Apple Picking Adventure

See that man? No? Look again. It is Mr. Sunny up that tree.

Northwest Nancy joined in on the fun, climbing her way to "fame" in sunny blogland.

Thanks for dropping by, Nancy. If you drop by this post, please feel free to leave a comment. And, get busy blogging.

Even Sunny climbed the tree (never mind that she needed help getting back down-that's not part of the story here).
And where did we have this terrific time? In the "cozy" neighbor's yard. Con Permiso, of course.

Yes, the neighbor's name sounds exactly like the word "cozy". And if this is not a cozy yard, I don't know what it is.

In case this is it

('cause I'm pretty busy these days)

Sunny roses seem to fit

this blog if it goes, (or stays).

Opportunity for a quick day trip

fell into my lap yesterday. Even though the weather was windy and chilly (and I was a bit under it), lots of lovely scenery involving nature and wildlife was enjoyable.
This beaky boy among the tufa formations is probably going to lunch on some of the brine shrimp found abundantly in the waters of Mono lake.

Evidently they thrive in the mud too.

One less thriving now.

Busy is better than bored

Between trips to 8 hours south of here to get the boy situated and settled in his new abode and working all the rest of the days for the past couple weeks, (not cheap having a kid in medical school) I haven't been blogging much.

Here he is with his white coat for clinical rotations. All the incoming students received one at a very special ceremony.

the city of lost wages

Even though the hotel had a complimentary shuttle, I never got to the lights of the casino district this trip. Too much else to do going on. But, by hanging out a 4th floor window I got this shot of the Stratosphere, which is the strip's farthest North establishment. Pretty good considering we were located 2 miles South of the southernmost end of it.

Sometimes I use my camera as binoculars to later figure out what it was I couldn't quite see in the far distance.
Of course, the pictures usually come out horrible, but, that is some fine magnification for a pocket camera.

Returned from the Reunion

It was a bit too hot in Las Vegas, and I didn't feel like taking many pictures. But, just before she had to load up and leave, one of the teen nieces endeared herself to my heart forever by noticing and being enamored with this sight. I promised to photograph it for her.

Because, we all know how much Sunny loves puddle pictures.


( flipped upside down so the reflected flowers look right side up.)

This next photo is from the road on the trip South. Sunbeam was quite taken with the reflection of the mountains on the vehicle in front of us. She was driving so I got the picture.
Got to love those reflections. Like mother like daughter. Of course, she was already endeared to my heart forever-just by taking her first breath-no, even before that!

Later on the 4th

we had decided to skip the crowds and ended up

at this pretty place,

where we weren't the only ones

seeking solitude.