A field of stars

While there is still very little to show in the flower garden (we really should plant some more early season flowers - we seem to have one daffodil plant and about 3 tulips.)-

the wildflowers are already spectacular.

On one of our favorite walks in Perrot Park you come around a corner and are confronted by this lovely sight.


These are Dodecatheon radicatum
with an occasional Aquilegia canadensis thrown in.
An absolutely stunning sight! I went Thursday and took pictures because William said the flowers were stunning when he went on Monday- I came back with shots of flowers he hadn't seen three days before. I think we could probably discover new things each week - hopefully we'll get out there more this summer.

Especially for Dad

My dad is in Virginia for the next week and called me to ask how to get to my page, so I thought I would send him an extra special hello.

Love you Dad! Have a great trip. We had snow again today...brr!

The picture of Coleen jumping is a few weeks ago when the leaves had just started falling. She spent a good hour outside trying to rake up enough of a pile of leaves to jump in. She did enjoy it!




These pictures are from our last trip to Perrot. It was a gorgeous fall day a couple of weekends ago.

Perrot State Park

We went on a hike in Perrot State Park on Saturday. It was an absolutely beautiful day.

We hiked up along Perrot Ridge Trail. This is the view from the top. The body of water is the Mississippi River. We live about 10 minutes from here.


Here's looking off the other way towards some farmland. The trees are just beginning to turn. We had a couple of frosts last week, but nothing severe.


Coleen caught this leaf as it fell from the trees way above our heads. Boy did she feel smug!


These caterpillars were our companions on the trail. We ran across at least twenty of them moving along the trail. Where are they all going?