Pats trips and other Interesting bits of Nonsense

Thursday, June 14, 2012

Beaver

Beaver this(June 14) morning

He has a tree branch in his mouth ...think there is a beaver lodge a few doors down to the north from our beach

Wednesday, June 13, 2012

A few pictures so far this week

Goose family

Crazy Sparrows trying to build a nest in the feeder

Butterfly on a French Lilac Tree

Monday, June 11, 2012

Monday Morning

Monarch Butterfly I think....nellie was going to eat it Bad! Dog...this was on our first walk of the day

These are called Little-leaved Pussytoes ...How cute they are

Virginia Strawberry

Looking down the road to sleepy hollow

Some Bird is building a nest in my bird feeder havn't seen what kind yet

More Little-leaved Pussytoes so pretty and little

Just a few things I have seen so far today ...hope you enjoy them

Saturday, June 9, 2012

Pats trips and other Interesting bits of Nonsense: Walk in the Park

Pats trips and other Interesting bits of Nonsense: Walk in the Park: Went for a hour and a half dog walk in the Provincial Park today it was great. Hot but made the hike up hills down hills and saw some very ...

Friday, June 8, 2012

Walk in the Park

Went for a hour and a half dog walk in the Provincial Park today it was great. Hot but made the hike up hills down hills and saw some very pretty wild flowers

Tuffted Fleabane

Three Flowered Avens along side the tuffted Fleabane

Three Flowered Avens growing everwhere

hairy false Golden aster (I think)

Blue Violet

Canada Anemone

Comman Blue Eyed Grass

Cream Coloured Vetchling

Golden Bean

Starry False Solomnon's Seal

Prickly Rose

So pretty the dryed grass looked like silver

Comman Blue eyed Grass

Nellie and Charlie ready to Check out this trail

very Pretty place to walk

Almost to the end.....

Chip-monks teasing the dogs

The Lake in the distance

Wednesday, April 25, 2012

Hoover Dam and Leaving Las Vegas

Here we are just got to Hoover Dam

Rod checking out the scenery

Nice lady took our picture for us

My firts panoramic ...boy is it easy on my new camera

Rod checking out things :)

Security Checkpoint ...Nice policeman said "Sure darling my pleasure to have your picture taken with me"

Down inside the dam...

Turbines making power

tunnels

What a site from a viewing area

This as from a louvered vent in the dam...neat!!!

Icecream

Huge Icecream...

Little plant growing in tghe rock

This is dedicated to the men who died building the dam

From the new bridge accross the Colorado River

This is the Paddlewheeler we were on....

Hello all...well here we sit at McCarran Airport ...not much to offer us guess it will be Burger King fgor supper...our flight leaves at 5:50...We really had a good time today...checked out early before 8am then went for coffee and a scone for breakfast and then decided to drive to Boulder City as we had plenty of time. Well on the way there we saw the sing for the Hoover Dam and changed our route Ha! Glad we did we did the tour and took lots of pictures with my New Camera ...(bought it yesterday) really is an amazing stucture. Also go a nice picture of the paddle boat we had gone on last night....Took it from the top of the bridge we climed up to and walk halfway accross ....