Three Yard Scenes
Tonight was the Rexburg International Dance Festival parade and street party. Susan guilted me into going (she'll deny it, but it's true). The kids had fun, and it was nice to be part of a community event. Dancers from Costa Rica, Mongolia, China, Hungary, Bulgaria, Israel, Mexico, and some jump ropers from Rexburg (they seemed a little out of place) participated in the parade. Anyway, on the walk home I photographed with the digital camera a bit.
When I arrived home I found three unrelated but intriguing scenes awaiting me in the yard.
Scene #1
A few years ago we were at my parent's home in Salt Lake City celebrating Kevin's birthday. His Aunt Sharon and Uncle Richard gave him a skateboard. After the party Kevin and I went outside to play with his new toy. I held his hands and walked him down the driveway. He went limp, I picked him up, we lost our balance, and I broke my elbow. It hurt really bad. Anyway, I found that same skateboard with an axe lying next to it in the driveway when I got home this evening. I served as an effective reminder and warning.
Scene #2
Our neighbors have a bunny that's figured out how to escape from their yard. It seems to like our yard better than theirs. It hangs out in the garden (of course). We've never seen it eat anything but weeds though. This may be the first cute photograph I've made of an animal, which is a bit unlike this or this. I may have to change my approach.
Scene #3
We have an apricot tree in our backyard. Last year we got enough apricots to make a batch of jam, which turned out pretty good. I knew we had a few apricots on the tree this year, and have been anxious for them to ripen. I guess I hadn't been out in the backyard for a few days, because when I went out this evening it seems half of the apricots have ripened and fell off the tree. I guess I'll have to get out and pick them tomorrow, unless Susan beats me to them.
When I arrived home I found three unrelated but intriguing scenes awaiting me in the yard.
Scene #1
A few years ago we were at my parent's home in Salt Lake City celebrating Kevin's birthday. His Aunt Sharon and Uncle Richard gave him a skateboard. After the party Kevin and I went outside to play with his new toy. I held his hands and walked him down the driveway. He went limp, I picked him up, we lost our balance, and I broke my elbow. It hurt really bad. Anyway, I found that same skateboard with an axe lying next to it in the driveway when I got home this evening. I served as an effective reminder and warning.
Scene #2
Our neighbors have a bunny that's figured out how to escape from their yard. It seems to like our yard better than theirs. It hangs out in the garden (of course). We've never seen it eat anything but weeds though. This may be the first cute photograph I've made of an animal, which is a bit unlike this or this. I may have to change my approach.
Scene #3
We have an apricot tree in our backyard. Last year we got enough apricots to make a batch of jam, which turned out pretty good. I knew we had a few apricots on the tree this year, and have been anxious for them to ripen. I guess I hadn't been out in the backyard for a few days, because when I went out this evening it seems half of the apricots have ripened and fell off the tree. I guess I'll have to get out and pick them tomorrow, unless Susan beats me to them.
6 Comments:
This fall take a picture of that apricot tree in its magnificence and then show the beautiful filtered light that comes into the room it surrounds in the evening. I am getting all nostalgic looking at my (former) watering hose and the apricots from my (former) tree.
Remind the rabbit that if he eats anything besides weeds that they used to have "rabbit drives" in Mud Lake!
don't let the first year students see the rabbit picture, or that will be all you'll get from them.
Ah yes, the skateboard incident--evidently there was no amnesia attached, as opposed to the other skateboard incident I remember! Somehow the bunny, to me, wins out over the bloated cow and dead alligator, but then, I am a bit partial to live things. We'll be expecting jam on our next visit!
All I did was suggest a great family activity. Your the one that decides to feel guilty or not.
Right on Susan. Glad to see you commenting - setting Darren straight.
We shouldn't let Darren get away with skewing the story so often like he so likes to do. (by the way - still don't like the snake comment you made about me a few posts back). :)
He seems to enjoy altering the story to make him look like the one who is always picked on. "Poor little Darren. We shall feel so sorry for you after reading your bloggy woggy." ;)
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