Joe came to visit for 2 weeks! Unfortunately I wasn't in a picture taking phase. Sorry Joe. Joe really good at climbing naturally, so he was great to climb with. As a beginner, he was just as good as a few others living at Roger's. We accelerated his learning process, and he can now top rope belay with a Grigri and an ATC, can lead climb, and can lead belay with a Grigri. Awesome. But here's his first lead climb! And below is just another climb we did a differnet day. It's a 5.10 crack, and he decided that day that he doesn't really like crack climbing.
Kittens! They were abandoned just up the road from Roger's. Bonnie collected them one by one and is the one feeding them. They're going to the vet tomorrow, then hopefully they'll be taken by campers this weekend. I'll really miss them, that's for sure. They're all boys, and I've named them Grumpy (the one in the back - he hissed when you tried to pick him up. He's over it now), Baby (the little gray one smushed in the back is the runt, and he's the most afraid of everything), Original Kitty (the one Bonnie picked up first. He also goes by OG, Adventure Kitty, and Midget Kitty), and the one in the front is Fat Stinky (he has a his fur is matted up by his tail, possibly with poo). Anyone want a cat?
naturally I needed some garden shots in here. These are harvest shots, but close. This was my best harvest ever. And I got a little artistic with it.
to make up for the climbing photos of people you don't know (they're right after this section), here's some photos people have taken of me! First is me goofing off and showing off, then me belaying (I think it looks really artistic and awesome). They're both taken by Matticus. Then my friend Donald snapped the next two of me on Preparation H, a really fun route I tried last week.
Here's some more climbing photography that I'm having fun doing! A couple of my friend John, and, of course, another of Ruth (who just seems to be the most photogenic person I know)
Micah and I are getting a new camera (actually, I was just told it is at Waterstone waiting for me to pick it up!), so hopefully I'll start taking way more pictures.
-Stella
