Over the Mountains and Through the Woods...

Ok…not really on my way to grandmother’s house, at least not yet. But I thought I’d post some pictures I took in the past couple of months. Including some videos.



The first set are from a park Statler and I took Dad to. It was Father’s Day, and instead of watching a movie, since there weren’t any movies either one of us were interested in, we decided that a nice walk around a national park would be a far better time! I treated Dad to breakfast at a diner, and Statler made a rather untraditional picnic lunch. No, while others at the park were having hamburgers, hotdogs, and fresh made salsa (Dad watched this one Hispanic lady make a whole meal from scratch, enthralled with the way she cut the veggies up without even looking at what she was doing.)…we had some mustard chicken with flatbread, fruit salad, and some kind of grain that I can’t name at the moment. My memory fails me too often.



Either way, it was rather yummy and we had a grand time hiking, taking pictures, and eating healthily.



This here was a bug nest/burrow of sorts. Don’t know if it was a beetle, bee, or spider, but something black and fuzzy with multiple legs was crawling around there adjusting the purple fuzz! Statler might have gotten better pictures of it.



Speaking of spiders, the town I live in is swarming in them, and I think they’re getting ready to kill me. I’ve got a nest in my mailbox; I think I’ve figured out their plan. The eggs have hatched, and they’re tiny little buggers. The way I see it, they’re trying to gain entrance into my house via my mail, and once they’re all in, they’re going to swarm all about me and kill me in my sleep! Assuming the kittens don’t get to me first…



















HI DAD!







Ok, these next couple of photos I took while gazing up at the clouds out on Karper Road. Who doesn’t like a good cloud picture right?





But wait until you see the beauty I captured here on video! I’ve never seen a rainbow so big in my life, that I can remember! But what makes it more amazing to me is the time of day it was, at sunset! I texted a picture to friends and family, and got a reply from my coworker how she and her husband were looking at it to! They were generally in the same area as I, but it was still just truly amazing to see!





Oh right! So there’s this tree I like to climb on my friends’ property. One time after swinging down from the branches, I happened upon a pretty white gypsy moth that was hanging out on the trunk!



It’s not very often I want to get up early in the morning, but earlier this weekend I had decided to get up at the crack of dawn to take a looooooong walk down one farm road, to another, and to one I regularly walk back to home. Basically, think of it as a two hour walk around the block. XD It was great, because I got to get some beautiful shots that you can only get at sunrise, as well as made some new friends!



So I’m photographing these horses while they graze, admiring how the sun shines on their coats when one looks at me and decides that it’s going to come over to say hi. Well, maybe not so much as say hi as eat the flowers nearby and unload the end product from its bowels, but I decided to take it as a way of saying hi. Then the next thing I know, another horse looks at me and the other horse and is all ‘Well, I’ve got to check this out as well’. The next thing I know, most of the herd is coming over to say hi and graze nearby, all except one that decided it was content on the far side of the field. XD



I had even taken a video of the whole lot of them, but somehow…it either didn’t save or I accidently deleted it without knowing it. Sad, I thought for sure Animal and Mama Karper would have loved to see it.

























So later on, I come across a cow farm! Now, since I’ve moved from Upstate NY, I’ve refused to believe that cows exist in any other state. So I decided a good 10 years ago that these here are not cows, but pigeons that have been cleverly disguised with highly sophisticated holographic imagery! And now you’re asking why I’m so bent on believing such foolishness! Because Byrne Dairy Milk does not exist anywhere outside of NY State!



Yes. It’s already been established that I’m a nutcase. But I was raised on Byrne Dairy Milk, and one of my dad’s high school friends declared that I wasn’t lactose intolerant, but I was simply allergic to any other milk that wasn’t Byrne Dairy Milk! Of course! That makes logical sense now! Quick! Move me back to my home state so I don’t have to drink Lactaid anymore and return to my beloved Byrne Dairy Goodness!



ANYWAYS! These pigeon/cows had the same reaction to me as the horses did. One looked at me, and decided that the area I was standing in was far more interesting and tasty to graze in than where it was earlier! Though, I think with the cows, it was a general consensus that my hat was so weird that they needed to get a closer look to make sure that there was someone beneath it.



I have a Chinese straw conical hat that I wear on my walks when it’s too sunny out. The Karper’s neighbor likes it and said he kind of wished he had one. And when I wore it to the park on Father’s Day, my sister even said she wanted one, despite how weird Dad thought they were. It’s actually kind of nice, and I get a ton of weird looks from the locals because of it. ^_^

Baby Animals! And then some!

ARE THE CUTEST! I feel like I’ve been surrounded by them, and most of them I don’t get to see on a regular basis!

Karper seems to be growing attached to the black little kitten from the litter of three at his place. Mama Karper says that they’ve got the litter in captivity, but the mother still remains rather elusive. Elusive, but friendlier towards the family! I consider that a step forward.

And over by my parents, the miniature horse farm has been blessed with three colts! And if you thought miniature horses were cute, wait till you see them as babies! It’s too much! I nearly die every time I walk by them!

Have you picked up on the three theme yet? Because it seemed that even the robins’ nest that appeared just outside of my porch was preparing for triplets as well! Unfortunately, I later found out that one didn’t make it. BUT OH! How excited I was to have a robins’ nest outside of my porch! Mom immediately informed me that this wasn’t in the lease agreement, but what can I do? The birds felt that area was the safest for their nest! I mean, if you think about it, it’s ideal for raising a family. You’ve got the church next door, plus the school across the street and even a bird feeder just off the shed for those late night cravings! You can’t get much better than that!















Oh! Plus I’ve gone through and made the third floor room…erm…the finished portion of the attic, turning it into the Kitty Play/Guest Room. Basically, it’s where my cats tend to hang out now, but will be open for any other feline guests that might come along whenever Mom has guests with allergies crashing at her place. ^_^ The girls love it up there, since it’s high up…has all their toys…some cushy beds that they actually use! That surprised me the most…PLUS! It’s the warmest room in the house. XD They occasionally come down to see me, when they’re hungry and feel the need to snuggle up to me. At least they’re using the space, which I feared that they’d completely ignore it. So glad they don’t! It actually makes me feel good that they’re using the beds and stuff I got for them!













Oh! And to top it all off, amongst all the pictures, including the wall paintings I FINALLY finished for my sister, are some other little progressive videos I made while doing some drawings I was inspired to play with. Enjoy!