More Pictures Of Strawberry Picking At Rose Family Farm

Here are more photos of me picking strawberries at Rose Family Farm.





Yes, these are raspberries. I picked raspberries too!


Yum! French fries. Home made ones, too!

Chipmunk!

Yesterday I saw a chipmunk in my backyard. Luckily, my camera was near. I took some photos of it.



I noticed that the chipmunk was eating some seeds from my bird feeder that spilled over.


I got very close to the little chipmunk. It was really cool! But when I tried to get closer, he tried to run away!!!!!!!!


The chipmunk was really cute. He had lots of stripes. He was like a striped squirrel!


If this chipmunk was my pet, I'd name him Thistle!


~Yellow Pine Chipmunk Facts~

This chipmunk is a yellow pine chipmunk. It's scientific name is Neotamias amoenus.

They like to eat lots of fruits and seeds.

Yellow pine chipmunks stuff food in their cheeks in the fall to take to their burrows.

They are common in meadows, rocky places and yellow pine and juniper forests.

The boy chipmunks are slightly smaller then the girl ones.

Photos, Blue Spruce Journal and "Alpha" Bean Journal

Here is a close up of a really cool flower. It's purple with green around it. I thought it was really pretty.









This picture, believe or not, is really not the jungle! It is one of the grasses in my backyard. But it does look like a jungle where a leopard is waiting!







This is the journal of the "Alpha" Bean plant, starting June 20th, 2010. Today it is 8cm tall. No beans or flowers yet.




This is the journal of my Blue Spruce tree, starting June 20th, 2010. Today it is 40cm tall.

Strawberry Picking!

Today we went to Rose Family Farm to pick strawberries. After we picked juicy red strawberries, we ate some french fries. Yum! Then we went home and made strawberry slushies which were yummy.
When we came home, I explored our backyard for some really interesting pictures. And I took some very cool pictures!

I will post some of the pictures soon. Thanks for reading!

The Thought Behind The American Goldfinch

The thought behind the goldfinch.


What made me make a goldfinch rock was that we had two finch feeders in the backyard. Just at that right moment, a boy finch was sitting at one. He was bright yellow! So I quickly made a finch rock.


American Gold Finch Facts
These bright birds are called Wild Canaries.
Its beak can be pink for most of the year but orange for some of the year.
Did you know these gold finches eat thistle seeds?

The Meaning Of The Humming Bird

This is the meaning about the humming bird.

The humming bird is a ruby-throated hummingbird. The hummingbird that inspired me to make this rock was the one that would always visit my backyard.

Facts About Ruby Throated Hummingbirds
Only the boy humming bird has a ruby throat. Both the girl and boy has green feathers.
These hummingbirds make squeaky chirps.
Hummingbirds are the only birds that can fly backwards.

The Secret Of The Owl Rock

This is the secret behind this owl rock! (Made by doing the hot rock craft)


The owl which is a barn owl, (scientific name: Tyto Alba) is the main character of the book I'm writing, called Owls Of Sacred Forest.

Barn owls are my absolute favourite owls. I just love their heart shaped faces.

Barn Owl Facts

Barn owls are odd in a way- They don't hoot like other owls, they make shreeing shrieks.
Barn owls are almost totally silent!
They have very good hearing.
They like to hang out near farms, fields and woodlands.

Hot Rocks

How to make hot rocks:


Materials

Thin, flat and pale rocks
Cookie sheet
Tinfoil
Oven
Crayons
Oven Mitts
A place to draw


1. Find flat rocks. Thin, flat rocks. The whiter, the better. Preferably ones that don't tilt to one side.
2. Get a cookie sheet with tin foil.
3. Preheat the oven to 350 Fahrenheit.
4. Put rocks on the tin foil and put it in the oven.
5. While the rocks are heating up, take the wrappers off some crayons that you will use to draw with.
6. When the rocks are done, take them out WITH OVEN MITTS. CAUTION THEY ARE VERY HOT!
7. Find a nice place to sit down to draw on the rocks.
8. DO NOT TOUCH THE ROCKS WITHOUT AN OVEN MITT!
9. You can use my rocks as examples.

Time To Start Making Christmas Decorations!

Attention all crafty people! If you want to make Christmas decorations, now's the time! Christmas is coming up! YAY! ^_^ But, you don't have to do as complicated decorations like the one in this photo. 

A Leopard Lizard

I went to a HUGE AVIARY in Niagara Falls!

I saw birds,lizards,snakes,bats,trantulas and even owls. They even had 2 aviaries. One of them is HUGE! One of them is tiny. There was a mini room where you can get your photo with the a parrot that had this li'l guy. In the big aviary there was a lokeet cage where you can feed the lokeets with nectar. One of lokeets kinda got bored and decided to try to eat my dad's orange shirt.

Purple Carrot Turns......Orange?

I saw this Purple Carrot at the Farmers Market.

This Purple Carrot surprised me when my dad was peeling it. It was AMAZING!I didn't know it would come out like that.    (I ate it. It was DELICIOUS) 

FireStone the Lion. ROOOOOAAAAAARRR!

This Is FireStone the Lion. 

Favourite Food : Strawberry mice And Salad Moths

Address : Strawberry Plains

Likes : Chasing Salad Dressing Bunnies even though he can't catch them

Dislikes : Asperagus Trees walking into him (he runs into them because Salad Dressing Bunnies run into holes under the Asperagus Trees)    

Favourite Saying : CHASE THOSE BUNNIES! (he means never stop trying)

Maki (or Macky) the Potato

This is Maki The Potato.

It was really fun to make Maki. I found a nice flat rock and some driftwood with some small pebbles. I found some water weed for his orangey reddish hair. I know you are wondering about his nose because the driftwood kept unbending.

Purple Potato Photos on the beach!

This is a photo of a rock creation at a beach in Thornbury. My Mom made the words while I made the potato guy and made the border. There was SO MANY ROCKS you could make a 40 foot statue and still have some left to make a rock kingdom.

Heart Shaped Potato...Chip?

Yup.That sure suprised me. I was just snacking on some chips when I suddenly got a  Heart Shaped Potato Chip.What made me angry was I couldn't eat until I finished taking TRILLION photos of it. 

The Great Sunflower Field!

Wow. Can you IMAGINE how many seeds come from all these sunflowers? Wanna know where this field is located? In Barrie,ON! I can't imagine having to walk all the way to that barn!

My Mini Adventure to Primitive Designs in Port Hope,ON,Canada

This is a photo I took at the store called Primitive Designs in Port Hope,ON,Canada. At the store I bought a blue dragonfly magnet for my bulletin board. They had giant dragons made of wood there too! The coolest thing was it had THE LONGEST DRAGON KITE YOU COULD EVER IMAGINE! It was like 30 or 40 feet long. I got this cute little bag to put my dragonfly magnet in. I am now using it for my two favourite stuffed animals,Fluffball(a guinea pig) and Lavender(a skunk).

Purple Cauliflower!

I went to the farmers market to get some more food and I spotted some purple cauliflower. So I got a photo of it to show everyone.

Purple Frisbee Frog

This is a frog in a purple Frisbee! But first I will tell you how it got there. This frog was happily hopping around my mom's toes when we found him. So I made a froggy Paradise for it in my purple Frisbee. I named it Sunny. I was at the cottage at the time. Then we had to free it. So long,Froggy!

The Cat And Purple Potato Kingdom!

This is The Cat And Purple Potato Kingdom!
The moat actually works. Anyway. I made this at the beach at my grandparent's cottage. It was fun. I also went swimming there.