Pondered In My Heart

Wrapping Up the April Showers

28/30: I Have Five Daughters!

Reading aloud from the writing party output of the day.

29/30: Mix the Colors

30/30: Love is in the air...

 

...and the proof is in the nest boxes!

Well, that was a lot of fun taking a whole month's worth of pictures. I do so enjoy taking pictures of the everyday, trying to capture the little bits and pieces that make up the fabric of our daily family life. If a picture is worth a thousand words then I've sure saved up a lot of treasures this past month. I do wish I had more time for actual writing.... maybe next month!

27/30: Christmas Tree

This is a picture of our Christmas tree that I took yesterday.

I think it's safe to say I am the only one posting a picture of my Christmas tree for the April Showers photography collection!

But I can explain.

After Christmas, Josiah claimed the tree for an important prop in the Narnia movie he is filming. He needed an evergreen tree that he could move right next to the 'wardrobe' to serve as the transition into Narnia. So we gladly let him keep the tree around and it served him well for his movie purposes. But then we forgot about it and it sat around on our out-of-sight-out-of-mind patio all winter, and now it is completely brown and crispy. Disposing of it was on our spring clean up to-do list, but we obviously didn't get around to it yet. And now we have decided we will just keep it where it is.

A resourceful robin has built her nest in it!

She startled me by flying out of the tree when I walked by it. It's very cool because we can look straight down into the nest from one of our windows.

We are getting a lot of good use out of this tree. But I still don't think Peter Walsh would approve. ;-)

26/30: Morning Birdwalk

Michael took the five eldest children on an early morning birdwalk at a local wetlands nature center.

They spotted some birds we don't usually see

such as the phoebe and yellow warbler.

They also saw egrets and herons.

Josiah said this was a rare two headed goose. (He's the goose!)

They also saw some big burbling fish.

Strolling down the trail.

I like this colorful picture they took of the 'squirrel-proof' bird feeder. They watched the squirrel deftly hug and shimmy up the smooth post and then flip himself onto the platform.

Lydia was able to add a rather exciting bird to her life list - the Bald Eagle!

25/30: Fine Art Friday

Well, I don't know if it counts as fine art, but it was Fun Art Friday. Did you notice Jonathan is actually fingerpainting? The last photo is by Jonathan - I thought it looked cool. Hope you had a great Friday!

Still Showering

22/30: Josiah Through the Glass

photo credit: Jonathan

23/30: Sister-Love in the Morning

24/30: Ankle Deep

Catching Up With April Showers

18/30: Tastes Good

19/30: Mother and Daughter

Photo credit: Josiah

20/30: Extreme Mud

 

Elbow length mud gloves, anyone? It's Mud Season again.

21/30: Kat in the Hat

17/30: Mud

16/30: In Bloom

15/30: Beginnings

Of raspberry pie.

14/30: Three Swords

12 & 13/30:Glimpsing Faces

11/30: Tree Swallows

We are having lots of 'April showers' right now, with a thunderstorm to boot, but Michael shot these little beauties yesterday:

Such simple little blossoms are so cheery when you've waited so very long.

10/30: Random Bit of Beauty

9/30: Black and White Day

8/30: Bedtime Stories

Simple and sweet, we do like Ginger.

7/30: Thinking Green

6/30: Eliza in Macro Mode

Pardon me, but you have no idea how hard it was to choose just five! 

5/30:Sketching Bag End

4/30: 'Tea' and a Scone

I had to post two pictures as you can't have one without the other. :-)

3/30: Safe in His Arms

April Shower

Jennifer of the S/V Mari Hal-O-Jen has started a month long photo challenge called April's Shower of Photos. I'm so glad Jen has made this delightful invitation! I'm really looking forward to shooting and sharing, and peering through everyone else's lenses as well. I'm a day behind so I'll post two. I think my theme will be macros (at least for now).

1/30: Sapsicles

I really did take that one yesterday.

2/30: Happy Socks

I can't resist posting one more-

Bonus Picture: Sleeping Beauty

Thanks, Jen! Pop over to her blog if you'd like to join in the fun- no life jacket required.