Misc. photos with the Olympus Point and Shoot...

It may not take the greatest photos but I can carry it in my purse and I love that...

Sunset Tuesday evening was gorgeous!

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Lately I have 2 Turkey hens and their 9 youngsters hanging out down at the property.

This morning they kept me company while I swam in the pool.
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Have I mentioned lately how much I love our pool? This is the sunrise this morning and the pool was Oh so refreshing!

First day of 3rd grade...

He was ready and oh so proud to be in 3rd GRADE!!!

Fix'in to get in Momma's bus!
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He did real well this morning considering he got up at 5:45. I'm trying to figure out how long it's going to take us to get ready and take the long way around to school, since the bridge will soon be out of order. We both did well me at 5am and him at 5:45 am, it's going to make for a very long day but if we get to bed early we'll be okay.
He had a great day and loved it. His friend Lawrence is in the same class with him. He likes his home-room teacher and met his other teacher. He will have two different teachers, each splitting the day. He likes that snack time and recess is in the morning before lunch. He told me there are two new boys this year and that they have NO homework all week long, lol. He was really excited about No homework!
We did have one slight problem he did NOT eat his lunch, ugh! We had the same problem last year and it makes for headaches and one sick little boy after school. He's too busy socializing at lunch time to eat. Michael and I had a discussion this evening and he's got the rest of the week to start eating lunch or Momma has a plan and it won't be pretty. I'm praying he eats but if not I'm praying my plan will work! I'm excited to see how the rest of his week goes...

What's happening in the neighborhood...

We are in a severe drought but I saw this Cow Pen Daisy blooming, just a wee bit of color in an other wise brown and crunchy world.

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I was shocked...Never have I seen the vultures drinking from the cattle tank. There is a creek 1/2 mile from us and it still has water in it but I guess it was just too hot and the vultures were just to lazy to fly down there...and of course when I went and grabbed the camera they jumped up on the post on either side of the tank. Michael doesn't like the vultures, he says they creep him out, I don't mind them they eat dead things so we don't have to smell the stench.


On our way to school this morning I spotted a grey fox next to the driveway. She or He just hunkered down while I stopped and took photos! The animals are hungry and thirsty and they are becoming braver and not so afraid of us, I feel for them. The deer are coming up to Julie's feed pan as soon as she is done eating and eating the crumbs she leaves, it's so sad. I was outside the other night after dark and walked around the corner of the house and right into a deer, she was eating the chicken scratch. The Deer and I both jumped and were startled but she didn't run off right away. I have never seen a deer or tracks inside our yard fence. There is normally so much for them to eat out in the pasture and the fenced off portion of our yard is so small they've never bothered with it. Praying for rain, we need it and so does the wildlife.
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I had to take a photo of our bridge on the main road. It's old and it floods a lot, well that is when it rains...But the State is soon to replace it with a bigger and better one. I've read that they are taking the old bridge completely out, so from September to March of next year we will have to drive the long way around, argh! All I can picture is dollar bill signs as it is going to cost me a lot more gas and oh the mileage that is going to add up, gulp!! But on a positive note the new bridge should never be closed to flood waters! We have to look on the bright side!

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I have a lot of photos from the past two weeks and I am hoping that I will have time to share those with you soon, be patient with me. My Father in laws liver cancer is progressing and I've been trying to help out when I can, prayers are welcome!

He's 8...

and he's GREAT!!

(more on the Birth-day later...)

Tomorrow...August 20th 2011...

8 yrs ago we had this...a blessing from God...

9lbs 4 oz's and 22.5 inches long

To today this... 8 yrs old and 60lbs, ekk...He's our boy and we love him!!
Happy Birthday Michael!

Made in the U.S.A.

I live in the U.S.A. and I believe we should support our local business's and I am all for buying from local artist or artist who live in the U.S.A.. Last spring I found this blog called Every day Keepsakes with homemade charms and such and fell in love with her items. When I saw this camera wax seal charm with the heart I fell for it, I had to have it! Wow!

I used to play with wax seals on letters and envelopes and this was just too cute to pass up! It is silver but I decided to go with the oxidized version. I've always been a gold person but the past few years I've starting mixing silver with gold and love the combination. She now is also selling bronze items too!

Michael wanted a wax seal charm too and he chose the dog paw print, he loves it! He wanted the shiny silver!

The service was absolutely wonderful too and each item came in a cute little gift box. This weekend she is having a buy one get one free special and also a weekend giveaway on her blog.

Every Day Keepsakes Blog click here

or to check out more of her items as she doesn't just make wax seal charms, there is soo much more...

Every day Keepsakes Shop click here

Support an awesome artist that makes quality items! She can also personalize items too!

Todays photos...

I think toads have the most beautiful golden eyes!

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I've been seeing these gorgeous green dragonflies flying around and I finally managed to get a photo, I love green!

A female ruby-throat hummingbird

We've had a few hummingbirds here through out the summer but it looks like the migrants are coming back and headed South for winter. The last couple of days I've had swarms of hummers coming in and of course the drought isn't helping matters. I have 2 feeders up and I'm thinking it's time to put the 3rd feeder up too.