Baby's eighth month











C-3P0:









Looking for a caption on this one:



Kansas skies:





At the Irish Festival:

















DeSoto Days:









 








Silhouette and misspelling:
     


Could it be Santa?
   











The flamingo suit:



Looks so innocent, but this bobbing about on a summer afternoon conceals a toxic cocktail -- the two most common causes of fatality of children over 1 year of age are motor-cars (by a long shot) and drowning.  Feline attacks, unless they're classified under "homicide,"aren't in the top 10, but Helen's safe from those now.  Back to the point at hand, Helen always, always swims and rides safely.











Cat, grandmother, grandchild:



Laughing with grandma:



Sliding glass door reflection:











Time out for sunflowers:
        


         


         


















Sky altered to match the mood of the hero holding the sword:



















In the schoolhouse and the train station -- it's the 1800s:
        




Good news while John's at war:









A tough day of filming:











































                 

















Into the Flint Hills and the last significant U.S. tallgrass prairie,
as featured in the April 2007 National Geographic.










Andrew Wyeth:
   






   















Eastern Collared Lizard:




Not a whole lot of shade around:




The juiciest grasshoppers we've ever seen:




























































Continue on to baby's .