United States Navy 240th Birthday!

The U.S. Navy celebrates its 240th birthday today.

Thank you to the brave men and women who selflessly serve our country.

Never a dull moment....

We have a lot of dragonflies flying around here in the evening. Like hundreds of them. It is too hard to get photos of them flying in low light so I've been meaning to get out during daylight and get some photos. I headed out this evening with Jenny.

I found one Dragonfly that was sitting on a stick...Pretty neat!  

Then I found the flowers...lol. I can't help but take photos of wildflowers! 

The girls are home after visiting the bull. It's nice to have them home but they sure are nosy. Every time I go outside somebody is always checking on me...

 More wildflowers...

 I played hide and seek with this one but I finally managed to capture it with the camera!

 Crab spider is ready for Halloween, he has the right colors on...and dinner is almost ready too!

I spotted this grasshopper, pretty cool...

The baby skunks were under the grasshopper in the thick grass, Jenny found them! As I bent down to see what she found, they sprayed...Oh boy!!

We are cleaned up now, I wasn't sure the boys were going to let us in the house tonight...Something sure smells skunky around here, LOL...

In time the smell will disappear, that is what I keep telling the boys!! 

Cacti Bloom

I love surprises, well some surprises...

Always love when one of my cacti bloom, oh so pretty and unique! 

Good Thursday Morning!

 A gorgeous South Texas Sunset with Venus and the Moon...

And for Throw Back Thursday...

A photo from December 2009 of Michael and Grandma sewing...Michael loved to help her!

I think the hardest part

of losing someone, isn't having

to say goodbye, but rather

learning to live without them.

Always trying to fill the void,

the emptiness that's left inside

your heart when they go.

~ sd

Good Morning

From South Texas! 

Here's hoping y'all have a Great day! 

 Fred and I worked on finishing the Aviary for the fan-tail pigeons. 

Mom and Dad fan-tail pigeon are sitting on two more eggs and we have 4 babies from this past summer that they raised. We needed more room. 

So I decided an Aviary would be perfect. The youngsters are still getting use to it but I think it's going to work. We have some things to tweak on on it and I need to move it to where it will be for the winter. 

I also talked to a gentlemen Friday, who raises racing pigeons. Something to think about in the future. Right now we are trying to get all the animals situated for the winter. I think the next project might be fencing in more land for the girls (heifers) and Julie (the horse)...

I hope y'all have a great week. 

Beautiful, awesome day....

I took a little trip South to Corpus Christi and went to a Bird Mart. Wow it was so much fun and so many things to buy. I had a limit though...

I decided on a pair of red factor canaries. I use to raise canaries and miss them. Not sure if I will raise canaries but I will love hearing the male sing!  

While washing the love bugs off my vehicle I spotted this gorgeous Sunset....Off I went for the camera and caught it just before the sun actually set (it was behind the tree)....

Broad-winged Hawk Migration

I was outside working this morning when I spotted the Hawks. I love watching and there were thousands of them. 

This photo is just one small batch of one flock and there were 3 other Flocks soaring in the updrafts...

 Broad-winged Hawk migrating South to the tropics! 

I got my work done it just took me a bit longer...I had to sit and watch for awhile...

I wouldn't mind going to the tropics for the winter months :)