tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-81455357364388377152024-03-05T19:11:49.292-08:00Dragonfly DaydreamsMeghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05789450981657714793noreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8145535736438837715.post-20653390524849567162010-07-23T07:13:00.000-07:002010-07-23T07:45:16.713-07:00Outdoor Pets....<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjl4QHiCzLSvDX2KeRIHOX-wB7ADwwavhn3IH95ekXzqDBfGqLH8FZWHVRmsVoed8FreUeXNGkc8fEsjGa6qlEIBPX4UK-jXJvFFkE6gcJE4duwOMIJLkwQ8MHVZF1WH88Ni0yC2M1Fy-8y/s1600/Viceroy.jpg"><img style="MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 320px; FLOAT: left; HEIGHT: 268px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5497108353025980322" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjl4QHiCzLSvDX2KeRIHOX-wB7ADwwavhn3IH95ekXzqDBfGqLH8FZWHVRmsVoed8FreUeXNGkc8fEsjGa6qlEIBPX4UK-jXJvFFkE6gcJE4duwOMIJLkwQ8MHVZF1WH88Ni0yC2M1Fy-8y/s320/Viceroy.jpg" /></a><br /><div><br /> </div><div> </div><div>Here are just a few of the beautiful "pets" that visit my yard. This is a Viceroy who is enjoying the Butterfly Weed. It is much smaller then the Monarch butterfly that it mimics.<br /></div><div> </div><div> </div><div> </div><div> </div><div> </div><div> </div><div> </div><div> </div><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgMw7YJm3eXbWt13ImeqAgXntYWuej9jat2EauX7xH3uKDHF59IeKwizcOVhPj_sERNs8OdPio9oLydgSYAEFuDfWPRG9k8YvMYEBmUA6vtV437okiBpI30C5DyFQuBAYJ5uOVzNSAidP7Z/s1600/Question+Mark.jpg"><img style="MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 320px; FLOAT: left; HEIGHT: 213px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5497108346617238626" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgMw7YJm3eXbWt13ImeqAgXntYWuej9jat2EauX7xH3uKDHF59IeKwizcOVhPj_sERNs8OdPio9oLydgSYAEFuDfWPRG9k8YvMYEBmUA6vtV437okiBpI30C5DyFQuBAYJ5uOVzNSAidP7Z/s320/Question+Mark.jpg" /></a><br /><br />One of my daughters found this little guy while trimming scrub brush. After searching through the caterpillar book we found he is the larva of the Question Mark butterfly.<br /></div><div><div> </div><div> </div><div><br /> </div><div> </div><div> </div><div> </div><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjkgJQio5vP_taRxsJ03RioMuWJCZ_J2kQs2I-hkENYxlEVGGVFLalmRwAnpckk9r-8V0U0p0HOLjvXmKoT6fnx0iMO-j7vl80pOWhrEmx8quzf_cDk6GuGSUyXgptUh-8BF5zilZMoAlYr/s1600/dragon+of+the+air.jpg"><img style="MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 320px; FLOAT: left; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5497108340013451922" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjkgJQio5vP_taRxsJ03RioMuWJCZ_J2kQs2I-hkENYxlEVGGVFLalmRwAnpckk9r-8V0U0p0HOLjvXmKoT6fnx0iMO-j7vl80pOWhrEmx8quzf_cDk6GuGSUyXgptUh-8BF5zilZMoAlYr/s320/dragon+of+the+air.jpg" /></a><br /><br />This beauty and many like it help to keep our yard free from deer and horse flies. He sat very patiently while getting his picture taken!<br /></div><div> </div><div> </div><div> </div><div> </div><div> </div><div> </div><div> </div><div> </div><div> </div><div> </div><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEirCgadq2sEb0QM6M0Tdawjxp_5KhGDcY5x4H235izNIaJ9AFtms20Qy42GgkLRpTmfuFAlvQV0waDsbO-OqoY2TPfeOIZ53iSpztyHVRw0yIjksmpWBn-xg_27TRCZx9kEODwpyBDS5kCt/s1600/swallowtail.jpg"><img style="MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 320px; FLOAT: left; HEIGHT: 282px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5497108351572690402" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEirCgadq2sEb0QM6M0Tdawjxp_5KhGDcY5x4H235izNIaJ9AFtms20Qy42GgkLRpTmfuFAlvQV0waDsbO-OqoY2TPfeOIZ53iSpztyHVRw0yIjksmpWBn-xg_27TRCZx9kEODwpyBDS5kCt/s320/swallowtail.jpg" /></a></div><div> </div><div> </div><div> </div><div> </div><div> </div><div> </div><div>What striking colors!!! This is an Eastern Tiger Swallowtail enjoying a drink from the lavender Butterfly Bush.