowers.
Now for some pictures of my flowers. These are beautiful columbine on the garage west wall.

Also gorgeous Russell Lupine.

A beauteous iris. . .

Two more.

A bodacious peony.
And a striking oriental poppy.

And lastly, a shot of one of my containers.
I have been gardening like mad, and am wearing myself out, I surely am in desperate need of a vacation. See you all soon.

2 comments:

sara said...

I am glad that your garden is doing well. It seems to be about a month behind of our blooming here. I really liked the picture of the boys at the falls. Can't wait to be all together soon.

Tennyson said...

Looks like you are having fun! I especially like Zack's Mario bros. shirt.