Finally...

Home! We are home...Husband is done for the day! Yea!

I am off to the property to see who is dining on the Feral hog...

Okay so I arrive to find hundreds of vultures dining on the Feral hog but upon arrival I scare the vultures off, Oops!! So I sit on the tailgate of the "Beast" and wait, and wait, and wait...But then I see a...

Dragonfly in the grass, cool...he's pretty and Green!

Then I see the mesquite tree I am sitting under dripping sap...sweet! Not really sweet but sweet to look at and of course take a picture of...

Then an ohh so pretty flower...lets play with that aperture again, lol...notice the blurry background!!

But oh wait...look who has come back for dinner....it's a

Turkey vulture and as my husband says "Darn Buzzard!"

But he doesn't stay long as I guess I am sitting too close to their dinner!

Now if you look closely (or click on photo and bring it up bigger)...you see all those dark spots...it's not dust on my camera sensor or spots on my lens but hundreds of vultures circling in the sky waiting and waiting for me to leave, lol...I sure do know that waiting feeling today...Hey just think I can relate to vultures, cool!! (snort-snort)

I am just hoping those vultures will not see me as a threat and I continue to wait...but then oh wow I see another photo opportunity...more pretty flowers...and I just have to play with that aperture thingy again, lol...

And then I see another flower all by it's lonesome...I just can't help myself!

And then oh my I see something blue...or as Michael would say "I spy"...ugh...its the....

"BEAST"!!

I finally gave up on the vultures and headed home...with it being 101 F. out I was Hot and plumb wore out...it's been a long day!

What's a girl gotta do...

Okay so basically on Saturdays I hang out with my husband and son, while my husband runs errands....I've learned that a girls gotta occupy herself while waiting so I carry my camera and look for interesting things...

This looks interesting...the guys having a b.s. session...

Michael helping to get ice...He so loves helping Daddy at the shop! It's really hard work getting ice for the ice chest!

Ahhh some flowers...remember this one? It is called a peacock iris!

Help me out here Mom and Sis what is this flower? Closer photo below...

Ahh and another pretty flower and once again I don't have a clue...

Sure glad God made flowers...Beautiful!

We are on the road again...Husband got a call he has to go to his rig in one county and then run tools over to another county to his boss who is working on a well with a different rig...So glad I have my camera...

Husband is trying to appease me by stopping and letting me get a photo of this pretty young filly I saw from the side of the road...he's a good Man (sometimes, lol)!

We finally reached location, delivered the tools....

and once again stuck in the truck waiting, lol...My husband loves his job and I love him so no problems mate!! Remember I have my camera, lol....

Stuck in a Truck...

What do you do when you are stuck in a truck with a 4 yr old waiting on your husband who is in the parts store....You pull out your camera and put the 50mm lens on and take photos!!

Michael wanted a photo of himself with his birthday card from the dentist!

Now he is acting silly for the camera but hey at least he is letting me take photos!!

A gum ball machine ring...cool this 50mm works well...I like it! The photo silly not the ring, it's a bit gaudy for me! lol...

Momma take a picture of me looking at the ring...Okay! Silly boy!

Okay enough photos Momma!! Enough, Enough, Enough....Now to find something else to photograph....

Ahh here is my Horse "Dawn"...she rides around on the gear shift and helps me drive (get your mind out of the gutters, K, K, & H, please)...this is with a f 1.8 aperture...notice the blurry background.

Same horse different aperture (f 14)....notice the background is now in focus...

Okay we are still waiting on Daddy but Michael is back to being silly and posing for the camera once again....

Ahhh the end, here comes Daddy and it's time to go...

7am and Oh Deer!

At 7am this foggy morning this is what we saw from our front porch...

Mind you all we saw were bucks! I counted 8 all together.

It seems our Does and fawns decided to go else where this morning...I wonder why?

This was taken about 9am while going down the driveway, aren't they beautiful?

Our little "Cowboy"

Our little "Cowboy" at 8am this morning watching Cartoons!!

He loves this hat, can you tell (grin)! I couldn't resist as he had no clue what I was up to until the flash went off...

Clueless to the camera...

Uh Oh he is no longer clueless and is grimacing! Thinking about how he can handle Momma and the camera....think, think, think!

Well Umph! Guess that takes care of me and my camera! LOL...he knows how to handle his Momma...Bye-Bye!

Photo Challenge ~ Signs~

This week the photo challenge is Signs!

You can check out the Challenge blog here to see exactly what type of signs we are supposed to photograph!

Below are a few that I found...

How many people actually read this sign and still park next to it? I've seen what a bb can do to a truck, I sure as heck wouldn't want to try out a baseball!!

Anyone want to rent a tire?

Ahh anyone having suction problems, talk to Tom he can help you!! LOL...

Yep you read it correctly, Shop Naked and Save!! I dare you!!

Warning: This is not for the faint hearted!

We have Feral HOGS!

They are very destructive and we do everything in our power to keep them off the property. It doesn't always work out like we want it too and if you don't like seeing dead animals then stop reading right NOW!!

SOME FAST FACTS AS OF 2006 regarding Feral Hogs:

STATES WITH FERAL HOGS: 39, plus 4 Canadian provinces.

TEXAS COUNTIES with Feral Hogs, 225 out of 254 counties.

HOG POULATION IN TEXAS; 2,000,000 (MILLION)+!

NATIONAL POPULATION is estimated at around 4,000,000.

ESTIMATED ANNUAL AG DAMAGE from feral swine $52 MILLION!

LANDOWNER ANNUAL EXPENSE to control feral swine $7 MILLION

NATURAL LIFE EXPECTANCY OF A FERAL SWINE IS 6 to 8 years.

AVERAGE SIZE of feral swine is 100 to 150 pounds, but depending on the region can obtain sizes in excess of 600 lbs.

REPRODUCTION OF FERAL SWINE: Once a sow reaches breeding age at 7 or 8 months of age they can be responsible for 1,000 plus feral swine in a 5 year period. The State of Texas had an estimated population of around 2 MILLION at last check.( If 1/4 are breeding sows!? )

http://www.texasboars.com/articles/facts.html

Last year in one night we had a 2 acre field completely destroyed by Hogs!

It's a pain in the rear and I hate the destruction they do, we are NOT rich and can't afford to be constantly fixing and reseeding these fields. So we borrow Hog traps from my Father in Law and try to trap them. If any are caught we take them and sell them.

Sometimes it doesn't always work out like you would like and the Hogs die in the traps. It's Hot and it's South Texas and if they are in the traps to long they won't live. Not something I like but one less Hog tearing up our property is fine by me!!

Michael and I went down today to check the traps. I forgot to check them yesterday, Oops!

But we finally caught a Hog...He is a boar and probably about 150lbs...bye bye Mr. Boar, next time stay off our land!!

This evening we will take him out of the trap so the vulures and other critters can clean him up...believe me he won't go to waste! I asked Fred if he wanted dinner before or after moving the hog, lol...he's going to try before, brave boy!! Lets see if tosses his cookies, yikes!!

At least I'll have a photo opportunity for photos of scavengers this weekend!! Yippee!!