</div><div> </div><div> </div><div> </div><div><br /><br /><br /><br /> </div><div><br /> </div><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhUv97KXI2nisGA0yvTsweKXglGY7m0_OAPMNVVHe1zDIah3HOC-OprqyDzVuy1Q8xRcKsdSp8Uv_AOw3UvEM7qcUSbBvGSuaojx7y2iqz9NLCzIw5gm2YyJLDBvUhjY5mmy1MOv7RmqHEb/s1600/resting.jpg"><img style="MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 320px; FLOAT: left; HEIGHT: 213px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5497108334091026242" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhUv97KXI2nisGA0yvTsweKXglGY7m0_OAPMNVVHe1zDIah3HOC-OprqyDzVuy1Q8xRcKsdSp8Uv_AOw3UvEM7qcUSbBvGSuaojx7y2iqz9NLCzIw5gm2YyJLDBvUhjY5mmy1MOv7RmqHEb/s320/resting.jpg" /></a></div><div> </div><div> </div><div> </div><div> </div><div>Yet another sentinel of the air in our backyard. Much smaller then the big blues these like to hang out on the clothes line. They eat the smaller flies that are attracted to the Butterfly Bush.</div></div>Meghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05789450981657714793noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8145535736438837715.post-77123985143991158182010-07-09T08:14:00.001-07:002010-07-09T08:26:10.843-07:00Strange place for a spider......<div><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 213px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 320px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5491926681292952530" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjnpNKozgcWnCuXtT_OOmv60oMc0DRIPV8v1LAm7ZJBdV0QKZvvi35XcC7xIm2dMUTsbam_DDX6yTVw9mpHZKUSQV6szXQtOGrOJ5q7ZnAR5LofWzxTd4VUMK15um4GqyJc9e_v9P2SiaDp/s320/garden+spider+2.jpg" /> <p align="left">I found this garden spider this morning, in of all places, our burn barrel. As garden spiders go it is very small, perhaps a young one or a male?</p><p align="left"> <img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 240px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 320px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5491926208078063266" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjHfwIgFe37AfSQmzx8cGCVqyiMTwwjtKEt8f5S9bfT-AIn8j1hkd0tTgbq4dCdIsKCf3fi7KvdQyJZr3NIR34FRPW8naxoOD_CJr67setQTXgX8CyI34td4kfIFxsTB9aqX795v_8lmbk0/s320/serval+2.jpg" />My newest cross stitch project is a Serval, an African Wild Cat. The pattern is by Jayne Netley Mayhew, out of the book Cats of the World.<br /></p><div> </div><br /><br /><div></div><br /><br /><div></div></div>Meghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05789450981657714793noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8145535736438837715.post-60497896723128277932010-07-05T09:52:00.000-07:002010-07-05T10:35:17.318-07:00A year later.....<div align="justify"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjtuYh9I6sdA18fNiok4ht0W_V0FIAmlFao5OJZPqZeJTzv7GY9FOl2xfENzQrk6gz2KU7shkyQ0j6mcg_lm240cgL73OCWZ7MFfurJs0Uuq7nLQj1WdsFJ7KycsoaON7UAyH-LVlHXx6GP/s1600/washing+the+lawn+mower.jpg"><img style="WIDTH: 320px; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5490475002541653346" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjtuYh9I6sdA18fNiok4ht0W_V0FIAmlFao5OJZPqZeJTzv7GY9FOl2xfENzQrk6gz2KU7shkyQ0j6mcg_lm240cgL73OCWZ7MFfurJs0Uuq7nLQj1WdsFJ7KycsoaON7UAyH-LVlHXx6GP/s320/washing+the+lawn+mower.jpg" /></a><br /></div><div