Middleton Place Barnyard, Etc.



stable



workshops

carriage house

 

chickens greet the carriage



chikens and rooster!

rue in the herb garden

 

Indigo was used to make dye and sold

dinner bell



kitchen

Wildflowers and Butterflies

The Outdoor School

Marble Falls, Texas

On Sunday we drove out to Marble Falls to see Camp Champions where Rachel has been working since February. After a delicious lunch at the Fish Camp & Grill, Rachel took us on a great adventure through the wonderland of wildflowers on the camp's property. The camp is right on the lake, but we didn't even go to the water because the wildflowers got all of our attention. After our tour Rachel treated us to strawberry cobbler she had made the day before. We sat up on the second story deck eating cobbler and ice cream, relaxing, and shootin' the breeze with Rachel and Perry. From there we had a nice view of the lake and the camp. It was a lovely Sunday afternoon... and the weather couldn't have been nicer!

More of Kauai

Random snapshots from our Kauai travels... there was so much to see in so little time and I had fun trying to capture everything  beautiful and/or interesting!

from Hanalei Pier
think "South Pacific"

rooster running loose
in a Hanalie shopping center

more chickens :
http://joansjoys.blogspot.com/2011/11/chickens-in-park.html

 hanging heart on a bench

Next ones are from the car on the way to Kalalua Trail--



Norfolk Pine trees lined up



On the back from Kalalua Trail...

Back in Lihue...

Red Dirt Shirt Shop

Tom's red dirt shirt

Spouting Horn

Palm tree in the park with 2 kinds of clusters:

rocky beach

Picnic Lunch at Lydgate Beach Park

Since it was our last day in Kauai we had to check out of our condo by 11 a.m. Tom and I made wraps and drove to Lihue to spend the rest of the day since our flight didn't leave until 11 p.m. We found this really nice park, Lydgate Beach Park. It had covered picnic tables where we ate our lunch as we looked out over the ocean. The beach here seemed to collect a lot of driftwood which was usually not the case. Also, very few seashells were on any of the beaches that we saw. This beach had a couple of "swimming holes" that made it a safe place for people to swim. They blocked off the large waves with walls made of huge lava rocks. In the parking lot were the cutest chicks with their mother hen. The park also had a large open pavillion where people were picnicking on this Veteran's Day in 2011.

  

chicks in the parking lot

more chickens:  http://www.joansjoys.blogspot.com/2011/11/chickens-in-park.html