Lizzie's Lifesavers

My cousin, Kim Wilson, has invited me to join her daughter, Lizzie Wilson, on Lizzie's Lifesavers. LL is a team of walkers who plan to walk in the Crohn's and Colitis foundation walk a thon. The walk will raise money for digestive disease research. Hopefully, they can find a cure in our life times.



The walk will be held on May 31st in Philadelphia. I am looking forward to walking with Lizzie to find a cure!! If you would like to donate to our cause please click the following link!



http://www.active.com/donate/takestepsPHIL07/DWalden7

What a weekend!

What a beautiful weekend it was. We hiked on Saturday and I got some pictures of Canadian geese. We also saw some wild turkeys.

On Sunday Jack tried to fly a kite and Pete and i pruned an apple tree. I also cleared an area in the woods directly behind our house to put some minerals out for the deer. Hopefully, we will get to see some wildlife out our backdoor. The weather couldn't be better. We enjoyed spending time outdoors this weekend!

Black Bear from Flickr

BLACK BEAR Plays with shadow
Originally uploaded by SparkyLeigh

I found this photo on flickr.com and thought it would be worth adding to my collection. thank you to the great photographers at flickr.com

Hags house

This photo was taken by a remote camera that my husband built from plans from the internet. We found the plans at www.hagshouse.com this is a very helpful online community of people who are interested not only in remote camera building but in the outdoors as well. Check out the forum.

Mike's paintings

This is a link to my Brother-in-law Mike's paintings that he has for sale on a website called artist rising.comhttp://www.artistrising.com/shop/artist/38813/Michael-Forzato.htm These painting are remarkable because he is confined to a whelchair and can only move his left arm a little bit! He did these paintings using a special device that is fitted to his left arm.

I hope you have enjoyed looking at his work!

Hidden Creek Winery

We made our first trip to a winery today. We enjoyed the tasting (and buying) at Hidden Creek Winery http://www.hiddencreekwines.com/index.html near Laceyville PA. Ruth and Russ Leichliter were great hosts and made the experience worthwhile for everyone in our group. Ruth also made our kids feel right at home! Jack is looking forward to returning again. We tasted many wines and came home with three. Our favorites were the Strawberry, the Dragonfly, and the Peach. We enjoyed sampling the others also. The wineries signature wine PA Bluestone was very unique. It is blue in color and is a sweet Catawba flavor.

NWTF

In my last post I mentioned my affiliation with the National Wild Turkey Federation. They are a great organization dedicated to the preservation of turkey habitat, hunting and heritage. They also have great programs for kids, women and disabled sportsman. This is a link to their website http://www.nwtf.com/ check it out .