It was the best of times........

*** WARNING: GRAPHIC YUCKY PICTURES AT THE END OF THIS POST. STOP AT MALE BONDING IF YOUR EATING*****

Saturday we hit a local nature preserve. It was way fun. Like we will go back with a picnic more than once kinda fun. We actually only saw a small part of it but it was hot and muggy from the rain and we were not prepared, really, to hang out all day:

I got a shot of the almost all standing still and almost smiling in spite of them selves but still trying to look bored children:

I got a shot of the rules don't refer to me Daddy...not so rare as it could be..........

And this is a beauty:

We harvested what I think are either scuppernogs or muscadines:

We tried to look bored again and didn't quite make it in time....my shutter is faster than hers...lol...but not by much...

We petted goats:

And got some great shots of a viscous black Pooh Bear:

And a Great Horned Owl:

Whooooo(sorry) prompted a male bonding thru hand noises session:

We had a wonderful time and I took way to many pics to post them all. I literally filled a 512 SD chip and could have taken so many more.

So we got home that night and played with neighbors down by the lake and all was still well. Got up Sunday made fried chicken and to finish recovering from Saturday decided to go for a swim at Grandma and Grandpas. That's when things went tragically down hill. It started with a small snake that was slithering toward Popstar and ended in the ER:

So far they have just glued it closed. The problem was that it was deep as well as long. But if he doesn't behave we have to go back for stitches so I figure we'll be back around Wed- Thurs at the latest. Cest La Vie. All good things must come to an end...lol. The worst part is he just got a raise on Fri. after only two weeks. So there was NO CALLING IN on Monday. But he is trying to take it easy and come home early instead of staying and doing grunt work. We shall see.