Summer Sunday

The dog days of Summer are here, and we happily enjoyed ourselves this last weekend! Justin, Jordyn and i spent most of the time playing...building blocks, playing with legos, coloring and "the great pony rescue" (a game Justin and Jordyn created, involving her stable of My Little Ponies). Of course, that was just the morning...

during the hot afternoons, we played in the river! And while we were out there, Justin and Jordyn did their annual trout rescue!
The river drops really low at this time of year, and the fish get trapped in our pond. Normally this wouldnt be a big deal, except the pond was really washed in this Spring, so the water is too shallow to house the fish for the winter...therefore, we gather any of the big fish we find and release them in the main river on the other side of the island.

Jordyn really LOVES catching the fish, but she couldnt understand why we werent going to eat them. Justin and i dont fish, and we dont particularly care for trout, so we told her that's something she can do with Grandpa :)

Besides, this is the fun part...saving them to swim another day! We had luck and caught two large trout. This one was being stubborn and didnt want to swim out of the bucket...

but this one didnt have a choice! Jordyn reached in and tossed him into the river!

While out exploring, Jordyn spotted a garter snake, so she had to make friends with him. This is the only one we've seen all summer...in fact, our animal spotting this summer has been rather minimal...perhaps the heat is keeping them at higher altitudes? Thats fine by me...keeps em all out of my garden! :)

And finally, a sign of Summer coming to an end...one yellow leaf, soon to be many...but isnt it lovely!