Honor Nature

On President's day we head to Laguna to spend the day with Grandpa and Grandma 

and Porter. It is a cool beautiful day, perfect for some service and a hike in the

hills above north Laguna.  Once we arrive everyone attends to their tasks first...

Jack and Grandma prepare some simple snacks for our picnic,

deviled eggs, ants on a log, and homemade lemonade

Pete and Grandpa (and everyone else) are working on reinforcing

the deck and rebuilding some of the termite eaten portions 

Jed taste tests the lemonade with Grandma

After enjoying our lunch we head up the street 

to a trail head that will take us up above

 Grandma's neighborhood to a look out area 

with an in-ground water tank and a tremendous view

commemorative plaque at beginning of trail 

getting started on the trail and the amazing views 

By the time we reach the top (you can see the road/trail below us) everyone is

ready for a break.  Our spirits are lifted when we come across this interesting

shrine of painted rocks someone has built on a small plateau near the top of the trail. 

 Close up view of painted rocks

 (I love the whale above to the right, painted to the shape of the rock)

(and the hot dog!) and can you find Diamond Head? 

There are trinkets set in and around the rocks as well, Henry 

is more interested in these (we left everything as we found it eventually)

Harriet with a little rock topped with cairns

me with the kids 

Honor Nature

heading down the hill 

We have some time to kill before the pizza we order for dinner is ready, 

so we head over to a giant climbing tree in grandma's neighborhood

that has a tire swing attached to it.  

I love that there is this tire swing on a community tree,

seems like such a simple but necessary element of childhood 

Can you find Jack?

Henry

Jed (and Porter swinging) 

Harriet

my kids