Happy Birthday Abbey!

So I'm refraining from posting ANOTHER picture of a flower, especially since the flower picture I wanted to post is a Passion Flower. Abbey turned 25 today, Happy Birthday Ab. For the first time in my life, I got to witness a flower bloom. It lasted about 10 minutes, and in those minutes I watched each intricate part of the flower open up right before my eyes. It was beautiful and I enjoyed taking about 30 pictures of this process. Instead of those, I chose a couple from our adventures today. We took a hike near Helen Hunt Falls, above it to the 'Silver Falls' where I found this little pool of water that was above the falls. The other picture is of a tree root that was growing out of the ground and had incredible detail and markings.

Ice Ice Baby

Today Ab and I drove up to Helen Hunt Falls to see the Frozen Waterfall. I had never been there but we were bored and thought it might be fun. It turned out to be really cool. The waterfall looked like it was completely frozen from far away but as we walked closer we could hear the sound of rushing water. Upon closer observation, we found a few holes in the snow where you could see the running water underneath. Here's a shot of the frozen waterfall which was about 3-4 feet thick.

k of ice.