align="left"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh_Qbv79huV6kIo4LcSmOdbq8iWMju9mxLSAPtqi7pWf_Uekx5Ixph2sowps6oJ1tab5YClZgfxATu9MpXsvqZMEzN0Thvq3fTzouBwVQtF8z24W7otAEd9AkWXjdHJT2J06XL1Vn6VPq-G/s1600/pretty+boy.jpg"><img style="WIDTH: 320px; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5490474991901200354" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh_Qbv79huV6kIo4LcSmOdbq8iWMju9mxLSAPtqi7pWf_Uekx5Ixph2sowps6oJ1tab5YClZgfxATu9MpXsvqZMEzN0Thvq3fTzouBwVQtF8z24W7otAEd9AkWXjdHJT2J06XL1Vn6VPq-G/s320/pretty+boy.jpg" /></a> </div><div align="left">It has been way to long since my last post......a year! </div><div align="left">I am going to do better from here on out. For today</div><div align="left"> I introduce to you Morph, the newest member of our</div><div align="left"> family. He is a minature horse who's had a rough go at life, </div><div align="left">now at five years old he's found his place in the world as</div><div align="left"> a part of our family. He dutifully "mows" the yard </div><div align="left">everyday.<br /></div><div align="left"> </div><div align="left"> </div><div align="left"> </div><div align="left"> </div><div align="left"> </div><br /><div align="left"><br /> </div>Meghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05789450981657714793noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8145535736438837715.post-90981347743337278512009-08-26T16:07:00.000-07:002009-08-26T16:18:11.079-07:00<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhUqapyDRzzTtt8oB-9QMlVcWGRaIHI76p2BJ2yYyz41eVAIaGPVtjHdwOooctoQlR9G1gRpp2kBwSVIDZj-_17qln8rVyP1MvGMRHfNgMQiS_t9snOGjRFEAewXDVDo2T3sJfiSso9g6Lv/s1600-h/Honey's+first+egg.jpg"><img style="WIDTH: 320px; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5374414261578376434" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhUqapyDRzzTtt8oB-9QMlVcWGRaIHI76p2BJ2yYyz41eVAIaGPVtjHdwOooctoQlR9G1gRpp2kBwSVIDZj-_17qln8rVyP1MvGMRHfNgMQiS_t9snOGjRFEAewXDVDo2T3sJfiSso9g6Lv/s320/Honey's+first+egg.jpg" /></a><br />Wow, it's been over a month since I last posted anything!<br />Where does the time go?? A couple of months ago we<br />were given a canary....he was suppose be a beautiful singer.<br />Well, he is a SHE! I had never seen such a tiny egg.<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgwZxp3xbvcNpT0OYS5fiA_W1VMrq72CkIkRZQbTKsXmoNHqF7EWYNfPbmnO4F27Rp-66VnMeQQQJqwX4-S937Q9LB3bU55jqUsTItZwfD820OtYya9H9aZv-QL5bEct3M5Yna8f3jkiWjB/s1600-h/blue+rose+of+sharon.jpg"><img style="WIDTH: 320px; HEIGHT: 241px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5374414250673069858" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgwZxp3xbvcNpT0OYS5fiA_W1VMrq72CkIkRZQbTKsXmoNHqF7EWYNfPbmnO4F27Rp-66VnMeQQQJqwX4-S937Q9LB3bU55jqUsTItZwfD820OtYya9H9aZv-QL5bEct3M5Yna8f3jkiWjB/s320/blue+rose+of+sharon.jpg" /></a><br />This is my favorite color of Rose of Sharon. I<br />have many colors but there is just something about<br />this one that I am drawn to. For now it is the picture<br />I am using for my newly formed Yahoo! group.<br />If you like, wander over and take a look. Maybe<br />you will even want to join the group in our<br />endeavors.<br /><a href="http://groups.yahoo.com/group/BenevolentPiecemakers/">http://groups.yahoo.com/group/BenevolentPiecemakers/</a>Meghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05789450981657714793noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8145535736438837715.post-45467604166171180792009-07-06T12:17:00.000-07:002009-07-06T12:58:54.260-07:00In memory of Wally...