A VISIT WITH BROGAN AND SUE

I was able to spend some time this past weekend with my best friend, Sue, and her grandson, Brogan.  Brogan knows me as "Nana Rose." 
He is quite the character and it is great to get to see him with Sue.  I just love this shot of them together.

Brogan loves books, so grandma Sue always enjoys reading to him. 

For awhile we went outside to play catch. If you look above Sue's

open hand, you can see the little yellow ball we were tossing around.

Here comes the ball towards Nana Rose!

Brogan sure has a good throwing arm.

Brogan enjoys going for a ride on his horse.

Brogan took a rather amusing bath,

all the while entertaining his

grandma Sue, Nana Rose and mother.

Then he donned pajamas to

prepare for bedtime.

Of course, there was a little more playtime.

Brogan has fun bouncing on the couch.

Here he plays peek-a-boo from behind Grandma Sue.

Then Grandma and Brogan showed me how he

does the Itsy Bitsy Spider performance.

Really cute!!

You can watch it below.  It is a little dark due to the back light coming through the window.

Sue and I had a great visit and enjoyed time with Brogan!!

SILVER FALLS STATE PARK

I had a chance to see a bit of Silver Falls last week when I had to go there for work for a conference.  I arrived an hour before the conference was to start and got a little bit of exploration done.  This is a photograph of the North Falls.  I had to take it from a distance because I did not have enough time to take the hike down to it.

I saw lots of these flowers growing in the park.  I do not know what they are, but I am sure some of you will be able to tell me what these little lovelies are.

At one spot I came across a fallen tree
that looked like a dinosaur moving through
the ferns.  Don't you think it resembles
a dinosaur??!!

Some of the forest definitely had an ancient and other-worldly look to it.  I half-expected strange creatures to emerge. 

I came across some lichen on one tree.  To me it looked like the entrance to a little forest gnome home.  It would have been so enchanting to see one emerge from there!

It was so soothing and relaxing to sit and listen to the music of the water.

I also had a chance to see the South Falls.  It was half the size it had been in May, but still breathtaking.

On the way home there were fields of poppies growing and it was lovely.  I had not realized that there were purple poppies.