Photo Shoot for a Dragonfly

Yesterday, while working in the yard, there were hundreds of dragonflies swooping about doing their thing...presumably, hopefully, it is eating mosquitoes.  I noticed one golden one perched on a rose hip.  He stayed there for quite a while.  I took a couple of photos of him with my phone.  He then seemed to say, "Go get your good camera.  I want a photo shoot."  So, I walked into the house, retrieved my camera and began taking photos for about 15 minutes.  Sometimes, he flitted onto another flower, seeming to say, "Hey, look at this side;  Get a top view!  Look, I'm smiling!"  It was a fun photo shoot for a cute little guy, probably dead by now.

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I'm smiling....

Horse Hair Pottery

We commissioned an artist to make some pots out of Wayfarer's tail hair, which I had saved.  We thought it would be a nice memento.  The photos with the flash turned out gray and the one in natural light turned out tan.  In reality, they are somewhere in between.   Apparently, they take the pot out of the kiln at 1200 degrees and apply (throw on) the horse hair which promptly burns and melts into the finish in beautiful random patterns.  Then, they are glazed and finished.

I have more of Wayfarer's hair saved to make jewelry.

Yep, Good Dog

Thanks, Milo

Random Holiday Adventures

My first try at a popcorn horse

Girlie Heaven...Barbies and Horses

Wii

Even the Men got in the Wii dancing action

Toe Power...Reign of the Five Fingers

Peaceful sunset at the Ranch

My photographic capture of a Tradition...the Star at the Christensens

And of course, our new little addition...the Barn Cat named Apple Cider

The Wave...worth doing...worth repeating

Thank you, JT and Little T for providing our permits to this wonderful hike.  Wildbound and Wild Kids went too...so much fun...I loved it all, even the sucky sand valleys.  

The campground did have a pool, but it wasn't heated.  The worst part about camping was the MOSQUITOES!!

The gorgeous sunrise as we drove to the trailhead.

Bags ready to go at the Wire Pass Trailhead

Our own "Rocky Ridge"

"The map says to go over that ridge, but the GPS says the other saddle...Wait a minute, it's that one.  No, it's that one.  The GPS is flippin."

"Hey GPS Bob, if you don't stop flippin with that GPS, we will be flippin you!"

Tadpoles in the Water Pockets.

Top Rock Arch

Remnants of the flash flood a couple of days before

On the hike in....sand, sage and rock features

Human Sand Timer

Lots of critter tracks

Yay!  Water Pockets!

Our campsite wasn't too bad.  However, the second afternoon it was so windy and dusty, we packed up and went to St. George and spent a much more comfortable night with Bethany.