A Little of This and That...

These photos are from yesterday evening and this evening...

This evening I saw Thunderheads off to the West and thought...

Please, Please, Please rain here....

I could see rain in the distant clouds....

This was about 20 minutes later...they're building up but I just don't see them coming this way...sigh!
While I am sitting here doing this blog post the sun has set and I am watching a beautiful lightening show out my office window but with the heat of the sun gone for the day the clouds are dissipating and once again no rain for us...

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Yesterday evening we went down to the property and watered the trees. I felt a bit lazy and put the camera on auto mode...It's been so long since I used auto I wanted to see what the photos would look like...

I found this Garden Orb Spider hanging from the well house...she was beautiful.


Then down by the creek I found this Brown spotted Yellow wing dragonfly...



On the way back to the house we spotted this Jack Rabbit. His eyes are a funny color as I had the camera on auto and the flash popped up...

We saw this doe in the brush on the edge of the driveway.

I found this scaly lizard on our front porch...He is awfully shy so I had a tough time getting a photo...I tried again tonight but no luck...He sees me and runs for cover.

Tonight while I was out taking photos of the thunderheads Ralph, our barn cat, joined me...He's looking pretty scruffy...Summer heat is getting to him too!

On my return to the yard look what I found on the gate latch...sigh! We have Grasshoppers all over...The chickens are doing a pretty good job of keeping them out of the yard.

In the evenings I turn the Chickens loose to browse...

Striped, Whitey, Bert (Rooster), Red and Marble


Plumbago taking over...There is a rose bush in there somewhere?

On Fathers day we replaced our backdoor, YEA!! So love having a window and a decent door...No more snakes in the house either, lol...Frankie (Fred's brother) came over yesterday and redid it (Fred is not a carpenter), lol...Now I need to paint the trim!

The door has magnetic blinds in the glass, which is really nifty!

My Bougainvillea is blooming

And we also have some Maize growing in the garden, lol...(from the winter bird feeder)

It was nice to get out and take some photos...it's still so HOT and we are stilling praying for rain...Fireworks have been banned in Goliad and Victoria counties so the 4th of July will be quiet here...I've entered Michael in a parade with his bike and I am sure he will find that exciting.

I still have wedding photos to edit and hopefully that will happen in the next few days...