Ari and I hiked the Fern Lake Trail on the east side of the park, through the burned forest and to Cub Lake. The fall fire was intense; it destroyed thousands of trees and a few bridges. 
Cub Lake, filled with lily pads
This burned bark looks like a bear cub clinging to the trunk.
Mother rabbit
Baby purple Martins
Baby swallows--mainly unsociable
Geese and goslings
Probably a grass spider. On the lily pads
These interesting fungi popped up several times late spring. While planting peppers, I found little white balls that at first I thought were old mothballs, but the orange-stalked, brown and creamy tops emerge from them. They don't last long--they wilt within a few hours. In the meantime, flies and doodlebugs seem to love the smelly topping.
I started some cilantro in my Aerogarden, but will need much more. Josh would eat it with everything.
Taking stock of seeds. I have lots left from last year, as well as seeds I saved from pepper and squash plants. Here are non-GMO seeds from Annie's, Victory, Baker Creek, Pepper Joe, Penny's Tomatoes, Seed Savers' Exchange, Botannical Interests
Ice is stuck to the window.
I ran throught the Baker wetlands this week. It is almost completely dry. Compare the top two pictures with the bottom ones I took a few years ago in "A Tour of the Baker Wetlands" http://www.aihd.ku.edu/ponds/BakerWetlands.html
