Water Balloons!
Water Balloons!
Water balloons...a great boredom buster on a hot summer day.
Country Sunsets
Country Sunsets
I love a good sunset at the farm. This trip we had a ton of very cloudy evenings, but at the end of the trip we finally had a gorgeous evening with beautiful light and just enough clouds to make things interesting. The warmth of the glow really romanticizes country living. About 98 percent of the time I am really happy with living in suburbia, but if you were going to try to convince me that I should give country living a go...you'd take me out at sunset.
The Lavender
The Lavender
The lavender is always fun to photograph. It's fun to try to come up with new angles, to play with the lighting, and to try to capture a honey bee hard at work. Gabriel even got in on the fun this year as well, bringing along his little point and shoot camera capturing everything from a kid's perspective.
The Chickens
The chickens were definitely the highlight of the trip for the kids. Yelling out "Chicken on the deck!", chasing them down, holding them, driving them around in the golf cart, singing to them, and checking for eggs in the morning are all memories they will treasure forever.
Navarre Farm 2017
Yesterday we returned from another trip up to Michigan, and boy oh boy are there a lot of pictures. I'm still culling through them and editing, and figuring out how to share them. I thought it might be fun to share them in groupings of related activities/locations rather than chronologically. This year was our first year to spend a good bit of time down and Rod and Dorothy's home, which Grandpa and Grandma have moved into. We played with the chickens (pictures of them to come soon), drove Mr. Green Jeans (the golf cart), ate, and ate some more, and then we'd head back to the cottage to watch some TV, hang out at the fire pit, drive Mr. Green Jeans some more, craft, play, and sleep.
Navarre Farms
Life at the farm is always busy, and this trip was no exception. Our first few days were jam packed with "doing all the things." We had a nice big breakfast after our early flight, followed by meeting the new farm animals. There are two pigs named Elizabeth Taylor and Zsa-Zsa, and four chickens. Of course the kids were eager to get to the swing and Mr. Green Jeans. There were "new" toys to be played with, the garden to pick through, the massage chair, and I spent some time photographing the lavender. Then to top it all off we had this gorgeous sunset on one of first few nights.
Fall at the Farm - Part 2
Spending time tromping through the woods and fields is always one of the highlights of our time at the farm, and this trip was no exception. The kids were very excited to learn that new paths had been made through Aunt Ann's Woods so the golf cart (aka Mr. Green Jeans) and the Gator spent a lot of time driving the trails.
Gabriel asked me to take a video of him dancing through the field like Bert in Mary Poppins...so here ya go!