<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEikBIc33TRXOANS8NmpRorJiChOBW5D8pAvt9lu143yz8swtrUuoFpVO-skry0fG1LoNadPlKsveYpphdxG100D8tIzhXvnqhSeRVa1NuHWeBuq6icvCleyJvKd8G8q0-TR4cHZ0hiWHiKW/s1600-h/wally.jpg"><img style="WIDTH: 320px; HEIGHT: 214px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5355428880812230946" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEikBIc33TRXOANS8NmpRorJiChOBW5D8pAvt9lu143yz8swtrUuoFpVO-skry0fG1LoNadPlKsveYpphdxG100D8tIzhXvnqhSeRVa1NuHWeBuq6icvCleyJvKd8G8q0-TR4cHZ0hiWHiKW/s320/wally.jpg" /></a><br /><div>This post is in honor of Wally. Wally is my dad's</div><div>dog and today he was laid to rest. Wally was our</div><div>patron saint of kittens. He was a sweet soul who </div><div>loved all but he had a soft spot for kittens. The </div><div>mama cats would even have their kittens in his</div><div>coop and he would watch over the babies when </div><div>their mom went hunting. You will be missed Wally.</div><div> </div><div>"Who knows the spirit of the sons of men, which goes </div><div>upward, and the spirit of the animal, which goes </div><div>down to the earth?" Ecclesiastes 3:21</div>Meghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05789450981657714793noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8145535736438837715.post-41678930529277087712009-07-01T12:35:00.000-07:002009-07-01T12:57:33.262-07:00<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjedBxWW3ATl4GRy7F5EydPd4hw5EzAaV9FBxCPn6tVCa7wnMfuWTnpBlVYfLrocpPgGV5fFpF5dXN7glhwiCJnCOfRenYxENo7BhPKJdz1czJIdMbT3VUQC6tF0zDpYnJO02bCXbLz6qvX/s1600-h/salamander.jpg"><img style="WIDTH: 320px; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5353578522936884802" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjedBxWW3ATl4GRy7F5EydPd4hw5EzAaV9FBxCPn6tVCa7wnMfuWTnpBlVYfLrocpPgGV5fFpF5dXN7glhwiCJnCOfRenYxENo7BhPKJdz1czJIdMbT3VUQC6tF0zDpYnJO02bCXbLz6qvX/s320/salamander.jpg" /></a><br />Just a pic of a neat little salamander. Not sure what kind<br />he is but he was living under a log with a bunch of termites.<br />YUCK!<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiEmB66QOUfvA0ncjdlIwsF6wyLZ858yYh_-MU1dz21fLKXQGz4Q9iMAc4Q8S7-QGMx1oLl7Wwbl2AtX0hay3QAai2SROMkiNmP_UxFR-L5h5OwrnFPVilEx4jA-BSz3fVp5_qzC5N6iZCV/s1600-h/dragonfly.jpg"><img style="WIDTH: 320px; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5353578518124360098" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiEmB66QOUfvA0ncjdlIwsF6wyLZ858yYh_-MU1dz21fLKXQGz4Q9iMAc4Q8S7-QGMx1oLl7Wwbl2AtX0hay3QAai2SROMkiNmP_UxFR-L5h5OwrnFPVilEx4jA-BSz3fVp5_qzC5N6iZCV/s320/dragonfly.jpg" /></a><br />I LOVE <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_0" class="blsp-spelling-corrected">dragonflies</span>!! This beauty was flitting around<br />and settled long enough to have its picture taken.<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiPOXMtdfZLbEeMaeJtMxrSfWH7YhHft-CYVKUp_oOuUfY-6UnzquUcGsG2hNcH_1mG9jKxJm1VT09fTfeX41Cm9deHL4w5BjY3ngEEOrZKiE-WFBok3dKRdqHnLVQCkG26fHWqKbA5ASoO/s1600-h/coon.jpg"><img style="WIDTH: 320px; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5353578520975320834" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiPOXMtdfZLbEeMaeJtMxrSfWH7YhHft-CYVKUp_oOuUfY-6UnzquUcGsG2hNcH_1mG9jKxJm1VT09fTfeX41Cm9deHL4w5BjY3ngEEOrZKiE-WFBok3dKRdqHnLVQCkG26fHWqKbA5ASoO/s320/coon.jpg" /></a><br />Are you my mother?? All we can figure is this little<br />thing is an orphan. It didn't have much fear of me<br />(obviously!). It wondered around until it found the<br />mulberries on the ground and then it had a feast!!