Great Grandpa's Rock Garden

Colorado was so beautiful and the weather was so nice....especially to us Texans who have been having triple digit heat for the past few weeks! Even when the afternoons got up to the low 90s it was still beautiful in the shade! Presley and I spent a lot of time outside and we loved every second of it. Beautiful weather is healthy for the soul and we definitely felt revived and renewed while up there. Presley loved being in the backyard and playing in great grandpa's rock garden. He has a beautiful backyard with lovely flowers everywhere. If you know me, then you know that I do not have a green thumb;-) so it made me very envious to see such lovely gardens in everyone's backyards. Here are a few pictures of Presley exploring the outdoors. I love to watch children explore...they have such little inquisitive minds. She always looks like she's on a mission....she knows exactly what she wants and where she wants to go all.of.the.time. :-)

This is just a tiny portion of his beautiful backyard. ;-)

You could often find Presley having a conversation with the flowers. She would walk up to the flowers and lean over (or squat down) and just start jabbering away. She must have known exactly what she was saying because she would often stop and wait for a response. When she didn't get one she was quite dismayed and would continue jabbering away in hopes that they would one day respond. Poor thing...definitely time to provide her with a sibling....don't ya think? Anyhow, we all just sat in amusement and watched her carry on. She grew quite fond of this little red plant that sat on my grandpa's back porch. I wonder if she misses her lovely friend once she got home? It was quite funny, but obviously not to her. ;-)

Presley has a new obsession with rocks. She plays with them a lot. Just recently, she has become quite the organizer. We have a rock patch in our backyard and she loves to pick out the rocks that she likes the best. She lays them out in front of her or places them on the tree stump we have on our porch. She must have some idea of what she is doing because she sets them out just so and to her liking. It was interesting to see her do the same thing in Colorado. She would look for a rock, pick it up, inspect it, and either toss it back or keep it in front of her on the sidewalk.

My grandfather's neighbor has a huge golden delicious apple tree in his backyard that has grown over into my grandpa's yard. There were a ton of little green apples everywhere that had fallen to the ground...much to my grandfather's disliking. Presley thought they were balls and she was constantly getting into them. Again, she would go in search for the perfect one...round, plump, and green. She would run up to me with one in her hand and say "ball." I had to tell her that they were not balls and I'd throw them back into the neighbors yard...much to my grandfather's liking ;-) hee-hee!

A lot of work to find her perfect "ball" ;-)

Oh, this child....she's a mess ;-)