Scavenger Hunt Sunday {5•12•13}: Mother's Day Edition

Perspective

My first son was born the day before Mother's Day. This year his birthday is the day after Mother's Day, so we had his birthday party on Friday. He chose the theme of "Angry Birds Star Wars" (and there will definitely be a post all about it this week). For the party we were lucky enough to be able to borrow a slingshot and set up a life sized version of the game. I have to tell you, when you have to set up the targets and launch the balls yourself, it sure changes your perspective of the game!

Golden

{linked to Macro Monday}

This week I noticed some very small, bright yellow eggs on our tree out front. My son told me that he thought they were ladybug eggs. Then this evening when I went out to take a picture of the eggs, I did notice several ladybugs on the tree. One of them pretty much confirmed his hypothesis.

I was amazed to discover that one of the ladybugs was actually laying eggs. How cool is that?

Bloom

Right now all the lilacs near my  home are in bloom, and they smell good and look good too!

Dark

This week we have had several storms roll through, including some thunderstorms. Here is a bank of dark clouds rolling over the valley just after sunset.

Local

I live in a beautiful area! We have gorgeous mountains as well as a lake nearby. I wanted to drive down and take a picture by the lake, but the road was closed. So I drove up on the east benches and took a picture of part of the valley. I also couldn't resist taking pictures of the local plants right where I stood.