Showing posts with label photos. Show all posts
Showing posts with label photos. Show all posts

Saturday, May 30, 2015

New Life Spring Time in North Dakota



Spring is in full bloom here in ND.   I have talked a lot in the past blogs about how I really love the newness of spring.   It really is my favorite part the year.   This year here in ND has been a really nice experience even though it is so far behind SC and the east coast I’m used too.   

This spring what has made a big impact was seeing process of baby geese being brought into the world.   It was so fun to watch the geese making their nests and then seeing that they laid eggs in them.   How the spouses were so protective on the mother goose and nest.   I was able to interact with this pair in a really unexpected way.   The pair were friendly enough that I was able to sit right next to the nest.  Up until her babies hatched I visited her often.   She would show off her eggs like a proud mother. 
When the babies hatched they were so adorable.  I had a great time taking photos of them.   It is just cool seeing new life making its way in the world!
One of the other things I really enjoy is the tree in bloom.   The pink colors are just so wonderful.  It just makes me smile.   One of the thing I miss from my old job was the traveling up and down the east coast.   It always seemed to give a extended spring time.   So this year I tried to take full advantage of spring, well and after the winter I was ready to see some green too.

Here is a few photos that I have captured over the last weeks.


















Sunday, January 20, 2013

Walk in the park


With the colder weather here in Rock Hill it has enabled our family to enjoy the fireplace in our house.  
The girls love to sit in front of it and basking in the heat that it gives off,  after they have their fill of the heat they love to roast marshmallows on the coals.  For me I have been able to put the old Boy Scout skills to use, the house sits on 7 acres of land that is mostly filled with trees.   I bought a bow saw and have been cutting the wood for the fireplace.  I really do enjoy the physical work out that it gives me as well. 

With us being newer to the area, I have wanted to find trails to walk on.  Yesterday we went to River Park to check it out.   It was a cool, crisp day and the sky was brilliant blue.    After the 2 inches of rain that we had the trails were a bit muddy though.   Brenna brought her camera and is really getting into taking photos.  She has a good eye for what it takes to compose a good photo.  I also brought my new camera to try to capture some photos as well.   I’m still getting the feel of it and am getting better photos with it now.  

We ended the day with making some veggie chili with cornbread for dinner.   I think it was the best chili that I have made as of yet.  For desert that night I made some smores, Tina and the girls had never had them before.   They sucked them down like crazy, but then how can you go wrong with anything that has chocolate in it J

Christa Grace