Patrick - Wildlife Photographer

This is my shot. I was able to get really close before he hopped backwards into the hollowed out stump and nearly disappeared. Every week I feed about seven of these guys at the Outreach for Earth Stewardship in Shelburne.  It was cool to see one in the wild AND in my very own yard.

Patrick - Wildlife Photographer

Yesterday, as the sun was setting, I spotted this animal resting in the hollowed out stump of one of our maple trees. We tried to capture pictures from the safe distance of our front door, but the zoom lens wasn't strong enough to get a good shot.  So, I got my boots on and walked closer to see if I could get a better shot.

The owl was  just resting quietly and was perfectly camouflaged in that tree.  I can't believe I even spotted it!  My mom took this picture of me moving in for the shot.

Tis The Season

This afternoon we went to see the Christmas Spectacular at Essex Alliance Church.  We expected to see Calvin there because his mom is in the show.  But we also saw other friends including Ross and his parents.

The show was great, and did a good job of getting us in the mood for Christmas.

Vermont State House

Vermont History field trip

Peek-a-boo

Minecraft Buddies

Patrick's friends met up at AWANA last night and then spent the night here.

This morning they were up (somewhat) early to spend a little time in Minecraft before the party broke up.