Happy Birthday, Little Ironman!

I was editing photos today from July 20, and I came across photos of Ironman and Catgirl. Ironman had chosen and planted nasturtium seeds earlier in the season and they had grown big and beautiful. Ironman and I thought we needed photographs of his first attempt at planting flowers. The photographs were great. The coincidence is that today, October 14th, is Ironman’s fifth birthday! Happy birthday! I hope your memories of this past summer are as rich as mine are! Your nasturtiums (below) were gorgeous and next year we will plant many more!

Earlier that day, Ironman’s sister, Catgirl, had dressed up her dog, Willow, in a Barbie cape and a headband. Willow was too busy with her bone to care about her costume! I love this photograph of this lovely young girl. I am looking forward to the birthday party tomorrow night!

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Snow, Oil, Dogs and Cellar Holes

On May 10, Ironman had the camera again and took photos of our oil delivery. We’ve never had to have a delivery in May, but it snowed the first two weeks of the month and we ran out of firewood. We should be set with oil now for a couple of years.

Then the 4 year old took the camera into the room that John is renovating and got this shot of the cellar hole. The boulder is part of the original 1900 stone foundation. It is a granite boulder that was quarried on Barton Mountain in our quarry.

These are some old farm implements that were tossed into the cellar hole. There were treasures and trash under the floor — some of it was over 100 years old.

Ironman’s self-portrait.

Scout (left) and Willow napping on the couch on the sun porch.

To see a naughty photo of Scout that Ironman took, click here. I won’t post the photo on the blog.

Ironman’s 6 year old sister, Catgirl. Ironman is on the right.

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Two Dogs

Amelia took this photo with my camera after John and I came back photographing bitterns, partridge, ducks and the waterfalls in town. It was a beautiful, warm day, a perfect spring day. Two of the dogs, Willow on the left and Scout on the right, were watching all of us from the sun porch window. Scout has her tongue out in this photo. John and I then mucked through the beaver bog and learned some interesting things about the beaver across the road (which will be in upcoming posts). That was Sunday. Monday was warm, also. Tuesday and today? Snow. All day. Over one foot deep. The trees in our woods were bent over so that I worried we would have more storm damage. We lost Internet for nearly the whole day. But it's going to be warm this coming weekend! The dogs (and cats and chickens) will be willing to go outside again!

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Two New Meeyauws

My daughter Amelia loves Nate. Nate has two children. Catgirl, above, is 6. Ironman, below, is 4. John and I have a lot of fun with them. We go to the library, do chores, read bedtime stories, go shopping and cook together. I gave them the Olympus camera the other day, taught them how to use it, and let them go at it. These are all of their photos!
Below, Ironman took a photo of Nate as he came home with Catgirl from school.

Below: Buddy napping in the sun.

Below: Willow on the left, Scout in the far background. And Sophie on the right.
And below is my favorite photograph! Ironman took a photo of John as he was brush hogging. John played monster for the camera, which caused Ironman to scream with delight. The kids love John — talking to him constantly and climbing on him whenever he sits.
In the future, you'll be hearing out our adventures with Catgirl and Ironman!

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The Granddogs

The new granddog, WillowScout Sophie

I haven't taken photos of these dogs in over a year. I have four granddogs. The fourth, Daisy, can be seen here. I have a new granddog now — Willow! She is a lady but a barker. Scout is the perfect dog: calm, secure and serene. And Sophie? Well, there is no describing her. She has behavioral problems. All three dogs belong to Nate and Amy.

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