Broken Tree

2023,

A tree that broke sideways earlier this month has now had the remaining standing part fall and almost hit my house. Yikes. The tree removal service folks were already scheduled at this point but the appointment wasn’t in time to avoid this happening.

Tree broke and fell!

Really big tree

This close to the house

Great day at Sunken Gardens!

2023, Hangouts, , , , ,

Went to Sunken Gardens with Meghan and saw some lovely wildlife and plants, and then went to Jackson’s to meet Adam and Jeaux.

Ivy & Meg at Sunken Gardens

Sunken Gardens

Sunken Gardens

Sunken Gardens

Sunken Gardens

Ivy at Sunken Gardens

Meg smelling a flower at Sunken Gardens

Sunken Gardens

Fish at Sunken Gardens

Sunken Gardens

Tortoise at Sunken Gardens

Fish at Sunken Gardens

Ladies at Sunken Gardens

Sunken Gardens

Jeaux & Ivy at Jackson’s

At Jackson’s

Phoenix and Las Vegas with Fred – Day 2

2004, Vacations, , , , , ,

We decided to go to Sedona on my second day in Phoenix. Halfway there we stopped at this “historical Fred place”: The Coffee Pot Restaurant, where they have omelets you can order by the number!

Historical Fred Place: Coffee Pot

Coffee at Coffee Pot

Now just a bunch of pictures of me walking around in the desert trail in Sedona:

Sedona desert trail

Sedona desert trail

Sedona desert trail

Sedona desert trail

Sedona desert trail

Sedona desert trail

Sedona desert trail

Sedona desert trail

Sedona desert trail

Sedona desert trail

Sedona desert trail

 

Fred Visit Day 8

2003, Gatherings, , , , , , , , , ,

Fred and me right before we took off down the river!

Before canoeing

It’s a gator we saw on the river!

Gator

 This is another gator. Actually I took a bunch of shots of gators but not all of them are that interesting so I just put the two best ones.

Gator

We ran the canoe onto the bank on purpose so we could have a picnic. This is me and my mommy relaxing.

Mom and Ivy picnic

This is what my mom described as the “big honkin’ tree” that we used as our landmark to find the picnic place. (It was pretty honkin’.)

Big honkin tree

 We’re shoving off to paddle the rest of the trip; me and Mommy in the canoe.

Mom & Ivy canoe

There was some awesome scenery on the Hillsborough River! Lookit how the reflections are in the water.

Nice scenery

A pretty bird in a picturesque scene!

Nice nature

 WOW. Look at that reflection. It totally bowled me over, I’m glad the quality translated to digital format.

Nice nature

At the end of our trip, we spotted this WILD CHICKEN. Also known as gator food. Heh.

A wild chicken

I met my friends at Beer Belly’s, where some came for the beer and some came for the karaoke. (Guess which reason was mine?) Here we have me, Phil, Steve, and Meghan.

Phil, Steve, Meghan at Beer Belly’s

Same people as above except now you can see Ammy. We’re trying to decide what to sing. (Steve is only concerned with getting shitfaced. Which he did well.)

With Ammy, Phil, Steve, Meg, 7/2003

Ammy, me, and Phil. Probably saying or doing something goofy.

Ammy, Ivy, Phil at Beer Belly’s

For some reason this is what my mom did when her picture was taken at the karaoke place.

Mom licks her drinks

It’s Ammy singing karaoke.

Ammy sings at karaoke

Fred’s turn to sing!

Fred sings at karaoke

It was so special that I had to have two pictures. 🙂

Fred sings at karaoke

 Here’s me singing karaoke, from far away.

Ivy sings at karaoke

Meghan’s turn to sing! She is a doll.

Meghan sings at karaoke

Phil’s turn. My mom forbade him to sing the song “Chef’s Salty Chocolate Balls” this time, so he ended up singing Adam Sandler’s “Ode to My Car.” Just as raunchy. You can tell from his hand gesture.

Phil sings at karaoke