3 inches of rain...

Yes, 3 inches of rain and our road has flooded once again....

I had a conference this morning with Michael's teacher and knew the 3 inches of rain we had Monday more than likely flooded the creek and it did! So we were up early (5am) to leave for school 20 minutes earlier than normal to take the long way around...It wasn't early enough, sigh! I got behind idiots that like to drive slow (30 mph in a 60 mph)...grrr and then we got behind a school bus, Argh!! I hate being rushed, really hate it and I hate being late!!

We finally arrived at school and we hurried off to his class room...Michael's teacher and I had a good conference. It's always good when you see how well your child is doing compared to the previous year...He aced his math tests :o) He has aced his AR (reading) tests, she's moving him up to harder books. He needs some work on a few site words but in my opinion not many and we can work on that...He's having a few problems with one of his computer labs and he may get a tutor for that, and we need to work on strengthening his grip and fine motor skills...Michael is left-handed and writes with his right hand (left-handiness) so he's a bit shaky when it comes to writing...but that is something we can work on...I am so PROUD of him. We've worked hard and it's paying off...We get report cards November 2nd.

I thought to show you...

What I do when I go down to the property to work...

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First off I usually try to carry the Canon Powershot S3IS with me as you just never know what I'll see...I have a small case for it and hang it off the seat of the tractor...

The other day when I was at the property I was sitting on the tractor getting ready to take off when I spotted this guy sitting on some of the equipment...I didn't dare get too close because I knew he'd run but isn't he cute? I didn't look him up but I think he might be a scaly lizard.

A view of what I had already shredded the day before, this is at about 7:30am. I love the wispy clouds and the blue sky.

I decided to burn some of the brush piles that have been sitting for over a year...I'm really tired of shredding around them. There was no wind, the humidity was high and plenty of dew on the ground so it was safe to burn!

Dry brush is finally catching!

Another view looking off towards the well house and done shredding. I need to shred under the trees but I'll save that for another day. One thing at a time...

Textures...

The day we went on our wild goose chase I also took some photos in the yard...I didn't want to bore you with ho-hum caterpillar, flowers, and hummingbird photos again so I decided to add a bit of texture to them...another words I was playing around with the photos, lol...

Immature Ruby-throat hummingbird.

I loved the way they came out...I'm really thinking about printing these out to frame and hang on the walls...too cool.
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I did another search on the caterpillars tonight but had no luck identifying them, which is aggravating me to no end. I could send the photos to the college bug people but I hate bothering them, lol...I do it a lot and imagine when they see my emails they all run for the hills, (chuckling)...So I guess we'll sit back and enjoy the beauty!

Wild Goose Chase

My husband is so good to me! This morning I sat outside and watched a flock of wild geese fly over. This is their migratory route and I’ve always wanted to see fields and fields of them feeding but have never been able to. After I told him I saw a flock of over a hundred fly over, he asked me “do you want to go see where they feed”! Without a doubt “I Do”, so we took off on a Wild Goose Chase. Fred headed North and we drove towards the rice fields near El Campo. Upon our arrival we saw plenty of farmers out in the fields working but no geese. It is still a bit early in the season. I did manage to take a few photos on our 197 mile road trip but alas our Wild Goose Chase was a bust. Maybe in a few weeks we’ll go again and I can hardly wait. I still enjoyed going through the farming communities. Farming is in my blood and I miss seeing the fields of freshly turned earth. I’m so glad Fred agreed on our little road trip today, I enjoyed it. I’ve been feeling my traveling itch and I know he is trying his best to appease it as we just don’t have the funds right now for a big trip. It was a beautiful day and a great road trip!

A map of our route...A giant circle.

Grain Dryer and storage silo near Garwood TX.

Arriving in Eagle lake.
Those are huge dryers and storage silos for rice.

A sign I saw and thought was neat.

We followed him into Eagle Lake...I love this photo. You can tell when your in a farming community!

Colorado River with Railroad bridge in foreground. Fred was driving and if any of you know him he doesn't stop, grr...So all these photos were taken from the truck :o)

Hwy 90 coming out of Eagle Lake heading West.


I had this great idea for a layout so I set here tonight and worked on it...a memory of our road trip and Wild Goose Chase!
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Credits for digital layout:

Template designed by ChrissyW, Ontheroad kit designed by Holliewood, Overlay designed by LivE

Livin' on the edge.

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I saw a digital layout challenge today on Jessica Sprague's site and thought I'd give it a try...

Click here to check out the challenge if you'd like.

Above was my interpretation of the challenge. I wanted to lean towards the contrast between B/W and color, keep the layout simple, and use an almost full page photo...I've met my goals and I like it, not sure if this is what Liv was looking for...

Credits:

Wordart designed by Catherinedesigns from a kit called Boys Retreat

SueCummings Pits and Pieces Paper

GThomas CinderBlock Paper

Jenart freebie template 9.

Don't hate me because I'm beautiful...

My sister in-law, Bernice, is always hamming it up for the camera. I had these photos from the get together on Oct. 10 and decided to put together a whimsical digi layout of her...she'll probably scream at me but I don't care...This is "Bernice"!

Credits:

Fruit Loop Sally kit called "Room Service"

Template designed by kristins scrapdesign

WordArt tag designed by Trixie Scraps Designs

Tonight and a couple of Digital Layouts

Credits:

ChrissyW designed the template, click here to go to her blog

Leaves and paper from a kit called "falling for you" designed by kreations by Kami

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I decided to work on some digital layouts tonight. I haven't been in the mood to scrap but tonight the bug hit me....If you click on them you can read the journaling.

Credits:

Kit called Jinx.

Michael was helping me with his layout. He didn't like the bats at first but then decided they looked like the bats in a Scooby Doo cartoon and told me it was okay.

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I'm not sure what has gotten into Michael tonight but he was being extremely helpful. He did the dishes tonight and then took a shower by himself, brushed his teeth, brushed his hair and even read his AR book 3 times until he made no mistakes...Sheesh it was so nice! He totally amazed me tonight! As I was tucking him in tonight he told me he was practicing for when he was married and would do everything for his wife, Ekkkk...I told him that yes he needs to help his wife but that he did not have to do everything for her, lol...That's my boy!!