Saturday, May 19 is Armed Forces Day

Armed Forces Day, above all, honors the dedicated individuals who wear the uniforms of their country….The task of each one is the task of all the Armed Forces: to protect the freedoms which underlie the greatness of America.
– General Earle G. Wheeler
1908-1975
Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff
1964-1970

You Make Me Smile - Digi Scrapbook Layout

May 2012

You make me smile

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Credits:

The Little Things kit by Valorie Wibbens Designs @ http://onestorydown.com/

Paper (Todays News) by Sissy Sparrows @ http://onestorydown.com/

Paper Frame by The Edits @ http://onestorydown.com/

Stitches (Really messy stitches) by Dawn Inskip @ http://shop.scrapbookgraphics.com

Here's hoping y'all have a "Sunny side up" kind of day and a great weekend.

Hopefully if it's not sold out later today I'll be taking Michael to see the movie "Battleship". That's all he's been talking about for weeks...

Because I love taking nature photos...

My day in photos...

 Good Morning Sweet Heart...

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 Feeding his babes...

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 Empress butterfly

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 Painted Bunting spotted at the house...

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 A young tufted titmouse, I saw Mom and Dad feeding it...

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I also saw some other birds but when I went to stalk them I was followed...

 It is not easy trying to stalk birds and having 3 cats under foot and a horse in your face. I love them but sometimes they can be very irritating...

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 This Mockingbird has been sitting on this electric pole for weeks singing his heart out and then he bounces up into the air and then he comes straight down to the top of the pole over and over again, singing the whole time...

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 He's also the one that makes a sound like a baby chick, which is very annoying as I keep thinking there is a chick outside, lol...

 And there he goes again...sure wish he'd find a mate, he's got to be tired? I'm tired just watching him day after day :o)

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 It sure is hard work helping Mom look for birds, the little brat!

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 Summer Tanger...I heard it and then spotted it in the tree next to the house, too cool.

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 Damselfly

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 Stalking a butterfly at the pool...

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 The painted bunting was back on the garden fence this evening, he sure is pretty.

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 Okay he's not what I call nature but he sure is cute. He didn't want to go swimming this evening but I played mean mean Mom and made him go...He sure had a lot of fun for not wanting to go.

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 Phlox, still blooming...

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 I saw a bug and took a photo...Then when I pulled the photo up on the computer I was laughing...definitely nature going on here, ekk!!

An update on this beetle..It is a Tiger beetle. We've got them here in France and they come in brown or green with spots! Noushka left a comment and told me what it was, thank you Ma'am.

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 Just because I thought it was cool...(I was bored and waiting for Michael to get out of the pool)

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 Sheesh, he's got thick eyelashes...(Mom don't post my eyeball on the Internet, lol)

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 This spider was crawling on Michael so he started playing with it, then he kept trying to get it to pose for me, silly boy. I was stunned as I can't believe he was playing with it, this is the same boy who almost flipped his kayak one day because there was an itty bitty spider on it. He's my boy and seems to be getting use to things. I'm proud of him!

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 Another Damselfly...

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 Brownspotted Yellow wing

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 Mexican Hat and or Cone flower

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Not sure what it is, possibly the mint family. I am too lazy to look it up but I thought it was pretty.

That was my day in photos...It was gorgeous today, hope y'all had a great day!

Painted Bunting...

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This morning I decided to go see if the painted bunting would be on the garden fence. The sun was out of the East and would make for a great photo. He didn't disappoint me and I managed a great photo. I painted one on canvas with acrylics when I was younger and have always thought these birds were absolutely gorgeous. I remember hearing a story that when God got done coloring all the birds there was one little bird left and he was sad as God didn't give him any color. So God took all the colors on his pallet and threw them on this little bird and that is why the painted bunting has so many colors :o) Sometimes it's good to be last!



Good Morning...

Lots of beautiful Sunshine today!!

Hope y'all have a Great day!



Todays photos and tonight fishing at the creek...

I actually grabbed the camera today, woohoo...

 Racerunner Lizard

I've been watching him down around the pool but hadn't managed to get a photo of him. Today he stopped and posed, they are fast, very fast...He also loves to eat ants and I love watching him.

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 Skipper butterfly came to the wet ground after I watered the grass seed...

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 Just because they are all over the place...

This evening/afternoon after school I told Michael lets go fishing...

 Fix'in to fish...

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 My first fish of the day, a Bluegill/Sunfish family...

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 Yeah he caught one but he doesn't look to sure about it, lol...

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 I caught a little bass...

Michael was taking photos and every photo he took came out blurry, hmm?

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 YeeHaw...A little flipp'in and flopp'in...

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 Rio Grande Perch...

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 A closer look at the Rio Grande Perch.

I think they are so cool looking

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 Another Blue Gill...I caught 7 fish and Michael scored 1, he wasn't upset though as he was having fun with the camera...

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 Coleto Creek

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 We're in the Army now...or perhaps the Marines, then again maybe the Navy?

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 Ready, Aim....

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 A cricket for a friend who seems to be having cricket problems at work...

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The Painted Buntings are here but I have yet to get a decent photo...tonight the sun was NOT in my favor for where he perched...I'll keep trying, one of my favorite birds!