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Baby Snail

I thought it was a leaf when I walked past this baby snail the first time. 

Usually the snails on our sidewalk are huge, hard-shelled old things. 

This little guy was moving faster than most snails and kept my attention.

It wasn't very interested in my penny. 

So I kept moving it back into its path. 

 It must have decided the world is full of pennies,
so it might as well slime over this one. 

Soon after I took this picture he pulled into his shell.

One-apple Bush

Last year we had an apple tree in our backyard.
I pruned it and thought it looked happy and healthy.
In the fall, we picked a delicious half-bushel of apples. 

This year, after aggressive pruning by my dear husband, we have an apple bush.
With the new growth we decided it's more bush than tree.
I'd say he cut off 90% of the branches.
Our harvest this year? Maybe one apple.

It's the only one that grew.

It looks as if the apple bush is holding out the offering to us.

I thought I should take a picture just in case it succumbs to wind. 

Breathing Room

Out at Antelope Island State Park. The place to be in Utah.

The Sky Tonight

Reflections

 On tile and in fountain.
My young daughter took these pictures yesterday in downtown Salt Lake City.
"I honestly was just having fun."

Just inside the old tabernacle.

See the face at the bottom of the window?

Up at the Lake

 I was amazed by how close the birds were to my daughter when she took pictures up at Cecret Lake this afternoon.

That's me sitting in my favorite place up on the rock slab to the right above the lake. Memories.

Peachick at Pioneer Village

We went to Lagoon for "family day" last week. I saw this mama peahen and her little peachick near Pioneer Village. The peacock wasn't too far away. Sadly, someone was chasing them, so this was the best picture I could get before the peafamily dashed off into the bushes and out of reach. I'd never before seen a peachick. So little and precious. 

Pioneer Trek Bucket

For pioneer trek, my daughter was required to bring a 5 gallon bucket to hold all her personal belongings. Someone suggested we make a removable pad for the top so she could sit on the bucket and use the pad for a pillow. We searched around the internet for ideas of what to do and adapted what we found.

For the pad, I cut out a circle of foam board, cut up an old piece of padding, put fabric over the top, and duct taped the fabric onto the bottom of the board. Then I duct taped sew-on Velcro to the bottom of the circle and top of the bucket lid. Easy. 

For the handle, we saw this idea of tying on strips of fabric. I padded the middle portion and sewed fabric to cover it-- my daughter's idea.

She saw vinyl lettering on a bucket and assumed it was painted on. So, she made a stencil of her name and painted it on the bucket. It reminds her of an Easter basket, but we're pretty happy with the results.

Goodbye Butler Middle

My daughter and I rode our bikes over to the middle school to see how the demolition is going. The old building is coming down fast. They were even working on it yesterday. I'm pretty sure they're behind schedule. 

The new school is already built, but still not totally complete. They're working on the grounds and the parking areas.

 The words above the chalkboard in the classroom below say, 

"You are the future. Do you like what you see?"