Coleman Planet

Did you ever want to own your own planet well thaks to our neighbor Joe and his photographic skills we do.

Mabel and Arthur

In October Bennett got a new baby sister. Mabel Miras Pilkington joined our family

Little Mabel Bright eyes with her parents Dave and Catie

Lola Nery and her Grand Babies

Spencer and Rachel on Spencer's birthday just 2 weeks before Arthur was born

Last Thursday Arthur Samuel Coleman joined our family and Jude got as new baby brother.

Big Brother Jude

Happiness is being a Grandparent 

An Evening at Beus Park with the Grandsons

Nery Bennett Jude and Belle

We took Bennett and met Spencer and Jude and had a fun time feeding the ducks and playing at the park.

Spencer and Jude

Female Wood Duck 

The Ducks and Geese starting to nest at the pond

Male Wood Ducks

Nery and the boys, they love their Lola

Jude and Bennett swinging

Boys love water and sticks

Lola and Jude

Lola and Bennett

Beautiful Great Salt Lake Sunset

Serendipity

Mountain Lion in colored pencil

Last Fall I broke the 300 zoom lens for my camera, and went several months without a telephoto lens. This ended my taking pictures of birds. However needing something to do I did something I have not done for years. I got out my colored pencils and drawing pad and started drawing. I'm not much of an artist but it has been great fun and something to do on these cold winter days. Here are a few of the pictures I have drawn over the last several months.

American Kestrel in colored pencil from one of my photographs, below is the photo that was my model.

American Kestrel taken at Farmington Bay

I drew this Cheetah while home with the flu

This Red Fox looks funny because I took the picture through glass in a frame. I drew this last Saturday while there was a blizzard outside. I had just returned from doing an Eagle tour at Farmington Bay.

The following pictures are from a picture book I made for my Grandkids, pictures that went with a CD I made for them of some of my favorite children's songs.

For the song "Got No Bugs On Me" 

For Puff the Magic Dragon

For the Unicorn Song

For the song, I think we're gonna be frinds

For Tie Me Kangaroo Down Sport

For Octopuses Garden

For I've Been Work'n on the Railroad 

I did get a new lens and I have taken some pictures, which I have posted on my Birdn Blog. But I intend on continuing to practice drawing. 

Arches National Park, More Moab

The Three Gossips formation 

Due to our limited time we were only able to visit Arches National Park this trip. On our next visit to Moab our goal is to visit Canyonlands National Park which is much larger with more trails for hiking and jeeping. We have been to Arches many times and we never tire of the rock formations and natural bridges.

The Organ

Nery, McSteven and Towa with some of Arches beautiful rock formations in the background

I think these are part of the Park Avenue Rock Formations

There are several of these pinnacles around the park, I'm not sure of the name of this one

This is one of the first Arches you see in the park and is visible from the road, unfortunately I can't remember the name of it

Looking out over the park from the Fiery Furnace view point

Some of the many Hoodoos in the park

Nery and McSteven at the Fiery Furnace

The entrance of the Devils Garden  very popular place at Arches It is a nice hike and you can see many formations and Arches.

It was hard to find parking at the Devils Garden

More from the entrance of Devils Garden

The trail head, Nery hiking with her umbrella don't laugh there's not much shade on the trail and it was hot.

McSteven and Towa enjoyed climbing on the rocks

McSteven climbing the walls of the small slot canyon and Nery taking his picture.

Landscape Arch

Double O Arch

Leaving the Devils Garden

It was too late in the day and too hot to make the hike up to Delicate Arch here are pictures from the view point.

Nery and McSteven at the Delicate Arch view point

A close up of Delicate Arch taken with my telephoto lens

Towa and McSteven at Delicate Arch

This Dragon tricycle was getting a lot of attention in the parking lot

McSteven at the Windows

More of the Windows

McSteven looking over the park from the Windows

Nery and Mcsteven at the Windows, can you see the elephant in the background?

More of the Windows

All of us in front of the Balanced Rock formation

The Petrified Dunes

Saying goodbye to Arches but we will return