Caleb hits Double Digits (3.4.17)

My youngest nephew turned 10 on 3.1.17.  On Saturday, we headed to Martinsville to celebrate with him at Roll-A-Bout.  Both of my nephews are such cutie pies.  My Goddaughter Katylyn journeyed with us.  I was semi-successful in teaching her to roller skate for the first time.

From L to R:  my mom, Caleb, me & Joshua

Katylyn was determined to get it.

Hiking at Horton....2.26.17

Devyn's crazy face #1....

As we near the conclusion of Black History Month, the girls and I enjoyed a historical hike with Outdoor Afro at the Horton Grove Nature Preserve in Durham County.  (Sunday, February 26, 2017)

And Devyn's crazy face #2.

Beky, leader of the Triangle chapter, shares some historical and scientific facts about the area.

Devyn shares a Black history fact with the group.

Maya also shares a Black history fact with the group.

A large barn on the property that was built by enslaved ship builders.  The plantation owner wanted the interior of the barn build like an upside down ship.  Unfortunately, we weren't able to see the inside.

The home of a sharecropper that lived on the property.

Of course I had to take pics of the weird shaped trees and nature's other works of art.

The best pic of the day.  :)

Playing Outside.... By Myself.... 2.18.17

After my plans to work today (Saturday, February 18, 2017) were changed, I decided to take a little hike while Maya was attending Delta Academy.  I found that Jamestown Park had some walking trails, and I was more than elated when I found the natural paths.  These pictures will look like a bunch of dead trees and nothingness to some, but to me they're a great flashback to my childhood when my cousins and I went walking through the woods as young kids.  Those were some of my best times in life.  We were carefree explorers. I may have mentioned it before, but until recently I didn't realize that we were really hiking.  To us we were just playing outside.  So today, I played outside by myself.

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Minus the bridge, this reminds me of catching 'crayfish and salamanders' down at the spring

I tried to walk across this, and actually made it halfway.

Sample of the terrain

A beautiful patch of green

The lake was glistening in the distance