Friday, June 17, 2011

Cowlitz - June

  

We spent a week at the river. It's a time to relax and have fun, but there are also jobs that need to be done now that we are owners. Ron and Skeet are fixing the Neeley's fountain. 
 
Notice who is mowing the lawn and who is sitting and watching. Ron wanted to cover all the grass with gravel, but said he'd keep the grass as long as he ddn't have to mow it. He knew we wouldn't be able to keep it mowed since we live 3 hours away. Skeet and Jan said they would help with the mowing and so did Keith and Sheral. So far so good. Since we were down for a week I mowed the grass twice while we were there.

 Keith and Sheral had not made Bun deJours before, so this was the week. They had a great time and thought they were delicious! Look at how perfectly brown Keith got his.

 
 In the campground there is a tree with wisteria growing up through it. Look at how twisted the trunk has become. It's a little hard to see, but look for the  wisteria way at the top of the tree. It really is beautiful.


 These cones are on Sheral's favorite tree that we pass as we go for our morning walk. This tree is beautiful just about any time of the year.
 The Spring flowers are in bloom in the campground flower beds. The Iris and Lily were just calling me to take their pictures


We have lots of doves in the park. Well, we think we have lots of doves. We hear them all the time, but they are usually hiding in the trees. For some reason this week they were out and about and we got a chance to see them. Then again this could be a pigeon.  We looked in the bird book and the two are in the same family and look a lot alike. I guess I always thought that doves were light gray and pigeons were darker with darker heads.

Here's another critter that I need to look up. We saw several of these skins around, but no live bugs. It's like they just jumped out of their skins and crawl away. I'll let you know if I find out more about this guy.
 And here is the best part. Skeet and Jan brought Molly and Sam, their grand kids, for the weekend. They are so cute and we had a great time playing together.