<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgUMTD3n5o5ONRiN77N3naUxeODQ_EINgeRbSmw2ChKFjdlekgyHj_oIGgqF0OPZEB2PIYvTPn3Mh4Rxkn8rpCmdHI0m8h7z1ar9QZVglWYu5K5q_LcbJI37vJjbO98XG8GvwMNOTrZ6LrV/s1600-h/lilies.jpg"><img style="WIDTH: 320px; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5353578516991903138" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgUMTD3n5o5ONRiN77N3naUxeODQ_EINgeRbSmw2ChKFjdlekgyHj_oIGgqF0OPZEB2PIYvTPn3Mh4Rxkn8rpCmdHI0m8h7z1ar9QZVglWYu5K5q_LcbJI37vJjbO98XG8GvwMNOTrZ6LrV/s320/lilies.jpg" /></a><br />"28........Consider the <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_1" class="blsp-spelling-corrected">lilies</span> of the field, how they<br />grow: they neither toil nor spin; 29 and yet I<br /> say to you that even Solomon in all his glory was<br /> not arrayed like one of these. Matthew 6:28-29Meghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05789450981657714793noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8145535736438837715.post-58359549036783622942009-06-26T18:42:00.000-07:002009-06-26T18:57:20.694-07:00Got Butter?<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjgpgVyxXsrCthHmtb9CdBXJ_ME0Jb7_zIhrZB41lw5lEck5w021rRR_X-wvZFqH7TbCiFtuvY4h7boptrorG2dw90WTBqv38jJOcKMOp5L9J8h9AJK21cSc1RQfXk9exyqykdlFFNSkjm2/s1600-h/got+butter.jpg"><img style="WIDTH: 320px; HEIGHT: 280px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5351817098528194178" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjgpgVyxXsrCthHmtb9CdBXJ_ME0Jb7_zIhrZB41lw5lEck5w021rRR_X-wvZFqH7TbCiFtuvY4h7boptrorG2dw90WTBqv38jJOcKMOp5L9J8h9AJK21cSc1RQfXk9exyqykdlFFNSkjm2/s320/got+butter.jpg" /></a><br /><br />The answer to that question today is YES!!!<br />55 POUNDS of it! Why??? It was cheaper to<br />buy it bulk from the dairy. So, I spent three hours<br />today putting butter in every spare container I could<br />and then taking 26 pounds to other people.<br /><div><div></div><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiUsbMLRCut6Exbl7USzbx7arSR7dUpF2ZWfsYuMcMw__15eOvxN760rXpXtYvZI_pbWjy3JEjwNeJitgxJuKJ-Z6wEHzkaJxlqfrx702wrPlwun9Acrq3a5y_ibNHGTGdr_jGMJIR-Jhfo/s1600-h/Father's+Day.jpg"><img style="WIDTH: 320px; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5351817779663895138" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiUsbMLRCut6Exbl7USzbx7arSR7dUpF2ZWfsYuMcMw__15eOvxN760rXpXtYvZI_pbWjy3JEjwNeJitgxJuKJ-Z6wEHzkaJxlqfrx702wrPlwun9Acrq3a5y_ibNHGTGdr_jGMJIR-Jhfo/s320/Father's+Day.jpg" /></a></div><div>Just had to share this, this is my dad enjoying </div><div>Father's Day last Sunday :0)</div><div></div><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj2BbtmTl4yzqMmz2j0JOUrPrcmfNmvhnoLbjkNF8px4M8s-oGbQeLqf2-vHpfsvr1VM5FsSRFWIlEWg-MGt-BunVP50CCHJ0HtTNT5fob2K-XesPiN_1DU_mA28UX7f1hEsPDMWJns5wLD/s1600-h/T-bird+2.jpg"><img style="WIDTH: 320px; HEIGHT: 166px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5351817775911962274" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj2BbtmTl4yzqMmz2j0JOUrPrcmfNmvhnoLbjkNF8px4M8s-oGbQeLqf2-vHpfsvr1VM5FsSRFWIlEWg-MGt-BunVP50CCHJ0HtTNT5fob2K-XesPiN_1DU_mA28UX7f1hEsPDMWJns5wLD/s320/T-bird+2.jpg" /></a></div><div>This pic was taken for my other dad (I'm blessed </div><div>with two). He loves his T-birds!</div><div></div><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiY7chuDg2RtDy3-XSBgAfl7vtlwOBXxtyBbJy1-QGoLE2hCe0GLW9r6I10DW3LGeGWUGPcXweiC45kPc-JjDdb_EwLdTqm5Gz2SlOo6K0NaeFVW4k-h_K7YGHtgSeB_Sa1LsFwuuu76ZCD/s1600-h/box+turtle.jpg"><img style="WIDTH: 320px; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5351817099073589842" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiY7chuDg2RtDy3-XSBgAfl7vtlwOBXxtyBbJy1-QGoLE2hCe0GLW9r6I10DW3LGeGWUGPcXweiC45kPc-JjDdb_EwLdTqm5Gz2SlOo6K0NaeFVW4k-h_K7YGHtgSeB_Sa1LsFwuuu76ZCD/s320/box+turtle.jpg" /></a><br />This beauty was caught trying to traverse our yard!