gone fishin'

it was super-bowl sunday, but who wants to sit inside and watch tv when you could be outside having an adventure? not this family! (no offense to football of course, i enjoy watching a game now and then, but there's always something better you could be doing!) so we went up to the hills to go trout fishing!

we passed massive flocks of migrating snow geese along the way

it's always incredible to see. thousands of these birds fill the sky sometimes.

turkey vultures may be ugly, but they sure do look like they have fun riding the wind!

dad was the first to catch a trout!

they sure are pretty fish!

i had better luck catching crawdads, however...

a pretty nice little mess of fish, all-in-all!

 

mom mixed up some hush-puppies to go with the fish when we got home. yumilicious!

lovely golden fillets, the fruit of our labor...

let's go for a drive

if you haven't guessed yet, one of my favorite times of day is right at sunset.

and it happens to be my family's favorite time to go for a ride. you never know what you'll see down an old country road. owls, coyotes, deer, sometimes a raccoon or two...but usually just an awe-inspiring sunset.

see what i mean?

"Two roads diverged in a wood and I - I took the one less traveled by, and that has made all the difference." -Robert Frost

and wherever we drive, we always seem to end up at the river. :)

winter days

still winter days are some of my favorite.  peaceful...mysterious...
 perfect for long walks...



view from my tree stand down on the river, where dad and I were hunting.



this pretty little starling enjoying the sunset.

hey there, mr. adorable!

farewell summer

this was taken down on the river on one of our fishing trips. goodbye lazy summer days!