A Fantastic Aunt made this

Our Granddaughter wanted a kitty cake and so this is the cake her Aunt made for her. It is really Cute and even made the ride from Utah to Colorado without too much damage. The bottom around the cake came off in a couple of places but was easily reinserted.

Third Graduation Ceremony 2009

Well I have officially attended my third graduation ceremony for 2009 and this one is in Colorado. 800 students graduating and held outside with the threat of rain (thankfully it didn't) and I was lucky enough to sit in the front row next to where they walked out of the arena. (Mom and dad knew where he was going to be walking out so the lucky part was only in the fact that the row in front of me cleared out just before they walked out so that I was able to jump the seats and get into the front row. This is my nephew, the son of my wife's brother. It was fun even though it was very crowded, but what can you expect with 800 graduates. I included two of his friends in this blog as well.

A quick family picture before we left.

After the long Absence

So it has been too long since I last added to my blog. I have been working late nights trying to get a bunch of pictures done for a dance studio and have not been able to shoot any of my own but that is how life goes sometimes. So anyway today I decided to take a few for a blog tonight and it all started with an old saying with proof "the grass is greener on the other side of the fence". This is what it takes to get to it.
This young magpie couldn't fly back into the tree (until I forced it down to where there were some lower bushes) but the thing that amazed me was the ability it had to turn it's head 180 degrees. Wow my neck hurt right after that one.
Then there was the little bumblebee busy gathering nectar from the lilacs. It wasn't until just a few years ago that I realized a Bumblebee makes honey just like it's cousin only the nest is made of grass and the honey is stored in pod shaped devices inside of the nest. It was really quite a neat discovery for me.
After the animals, birds and insects I turned my attention to the flowers and weeds in the light of a setting sun.