Hello Little Fellow

This morning while Fred and I were loading up the Hog trap Fred spotted a turtle in the driveway...I jumped out and grabbed it and threw it in the back of the truck to share with Michael later...

Michael was so tickled to see the turtle and immediately said "Hello Little Fellow"...it was so sweet!

Little Fellow was playing shy though and wouldn't come out and say Hello!

Michael was hoping the "Little Fellow" might want to eat some grass...

But the grass didn't tempt him so Michael finally decided to sit back and wait...and wait...and wait some more!

Still waiting...

Michael finally gave up and went back in the house...In the mean time I was a bit tired of waiting too so I decided to flip him for a second and get a photo of the pattern on the underside of his shell...I think he might be a Western Pond turtle but I'm not sure...the reference book wasn't real clear on their turtle identification...

Finally he stuck his head out...


And after a few more minutes he was on the run...

going....going...


Gone...Bye Bye "Little Fellow"!

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I took him back out to the pasture and let him continue on his journey...I had a problem though when I went back in the house...a lot of explaining to my "little fellow" as to why we couldn't keep the turtle, sigh!! I have always believed "Wild animals are wild and belong in the wild"...Take photos, capture memories and turn them loose...Michael was Not happy but I think he understands...He told me tonight he wants a house full of animals, egads!! I've created a monster, lol...

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Well I've finally caught up on my blog posts...I hope you enjoyed! Y'all have a great week and remember to let your loved ones know they are loved :o)

Experimenting with Hummers

The hummingbirds are still swarming here and today while over at the ranch I was experimenting with photos of the hummingbirds that Mom and Dad have coming in to feed...I don't know about you but I am tired of the typical hummingbird photos I wanted to show the colors and movement...the artistic side! I have my friend Jen at Jencropable to thank for this...She so inspires me with her artistic work to open my eyes and think outside the box...textures, colors, movement, etc...please go check out her blog and her beautiful digital layouts, digital items and photos...

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This was my favorite one!

I really had fun today with these photos aren't they gorgeous?

Thanks Jen!

Love...

Lately we try to spend a bit of time over at Mom and Dad's ranch visiting and helping out if needed on Sunday mornings...This morning we took the Large Hog trap back to Dad. With the rain the hogs are coming out and Dad has seen some large ones over at the their ranch...

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I captured these photos while we were there and they've touch my heart...This past week we had some disheartening news that Dad has liver cancer. It really hit home for me and I've decided to take as many photos of Michael with his grandpa. Michael and him have a special relationship,

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pure and simple love...

A hug...

and another hug for Grandma.

and my Husband with a silly grin...gosh darn I love that smile!

and another one with the hand saying enough...But can you ever really get enough photos of the people you love?

Hearing the news about Dad has made me truly realize how important the people in our lives are...Live for today...takes lots and lots of photos...create memories...spend quality time with your loved ones...

It's plain and it's simple show your LOVE!

Misc. Vegetation

In between taking photos of everything else these past couple of days I've stopped here and there for various photos of the vegetation...

Violet Wood Sorrel (above) are popping out all over in my flower beds. I had to stop Mom from pulling them out this past spring as she thought they were clover. See Mom they are not clover and they have a beautiful delicate bloom...

Water droplets on grass...yes we do have grass and it looks like I actually get to mow the GRASS this week!! YeeHaw! (Ugh, I'm joking and not looking forward to mowing, lol)

I don't have a clue as to what this is but I thought it was pretty...and it was blooming...

Wild morning glory with water droplets...

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Fred and I were were just amazed at how in one week we can go from brown and crunchy to GREEN, GREEN, GREEN...It's amazing how everything comes back with a little bit of rain...just simply amazing!!

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Water is life!

Fred at the Shop...

In the previous post I told you we had met Fred at his employers shop where he and Trey were working on the rig...I had Michael playing in the puddles with tadpoles and I was taking photos...

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I was walking by the wash rack when I noticed how it framed the swabbing rig and Fred working, sweet!

Fred re-heading his line.

If I understood Fred correctly they have to heat the Bobbitt up and that is why there are flames coming out of this bucket...I thought it was cool...Look at the design and colors!

Trey watching Michael play in the puddles! Did you know Trey is going to be a Daddy soon (October)...yep we're going to be grandparents for the 3rd time...

Here's a photo of the back of the rig and Fred working...I was annoying Fred by taking photos and asking questions...I've heard him talk about these items; Re-heading, Bobbitt, weight bar, lubricator, Blow out preventer but never actually knew what these items were...I do now, but don't give me a quiz, lol...I'd probably fail miserably...But I do love knowing what my husband is doing and how it works...we can never stop learning!!

I just love Warning signs...and how different companies word them! Another words if your an idiot and you don't know what the heck your doing don't do it!! Doesn't that apply to most everything? As to the mind altering substances we won't even go there...But isn't everything in life mind altering?

Tadpoles

Late Saturday morning we met Fred at the employers shop. He had to work but we wanted to spend time with him. While Fred and Trey did their stuff I discovered something in the puddles at the shop.

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Tadpoles

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Oh how I remember the fun I had with them as a girl and I called Michael over...he's seen them before but it's been a looong time ago...

I showed him how to catch them without hurting them and he gave it a try...He was having so much fun!

Mom I GOT ONE!!

Then he was trying different tactics to catch them...Like scooping up the mud they are lying on...lol...Oh what fun..Mud, Mud, Mud!

I was standing back watching him...just wondering when he was going to fall in...sigh!

He was having so much fun and very intent on finding ways to get to the tadpoles...except his board floated away, uh oh!! And I'm not sure how but he didn't fall in either...Maybe because I told him several time if he wanted to go to lunch later on he'd best NOT get muddy!!

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Later in the day after we got home I was a bit upset with myself...I don't know why we didn't bring some tadpoles home to raise into frogs, grrr...He would have loved that...Maybe next time!

Heading to the High Ground

From Tuesday of last week to Friday night we have received a total of 7 & 3/10's inches of rain...and yes we flooded. It wasn't bad because of the drought quiet a bit of the water has soaked in...But with all the rain the low areas have filled up with water and the critters are headed to high ground...

We spotted this frog on a window Friday night...he was so cool. Michael had a great time watching him catch bugs and looking at the bottom of his feet through the glass.

Early Saturday morning I spotted the cow and calf in the pasture...Seems the babe had an itch...give him a few days and he is going to have a lot of itches as the mosquito's will be out...It's hard to believe it's been over a year since we've even seen a mosquito! I honestly don't miss them!

I took this photo Friday when it was raining...It seems every feeding hole on the large hummingbird feeder was taken and hummers were waiting...

And this is a Millipede and he scared me half to death...sheesh. I went outside late one night and just happen to glance over and saw him, I thought it was a snake at first, ewwwwwwwww!! Well of course I had to go grab the camera...

A photo of the hummers in the late evening using the on camera flash...Michael and I spent most of our evenings last week outside as our electricity kept going off...seems there was a tree causing the wires to arc and Pop! Off would go our electricity. Our Electric Coop guys would come out and search and search but had problems locating the problem...Saturday morning it once again went off and they spent most of the day clearing brush...Not fun when it's wet and there is 150 acres to walk and check...But so far so good...