Stupendous Sunday!

Today the kids and I hiked at a local Audubon sanctuary that we adore.  In the large field, filled with milkweed, Rob took this wonderful pic of a monarch butterfly.

We hung out at a pond there too and Rob, nature photographer extraordinatire snapped several pictures of the frogs who were totally willing to pose for him.  This one is one of my favorites but there were others which were equally good.

Lissa posed by the sign showing how high we climbed.  In the grand scheme of things, a small hike BUT the first one where I have not carried any of them in oh, about 6 years! LOL

All three at the summit of the hill.  It was a glorious day.  Didn't really feel like summer, more like early fall but way too nice to hang at home.  So all afternoon we poked around at the sanctuary and it was a blast.  Below that shot is Lissa and I at a glacial boulder on the way down the hill.  But oh the golden rod is in bloom and the swamp maples are starting to color, the acorns are fat and the wheel of the year is turning, turning!