Happy Easter and In Memory Of

Today I'll be spending Easter with my sister, JoAnn, and her family. Before I depart to do that, I wanted to post a quick photo of a beautiful Dogwood bloom I photographed at Caperton Swamp last week. Obviously, I dropped it in Picasa and Paint to give it a beautiful subtle effect. I hope you like it.

Today is a special day because it is not just Easter, but also my Mother's birthday. Mom has been gone for five plus years. It seems like yesterday that she was here with us. I miss her terribly, but today I'm celebrating her life because she loved the holidays most of all. She always made our holidays special no matter what was going on around us.

On Easter we would dress up in our new Easter dresses, black patent leather shoes and our Easter bonnets. In the morning, when we first awoke, we would immediately go in search of our Easter baskets. She loved to hide them all over the house. I look back over the years growing up and wonder how my Mom made everything so special with five children. We were not rich in money, but we definitely were rich in love of family. My Mom gave me that. I'm very lucky to still have all three of my sisters and my brother still with me. Thank you God. Most of all thank you Mom for everything you gave me and everything you were and still are to me. Happy Birthday.

Happy Easter to everyone. I hope your day is filled with chocolate bunnies, marshmallow eggs, jelly beans, baked ham and maybe even an Easter egg hunt. And least you think I've forgotten, our Lord has risen. Let us be proud. Happy Easter. ENJOY!

Caperton Swamp

A few images I took Sunday afternoon on a walk around Caperton Swamp in northern Louisville.
The walk around the swamp itself is about nine tenths of a mile. On this day the trail was muddy in some places due to the heavy rain we had had that morning.

If you let a little rain stop you though, you might never get out around here because we've had a ton of rain the last 4-5 weeks.

I'm especially fond of the reflections in some of these images especially the first image of the wooden bird house.

It had been many years since I'd been to the swamp, and decided with gas prices so outrageous, I would stick close to home on this particular day. Also I had an inkling I might want to take Monday off and take a drive to Mustatatuck which I did. Are the gas prices cutting into your adventures? ENJOY!

Nest Building 101

Can't you see I'm busy building a nest? Please check back with me later. Perhaps then I'll have time to pose. Taken at Caperton Swamp Sunday afternoon after a heavy rain early morning. Caperton is in Jefferson County right along the Ohio River in Louisville. ENJOY!