My little brother, Isaiah, captured this Swallow in the middle of a song.
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Spring Calf
a joyous uproar when my dad noticed the new calf that Dot the cow had with her
Dot’s sister, Polka, is feeling left out. So we bought her a bull and named him Bullwinkle.
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Birthday Collage
Snapshots from Jessie Pearl & Violet Noelle’s birthday party. Video is next.
Violet is wearing eden’s bouquet Hollyn Whisper Dress in ivory
Jessie is wearing eden’s bouquet Ciel Bleu Gown
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Chicken Little
When I was a little girl I loved to watch our mother hens with their chicks, gathering, clucking & tenderly tucking them under the wing. Unfortunately the Windy Ridge hens aren’t the motherly sort so we took matters into our own hands. Spencer and the little girls gathered up the eggs and put them in the incubator and then we watched and waited. What a splendid morning it was three weeks later when we heard chirping and watched one little chicken peck her way into the world.
Now Chicken Little is the queen of the roost. She almost had a friend when another egg starting peeping. They cheeped back & forth to each other and I stayed up with Riley & Jace until 1 am cheering it on and eating popcorn, but, alas, a sad moment when it suddenly died.
At Windy Ridge it’s not unusual to see a 3 year old girl with a chicken on her head or riding along on her pink tricycle.
Quite commonplace, actually.
Violet Green Swallow
My boy sits patiently in the late evening sun, camera pointed to the sky. His efforts pay off. He captures a Violet Green Swallow in flight while I am beside him weeding and his eyes light up and his whole face smiles because he knows he got the shot.
He runs over to me and beaming, not saying a word, he shows me the thumbnail on the camera screen. I hoot and holler and gush over the photo just like he knew I would. I genuinely love all of them.
Jace Walker (“Jace Watcher the bird nerd” as he calls himself ) is a dedicated bird watcher and photographer. He is quiet and driven and inspired. He photographed a bird he spent time observing in the front field and didn’t rest until he found out what it was. Zooming in, studying detail, comparing to photos in his Audubon guide. When it was finally identified as a Killdeer he was so excited. He now knows pretty much everything there is to know about a Killdeer.
Violet Green Swallow
Nesting: under the Windy Ridge eves
they swoop and glide around the house all day long (scaring the daylights out of Rachael who lives in the guesthouse and suffers from Ornithophobia)
Voice: A high dee-chip given in flight. Also a series of varying tweet notes
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A glance out my window this morn and God’s eternal power and divine nature are plain to see.
Since what may be known about God is plain to them, because God has made it plain to them. -Romans 1:19
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Boy’s Eye View
Photos I found on my camera taken by my little brother and my boy. I love to see what they capture.
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Jessie is Walking
Jessie Pearl now realizes that it is easier to walk upright than crawl.
We love watching her wobbly, stiff-legged steps as she toddles around Windy Ridge.
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Spoiled Bird
Brother Bird lives the good life here at Windy Ridge.
(video done with iPhone and editing done with Splice app)
by Jen From Windy Ridge
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