Hook Line & Sinker ~ Scrapbook Layout

Journaling reads:

Yes my son is gullible! He pretty much believes everything he sees! Those exciting, spectacular Television commercials get him every time; he’s got to have it! Being a 4 yr old he doesn’t forget either. He received some birthday money from his Grandma Cristi and Grandpocka. When I gave him part of it in Target the first thing he did was run over to where the Rocket fishing rod was…He knew where it was and had been eyeballing it for weeks!! It was his birthday money and if that is what he wanted he could get it and he did no hesitation! He was so excited, he finally had that Rocket rod and when Daddy got home they had to get it right out and start playing with it. The next day I took him fishing with it and he was a bit disappointed as he was not catching fish with it. He’s played with it a few times but most of the time it sits and waits. The thrill of having it is gone since it didn’t catch him that Whopper of a fish!
Did he learn his lesson probably not as he still yells at me to come watch a Television commercial and then tells me “Momma I want that”….we shall have to stay tuned and see what he buys on his next birthday...

This is FUN!

Michael and I are sitting here eating popsicles, it's 92 degrees outside (WOW) and it's only March...hmmm wonder what June, July and August are going to be like...

My sister and I have been conversing back in forth in emails...She did a pretty good job this morning on guessing what the plants/flowers were that I posted...And she even got brownie points as she found out what the tree/plant was with the red berries that I had posted on Weds., Yaupon Holly! Great job Karen....since you are on a roll I went back outside and took a few more photos...There are 3 photos of the same butterfly, who even landed on me!! Can you name him? I tried for a better full open wing photo but this little darling was moving fast in this heat...better to take butterfly photos when it's a bit cooler out...Lets see how you do on these!

This is a nasty little bugger and not one I'm to fond of...do you know what he is?

Ahh just to see if your paying attention I named this one in an earlier blog from last week....He has moved to the front porch and has been puffing out his red pouch looking for a female...But do you think he'd do it for me, NOPE!! Guess I am not an attractive female, lol...

Lets see what you come up with....Good luck!

The Red Dragon and Godzilla Dog

Michael wanted to wear his Dragon costume this morning and I took this video of Jake and him playing. They were just too funny!

A walk in the yard...

I took a walk in the yard this morning and here are a few photos I took....

And just for fun it's your turn to tell me what I took photos of....lets see how many you get correct!!

YEA KAREN!!

My sister made a comment that she thought this flower was peppergrass and She was correct!!

I sent a photo and an email to Texas A&M university to get a positive id and they responded saying it was a member of the peppergrass family...

GREAT JOB KAREN!!

Now her prize is lunch on me but she has to come visit to get it, lol....Anytime your ready ma'am!!

Nature Photos...

Spring is here...I did a green color accent on this photo to make the green stand out...We had an absolutely beautiful spring day today and it was so nice to see the trees budding out!

I was walking through the brush when this little guy (Carolina Chickadee) flew by me and landed in a tree not far from me...

I couldn't miss this bit of color in the green grass (Northern Cardinal).

This little guy was making all the racket he could in hopes of finding a mate (Mockingbird).

I was so excited when I spotted this little bird. I knew it wasn't a bird I normally see but couldn't identify it until I looked at the photo on the computer. He is a blue-gray Gnatcatcher.

An Unknown wildflower. I've looked through all my wildflower books and could not find a clue. I thought it was pretty and very delicate.

Plains wild Indigo.

Prickly Pear Cactus.

An Egg Sack from a Spider. Not sure what type of spider.

Rattlebush seed pods. I took photos of this plants flower late last summer and here is the seed pod, which when shaken will rattle, hence the name.

Okay in the above photo is a Great Horned Owl...can you see him? Neither can I but I saw him fly up into this tree. I knew if I went closer he'd fly away so I just snapped a photo of the tree, lol....another "Where's Waldo".

I know I have a lot of photos of the Oak trees but with the evening sun they were just spectacular. I love how massive they are and they have the perfect branches to make a tree fort...sigh if I was only a kid again, lol...

I do not have a clue what the tree/bush these red berries belong too, but I do know the birds love the berries....

That was my nature walk for today. Not to many new or different wildflowers today but plenty of interesting things to see...

A Boy and Rocks ~ digital layout

Just a quick digital layout I did of Michael studying rocks.

The word art I did myself and it reads:

Earth and Sky

Woods and Fields

Lakes and Rivers

the Mountain and the sea,

are excellant schoolmasters, and teach some of

us more that we can ever learn from books.

~ Sir John Lubbock ~

The rocks I found here: http://www.lalalime.blogspot.com/

Fence row cleaning ~ slideshow

We spent a few hours Saturday and Sunday working on cleaning fence rows. Here are a few photos I took in between working...I cut and made small brush piles while Fred moved my piles into the bigger brush piles for burning...I honestly don't think Fred wanted to work, instead he wanted to play with the tractor, lol...I had to remind him several times that if he got off the DARN tractor and helped me cut brush we might get the fence row cleaned out a bit faster....He'd get off the tractor for a little bit, that is until we had a few small brush piles going then off he'd go back on the tractor to move them, lol...any excuse to work with the tractor...

Jake was so cute too...I didn't have the camera on me at the time...but while we were cutting brush Jake was grabbing a hold of branches and trying with all his might to move them too!! We had a good laugh over that...Michael stacked the wood we might use for campfires in a pile too...So we were all working hard and accomplished quiet a bit. We are working on one section at a time and as soon as we get this section all cleaned up we'll put new fence post and fence up...One little step at a time!

When we are done working Fred always takes Michael for a ride on the tractor, Michaels reward for helping us and for being so good while we are working...Michael loves it and looks so smug when he is up on the tractor...

More photos from Michael...

Michael took more photos this weekend. I love his point of view...of course the racier photos I left out, lol...Enjoy!