Common's Beach Tahoe City

A couple of days before the 4th of July Mom, Dad, Makenna and I took a day trip up to to Tahoe to beat the heat. It was cool and breezy when we got there and just perfect for hanging out and making sand pies! Here come the geese hoping we have a snack for them.
I'm so cute I can hardly stand it. Makenna is laughing because Grandpere is asleep on the blanket and that's so funny.
And there he is-- it's a tough life napping on the beach in Tahoe before strolling down to Jakes for a burger. Must have been the mocha and pumpkin bread that did him in . . .
Busy making sand soup with Grandmere. Takes concentration you know.

capitol park

On our way back from Yosemite this past February we stopped in downtown sacramento to stretch our legs and wander in the park. Reminds me a bit of the large parks in London and so fun to people watch. However note to self there are no good coffee shops to be found open on Sunday in this area. boo
Here's Makenna comtemplating her next speech on the history of flora and fauna in Northern California! Hmmm should I start with the Camellia japonica and then go onto the Magnolia grandiflora or . . . Let me just smell this pretty pink camellia.

These camellias were like flower confetti covering the ground and so fun to run around and gather up.
Flower girl.

M is for Makenna! She just loves that. Whenever we color and I write M she says Holden and we have to write H for Holden-- cousin Holden must not be forgotton.

Hello I'm Makenna Nice to meet you! Ca va?

Just kickin' it on the park bench.
Eskimo Kisses are a big fav.
Sometimes it's nice to just stop and smell the flowers. And these camellias were just amazing, blooming like crazy in all colors. What an incrediable God to create such beauty for us to enjoy.

Lavender in May

This is my garden girl helping me water our newly planted rosemary and pink muhly grass. This was actually taken in the beginning of the summer but as i said before i'm just going to post photos as i find them so this is probably May. Mud bogging is so much fun and we pretty much do this daily. I think Makenna is a strong believer in the mud spa thing. She is wearing her beautiful flower hat made by Grandmere-- Never leave home without a hat!
Nothing like feeling the mud between your toes!

So this is my "field" of Lavender that runs along the front of our house. I just love walking beside it and smelling the lovely fragrance on the wind and I pretend I am in the south of France walking through the actual fields . . . Well there you have it-- our lavender days and now it is about time to cut it back so it can bloom again, meanwhile we will have lots of dried lavender to put about the house.