Caribbean Adventure

We just returned from a Caribbean cruise on Holland America.  

We greatly enjoyed hanging out with the little squirrel monkeys in the Dominican Republic.  As you can see they greatly enjoyed hanging out on Eric!

 We spent time on Saint John and Half Moon Cay in the Bahamas, snorkeling with green sea turtles, rays, lemon sharks, and colorful fish of all shapes and sizes.  

Teresa managed to read 4 books and we enjoyed a great variety of movies and entertainment.  Eric experienced the surreal glow of the Bioluminescent Bay for the first time in Puerto Rico. 

Fun, fun fun!

Walter and Winnie

Introducing Walter and Winnie!

 Both kids have found their legs and are hop...hop...hopping around the barn:)

Lola strikes again!

At 3 days overdue, we knew Lola would imminently kid.  At 9pm, we tucked everyone to sleep in the barn as normal with no signs of labor.  When Teresa ran out to the barn for a quick check at 4:45am, there was Lola with her two kids!  In typical Lola fashion, she had everything already completely cleaned up.

 Her little girl (name to follow) appears more exhausted than Lola:)

November Harvest

Cleared out the last of the veggies from the garden before the first snow of the year falls later tonight.  Quite the haul of carrots we got this year!

Rainbow

Hatching monarchs

Off to Mexico for margaritas!!

Monarch Madness

Walking past the new wildflower garden by the house, Teresa noticed that one of the butterfly weed plants was completely munched down.  Upon further inspection, a monarch caterpillar was found. Following a tour of all the new wildflower beds, a total of 7 caterpillars were found!!!

One little guy is ready to make his chrysalis.

We're guessing that this is the 3rd generation of monarchs for the summer.  Likely the next batch of eggs laid will eventually become the butterflies that migrate to California and Mexico.  

It's so exciting to see this threatened species thriving here in our own back yard!!