Foto Funday {2011 week 30}

 

Errrmmm, looks like I had the wrong week number on last week’s Foto Funday post …… not sure how I managed that, but I am correcting it for this week, & then I’ll go edit the title for last week! Now as for this week’s photos, isn’t that young buck just beautiful?? When I snapped this I was just shooing him away from our pond area – our motion-activated sprinklers that normally keep the deer away from our gardens were temporarily off & he tried to sneak in! His horns are so wonderfully velvety right now – very pretty!

Last Sunday we spent the day at a huge family gathering – my uncle’s annual catfish & onion ring fry! It was fabulous! The only downside was that I left my camera battery at home in the charger, so I was unable to take pictures at the event! I felt so lost because of it. lol! They have a beautiful pond there, larger than ours, which has a marvelous waterfall pouring out of the rocky hillside. I will definitely be bringing my camera *and* charged batteries along on our visit there in September!

With all the cool weather we’ve been having in the Pacific Northwest this year, it is hard to believe it’s actually HOT everywhere else in the US. Would you believe we actually had to have a little fire in the woodstove one morning this week just to get the chill of the house. It had been too cold for too many mornings in here and we just had to warm it up a little. Now today it is actually supposed to warm up to the 80s before it cools back down again for the rest of the week. I plan to definitely enjoy it!

I also think this little garden visitor of ours will enjoy it, too … a little garter snake.

I often marvel at the beauty & intricacies of God’s smaller creation, as in the little 3/8” frogs I’ve had all around the place this week, as well as all the different kinds of moths there, such as this one. Isn’t his coloring just something?

And I have to show off this wonderful, fun pack of papercrafting goodies I received this week from Natasha over at Moments of Tranquility. I was so excited to learn that my name was drawn in one of her blog giveaways, and when the package arrived I was just thrilled! Just look at this pack of stuff to play with …

I hope you all are having a lovely summer, and are staying cool (or warm, as the case may be ).

Blessings to you!

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Foto Funday!

Good Sunday morning, everyone! I’m spending this afternoon at a couples baby shower for my brother, Jesse, and his dear wife, but I wanted to share this week’s photos with you before I go off to play! Enjoy the pics, and have a truly lovely weekend!

Lemon Balm from my garden

My first batch of cilantro from the garden this season!

My hubby out doing a bit of weeding around our little pond

I enjoyed watching this little chickadee at our suet feeder

Two blacktail deer in our front yard

Blessings to you!

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Foto Funday! … a little late ;)

 

{From my front yard … July 1st & there’s still snow on the Selkirks!}

Did you all enjoy your Fourth of July weekend? We had a good weekend – enjoyed lunch out at our favorite Irish Pub with some friends on Sunday. Didn’t make it to the parade or fireworks on Monday, but chose to kick it at home instead.

Ready for some Foto Fun?? Here’s what I’ve been shooting this past week …

Close-ups of clover … these were sooo sweet-smelling!

Hello Red Robin!

So many roses popping in the garden – we stop to smell the lovely fragrance every time we pass!

The scallions are still pretty tiny, but the lettuce is taking off … and that bit of cilantro just behind the lettuce isn’t doing too shabby either!

Chives gone to flowering … they sure are pretty!

My hubby got a new riding mower this past week, a John Deere, and he is SO thrilled! He mowed all over the place as soon as the mower was delivered. Due to his disabilities, I’ve been doing the mowing with our walk-behind mower, but now he can take on this “fun” chore!

Well that’s all the photos for today. I hope you had a wonderful Independence Day … God Bless America!

Blessings to you!

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Photo Friday (suzy plantamura said so!) :D

That’s my family playing some good ol’ horseshoes on our backyard pits! That’s my Uncle Don & my son Aaron at the far end, and my brother Dale & son Justin in the foreground.

:: PHOTO FRIDAY ::

Yesterday, the 23rd, I spent a fun day hanging out with all the fun folks at Creating Keepsakes (CK) 40K Facebook party. It was such a blast! One of the events was a live chat with CK Dream Team member Suzy Plantamura, and that led me to check out her blog (http://suzyplantamura.typepad.com/). I found we have a lot in common, and I also found I loved her idea of declaring “Photo Friday” on our blogs – a day to post some fav photos to share with our friends and followers! I know I already share photos with you all, but having a specific day to really focus on it just gives me a good goal to shoot for as I try to make my blogging more frequent and consistent. So here are some of my recent shots, including a bunch I took last night of my fabulous flowers – my whole yard and gardens are just blooming so beautifully!

My son Justin had wanted to buy a handgun as soon as he turned 21 (he already owned various rifles & shotguns from childhood), but he entered Navy Boot Camp the day after his 21st birthday, so he had to wait. On his recent trip home he finally got what he’d been wanting. Here he is trying it out for the first time!

Our horseshoe pits enjoyed a good workout this past week with all the friends & family stopping by. Here my brother Jesse and son Justin throw a few! (I won’t tell the score, but I think one of them owes me a few duckets for keeping their secret! lol!)

For those who live in my local area near Sandpoint, Idaho, you need to take the 5 minutes needed to stop and walk around this amazing “park”. There are all kinds of marvelous things to be seen …

This lovely little spot is off Highway 95 just about a block down Bronx Road. Amazing & inspiring!

Any guessed as to what this is?? I’ve blurred out the number, but this is a geocaching travel bug (i.e., mobile cache) on someone’s pickup which we were lucky enough to spot cruising down I-90 this week! My hubby got it logged in his Geocaching account – pretty cool!

This is my hubby riding out in front of me as we near the end of a 5-mile bike ride on Tuesday. The sun popped out just long enough for us to make the loop around Grouse Creek that we so love to ride.

Isn’t this little guy just adorable?? He was standing out in our south yard with a buddy of his and really just gave me a glance or two.

These precious little eggs came from a chickadee nest that sadly was abandoned. We were so thrilled to see the chickadees nesting in one of our birdhouses for the very first time, but the swallows in the next birdhouse over harrassed the chickadees too much, I think, and they left. On the happy side of things, a pair of Western Bluebirds has shown up and taken over the birdhouse. Yay!

And now for my lovely garden flowers …

Aren’t those just lovely?? And they smell so marvelous! Just lean in close to your screen and sniff…I’m *sure* you will catch their fragrance!

Blessings to you!

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