'Got Mom'

Mark got this picture of Esme sleeping sweetly on my chest as we watched a movie the other night. He said 'Got Mom, everything is right with the world, snooze now...'

Hawk Moth

I saw something that was similar to a bumblebee, but had a large body with the streamlined shape of a hummingbird. Mark got a picture of one just like it in the garden.

It is a Hawk Moth. The 'hummingbird moth' is also of the same family.

Bounty

Esme and me at the lake

We call this Esme's 'muppet grin.'

These are pictures Mark took when he and I and Esme
went down to the lake with our dogs.


Sitting on the hill


Watching the dogs run by

There are pictures of the dogs too, but they are mostly blurs ;) Lots of other pictures of Hazel being small amidst tall stands of grass.

Note: I went to the doctor today for that hard mass on the side of my foot. It has been expanding for the past few years, and has begun to really hurt. I thought it was just a deformity from when I broke my foot, until it began to change in shape and size. Dr. says it is a 'ganglion cyst' where there is a 'gel-like fluid' collecting in a joint deep in the ankle. It causes swelling and pressure between the tendons and veins. It might drain by itself, or continue to expand in which case there is a minor surgery to correct it.

Box Turtle and 'HypnoToadJr.'

Pictures Mark took with his new camera lens.


This box turtle was laying eggs in our front yard.


This tiny peeper frog was about the size of a quarter.

Esme and Hazel Chew Fight

Mark has been taking some wonderful pictures with the new camera :)
Here Esme and Hazel appear as if they are about to have a chewing fight with each other.