Scavenger Hunt

I asked the girl to make a list of things I should photograph while I was on the “Western Trip” with the ecology class. I enjoyed trying to find each of these things. I was really close to finding all 20 animals/items, and I only needed to ask for 2 substitutions (which the girl granted). Here are the resulting photos:

1. “8” made out of sticks

  
(S. Tongue River)

2. Moose

 
(Tetons)

3. Ketchup

  (Yellowstone general store)

4. Mountain Goat

  
(Beartooth Mountains)

5. Snow

  
(Line Lake Plateau Montana)

6. Uncle Rob eating ice cream

  
(Tetons)

7. Uncle Ken looking at a blue and white bird

  
(Bighorn Mountains)

(You have to take my word for it…when I took the picture he was saying “I’m looking at a blue and white bird”. It was a Lazuli Bunting. 

8. A beautiful tree

  
(Hunters Peak Wyoming)

9. Orange flower

  
(Yellowstone)

10. Frog. (I didn’t find one, but I was allowed a substitution- I saw a snake- a Northern Rubber Boa)

  
(Tetons)

11. A cool rock

  
(Bighorn Mountains)

12. Bunny

  
(Yellowstone- mountain cottontail)

13. Ground Squirrel

  
(Golden Mantled Ground Squirrel)

14. Cool pine cone

  
(Lodgepole pine)

15. Caterpillar 

  
(Tetons – buck moth)

16. Dragonfly larvae (a second substitution – a mayfly larvae)

  
(S. Tongue River)

17. Red Squirrel 

  
(We saw them everywhere)

18. Bison

  
(Yellowstone)

19. Sunrise

  
(Yellowstone)

20. Sunset

  

(Bighorn Mountains)

 

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I’m away from the girl this week getting ready to go on a trip with the ecology students at the Wheaton College Science Station. I don’t have a way to get photos off my camera, so a phone portrait will have to do this week!

Blue Lake 2015 (year 3)

 We are just back from a terrific few days at Blue Lake Suzuki Family Camp. We had a fun 3 days of group classes: 

Art Barn:


  

Lots of walking: 

Lessons with terrific teachers: 

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Lots of practicing -always the girl’s idea! Check out all of these different “concentration faces”


            We had a lot of fun hanging out at our cabin:

  There was lots of ice cream!

Of course, it wouldn’t be Blue Lake without time spent in the sand…it takes weeks to get this girl clean again!


The best thing about Blue Lake 2015, was that the girl was selected to play on the student recital!  She was so happy!!! She worked so hard to polish her piece before we went, so it was extra special to be able to play for everyone.

Arriving at the concert:

She was so confident!  Not nervous at all!  I wish I could say that about myself


  

She loved being on stage with her teacher:


And when it was her turn, she walked right up to the piano and played the best “Witches’ Dance” she’s ever played!

She’s come a long way!

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