Showing posts with label Jim. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Jim. Show all posts

Sunday, September 25, 2011

Foto Funday {week 39 | 2011}

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Happy Autumn y’all! These lovely mums are just gorgeous, aren’t they? My moma was out here visiting from North Carolina and wanted me to have this gorgeous mums/fountain grass combo for my porch. I love it! Smile

This spunky little fawn kept trying to get past our motion-activated sprinklers near the pond and gardens out back – he was hilarious to watch as he’d crouch & jump and eye that sprinkler like he wanted to take it on! Smile

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Around 7am the other morning I thought we were in for a doozy of a storm as I sat outside doing my morning devotions. I was amazed at how fast-moving this front was, and in the end we only garnered maybe 20 minutes of rain out of it. Beautiful tho!

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This beautiful doe was back again to slurp down wild rosehips off our back porch.

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As dry and brown and crunchy as most everything is here right now, I am so happy to still have a few things blooming in our gardens, like these white phlox and a second round of lovely-scented roses.

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This is growing out of a terra cotta pot out back near where we feed the birds and wild turkeys. When it first came up we laughed about a piece of the feed corn managing to germinate and come up, but then it set seeds and we realized it’s millet! Smile

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On our visit to my Uncle Don’s last week, Jim received this awesome motorcycle “pinwheel” from Don – what a treat!

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The autumn leaves begin to fall …

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Our beautiful old dog waiting for me on the porch.

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Jimmy went over and spent the afternoon with a dear old friend of ours, Frank, this week. They had some fun working on Frank’s old Jeep. Ain’t she pretty? Smile

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We’ve had lots of beautiful dragonflies around the place this year. Last night Jimmy momentarily caught one in our large bug jar, then he carefully let it crawl out onto his hand and took its picture before setting it free. Awesome!

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Later this week I’ll have some *digiscrapping* news and maybe even some *papercrafting* posts to share! Have a lovely week!

Blessings to you!

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Sunday, September 11, 2011

Foto Funday {week 37 | 2011}

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Before I get into this week’s photos, I have to take a moment to acknowledge the deep, deep meaning of today, September 11th … Ten years ago this morning I got a call from my brother on the East Coast – something “strange” was going on with planes crashing into buildings & I should turn on my news. Not long after, my husband came rushing home from his job at the highway department and grabbed his reserve deputy equipment, then he rushed off to the Sheriff’s Office to stand by in case this crisis spread to our side of the nation. I cancelled my sons’ homeschooling classes for the day, and we spent the day learning history as it unfolded on our television. My sons were 13 and 15 at the time. We prayed mightily that day for our nation, and for Dad as he went to report for duty. We cried. We wondered. We swelled with even more love and patriotism for our nation than we’d already had.

Now, ten years later, we still pray, we shed tears, we still wonder at the terribleness of it. And still we hold our heads high and proclaim our love for this nation of ours, this United States of America. May God bless America!

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:: FOTO FUNDAY ::

A solitary dandelion stands resolutely in the front yard.

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My little smiling scarecrow, all bundled up for autumn.

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Lots of turkeys hanging around this week – here’s a crowd at the back feeder, scratching cracked corn from the ground. Smile

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Jim got this shot of a garter snake sliding off the waterfall in our pond – love how he caught the water pouring down the snake & running off its chin!

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Bumblebees and sunflowers, ahh how I love thee! Smile

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The pasture out front is golden and beautiful.

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All in one morning this week we had two different friends drop by with pickups full of firewood for us, and one of them brought these lovely treats from their garden.

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I love woodpeckers and enjoyed listening to this fellow peck out a beat on the electric pole in the yard. Smile

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May you have a marvelous day!

Blessings to you!

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Sunday, September 4, 2011

Foto Funday {week 36}

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- A beautifully foggy morning from my front yard after a marvelous night’s rain (Thursday morn) -

This week I have a couple small surprises in with my photos – I’m excited! Smile

To start, though, we did a few small home improvement projects this week. After years of having an ugly old 70s style light in my kitchen, we replaced it with this lovely track light …

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I just love it! And the lighting in my kitchen is just so much better. The wiring on the old light gave us a fright, though, when we took it down. The insulation on the wires was just crumbling and we are thankful we never had a fire from this …

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We’ve had lots of wild turkeys in the yard lately – dozens of babies in all different growth stages. When I pulled into the driveway returning from town the other day, a group with fairly large babies was in the driveway ahead of me. I grabbed my camera off the passenger seat and took a few shots. As I pulled closer I was amazed to see these “blonde” turkeys mixed into the group! These are really beautiful and unusual (at least to us) and we plan to check with one of our fish & game buddies to learn more about the “blondies”.

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In comparison, we have seen an albino turkey in the area before. I even got a photo of one back in 2008.

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I so totally love the beauty and variety in nature. Awe-inspiring!

Surprise: One of the highlights of my week was getting this fantastic new camera! It’s an early anniversary gift from my husband, and both of us are having a grand time using it!

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Here is the very first photo I took with my Canon, and can you believe it, my dog actually shut her eyes as I took it! I thought only humans messed up photos by blinking at the wrong moment! lol!

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Another surprise: Photos by my hubby Jim!! Here is the first photo Jim, took with the Canon …

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Here’s a closeup of that little bumble bee …

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Oh boy does this camera take great shots! So much better than my poor little Sony camera.

Another little critter Jim shot – he loves bugs! (Such a cute grasshopper!)

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Jim shot this one in the front yard at dusk. We have a lot of stout, nearly grown fawns running around here still in full spots. Wild!

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My lovely striped “wave” petunias next to my front door. I just love these!

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I certainly hope you’ve enjoyed this week’s photos. Have a marvelous Sunday afternoon!

Blessings to you!

`·.¸¸.·´´¯`··._.· Cari `·.¸¸.·´´¯`··._.·

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