Lavender Fields, small towns and going home.

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I was heading up north on I15 to see my Mom and family with my oldest daughter and we saw that the Young Living Lavender farm was in bloom. We are always up for an adventure when roadtripping, especially because we get so bored in the car!  We pulled off the highway to go check it out.  We found a good area and got right down in the dirt. We took in the smell of lavender and of course took pictures 🙂 Where did you adventure to this summer ?

A morning Dove rescue

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It was quite a disappointment when I caught my beloved cat trying to take down an innocent baby morning dove. We were standing in our driveway talking to a neighbor when suddenly there was a commotion a few feet away. Our cat was playing with a bird and the cat was winning. Not waiting to see what the cat would do next we got her away from the bird.  The bird scampered into the nearby bush. The cat was bewildered thinking that she had been doing a heroic thing and now she was getting scolded. Just the other day my daughter and I were reminiscing about all the times we have gotten our selves tangled up in crazy situations with wildlife or other animals. I filled a cage with greenery from around the area we found the bird in, hung it on the front porch high from the cat and went to googling about morning birds. What a wonderful bird they are. When we held the bird it didn’t fight us and seemed to accept us quite well. The next morning there were 3 morning birds in our yard seeming confused about the caged morning bird. He seemed to be fine and in my half awake morning stupor I let him free. I kept the cat in the house the rest of the day and night. I have seen the bird scampering around the last few days and even fly up to the roof!

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WIld & Free Part 2

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I couldn’t help myself I had to post the remainder of the shots I got of these Beauties.  The remainder of the dry fall foliage made for a beautiful background for Mamma and her Foal and a peaceful setting for lingering and reflections in the water. This last pic is of one of the horses wandering out by himself in a not so becoming desert type landscape and it made me ponder why he was alone and in an undersirable area. My sensitive soul hopes he will meet up with his friends again later in a better area and then I have to remind myself they are free and they know what they are doing. Sometimes even we human creatures need time off by ourselves 🙂 IMG_2:8044IMG_8058IMG_2:8076IMG_8020