This morning we took Max down to the house next to where they used to live, where there are two girls that he often has played with, and he has a play date with them today. After leaving him there, we went to a nearby wetlands, where we have often walked before, where there is an abundance of birds and wildflowers. We saw swans, pelicans, geese, coots, a ruddy duck, sandhill cranes and a wading shorebird that might have been an avocet. We also saw several kinds of wildflowers.
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| Where we walked |
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| Families of geese on the water |
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| A pelican swimming away from us |
Here are three of the many wildflowers we saw:
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| Flax |
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| Salsify |
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Thistle
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After our walk, we did a little shopping, came home, had some lunch, and we rested. Then we got a call and learned that Max wanted to do an overnight. That involved some calls to get parental approval, which was given. The dad brought Max back to the condo for an overnight bag. Since Paul and Jenny were going out to eat in Jackson, that gave Ellen and me quite a stretch on our own. Ellen read. I explored a trail through a field that goes off from the condo complex (it curved around and came out by a Subway sandwich shop near the bridge over the Snake River). Then I worked on converting more pages of my doctoral dissertation into a digital file (I'm up to page 77!). Ellen fixed one of our "fave" suppers (baked potato topped with broccoli, topped with cheese sauce, plus grated carrot salad), and we watched the Friday PBS Newshour on the computer. Paul and Jenny came home, and now Ellen and Paul are watching a movie. I'll join them soon.
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