still blooming

steve headed up friday to do some exploring & some work on the house. i came up sunday evening, for the carole king/james taylor concert in sun valley on monday night.

the field behind the house is full of wildflowers

lupine

we took a hike monday morning. this is the same one the women went on last week- about 3.6 miles, good because there's water for the dogs the whole way.

there were butterflies everywhere- even on echo for a while

geranium and potentilla

 some sort of berry- we'll see in a month or so

cow parsnip

 halle enjoying the stream

horsemint

 not sure what this tree is, but it had a sweet fragrance 

skunk cabbage

 pentstemon

and then monday night,  a beautiful setting for a concert- and carole king & james taylor put on a great show-

sunrise this morning- hay being cut & baled all over the valley this time of year

steve stayed around today & got the door in the master bath hung and more baseboards painted, cut & attached.

back to work tomorrow, more to come in the next few weeks.

happy july 4th!

great weekend of r&r with friends.

there was a concert headlined by reckless kelly on saturday night, set up in the american legion ballfield & sponsored by local & area businesses. 4 bands, $25 per ticket, it was really fun & we hope that enough $ was made to keep doing it.

on sunday, there was lounging. then the guys floated the south fork of the boise & we hiked up soldier creek.  

a few of the natural sights:

this is a kingbird buzzing a swainson's hawk. don't know why. the hawk had youngsters in the nest. the kingbird actually bonked it on the head a few times & the hawk finally flew off after it.

currently blooming:

sego lillies

not sure

mule ears

syringa (idaho's state flower)

  

potentilla & forget me nots

crimson columbine

 another amazing sunset before the fireworks on the fourth

it was so nice to be able to share the house & the area with friends- look forward to doing more of that in the future!