</div><div>What a <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_0" class="blsp-spelling-corrected">privilege to see</span>! Hinged box turtles are considered </div><div>endangered in Michigan. This one was "stuck" at our </div><div>fence line so we helped it on its way.<br /><br /></div><div><br /><br /><br /><br /><div></div></div></div>Meghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05789450981657714793noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8145535736438837715.post-37236682487240612072009-06-20T19:42:00.000-07:002009-06-20T20:18:47.752-07:00I took this picture a few weeks ago. They were towering<br />storm clouds. We were never touched by them but they<br />were awesome to behold. I thought this verse should<br />accompany the picture.<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgBFZ8Oyn4XyFiKAA5t4zkpmqOSSPk77o5X81RK-TWBy3VTMJPfpwHkSLO4GM1DBLSE-GSZ3ySvrsSlissUygZcncyhGQ5mlfxmgeNj6KGp4YO_xCI3_piNbG5JruhdoRSqEkB6MsUfJwiU/s1600-h/clouds.jpg"><img style="WIDTH: 320px; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5349606057101429378" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgBFZ8Oyn4XyFiKAA5t4zkpmqOSSPk77o5X81RK-TWBy3VTMJPfpwHkSLO4GM1DBLSE-GSZ3ySvrsSlissUygZcncyhGQ5mlfxmgeNj6KGp4YO_xCI3_piNbG5JruhdoRSqEkB6MsUfJwiU/s320/clouds.jpg" /></a><br />Behold, he <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_0" class="blsp-spelling-error">cometh</span> with clouds; and every eye shall<br />see him, and they also which pierced him; and all<br /><span id="SPELLING_ERROR_1" class="blsp-spelling-error">kindreds</span> of the earth shall wail because of him.<br />Even so, Amen. I am Alpha and Omega, the beginning<br />and the ending, saith the Lord.Meghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05789450981657714793noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8145535736438837715.post-55046804715332633092009-06-18T09:27:00.000-07:002009-06-18T10:21:46.672-07:00Critters abound!I love animals! Here is a baby bunny <div>that didn't hop away fast enough. </div><div>I accidentally flushed it and five other </div><div>siblings out of their nest while I was</div><div>mowing the horse pasture. Now they</div><div>are all busy eating my mom's beans. </div><div>She just had to plant them all a </div><div>second time! </div><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhjNYOJDOR2uQ-_SuFWH3EpFQYbAtkhF9dxBD37AgdUXCzCf9jNYi4CrHGomXlh4RjoPCS04b6JvounlWLBxO6reLTvczeW359ADik2pK1yGVdGJgyFs3X3Q400B5Vk8E654Yk7h_BLSPBq/s1600-h/bunny.jpg"><img style="MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 320px; FLOAT: left; HEIGHT: 213px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5348710387451858770" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhjNYOJDOR2uQ-_SuFWH3EpFQYbAtkhF9dxBD37AgdUXCzCf9jNYi4CrHGomXlh4RjoPCS04b6JvounlWLBxO6reLTvczeW359ADik2pK1yGVdGJgyFs3X3Q400B5Vk8E654Yk7h_BLSPBq/s320/bunny.jpg" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />This is Scratch the Bantam Rooster and Charlie<br />the Blue Swede duck. They are inseperable, we<br />call them the odd couple. Charlie has decided that<br />he does not like my dad and will "attack" him every<br />chance he can.<br /><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiBkzq9au7vi8a6pkV99s9eL0aUnssVjqfcvyHjFlv74-mA6TxMAMNyBlp9svOpilkmXYm8ZggsbQovyTcHSrfdWA5oiuozQpzEXUNALngE_Rskc3-jyRAyE2K1xkbbzOOUSjukJsJkhKfR/s1600-h/Scratch.jpg"><img style="MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 320px; FLOAT: left; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5348716894374286194" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiBkzq9au7vi8a6pkV99s9eL0aUnssVjqfcvyHjFlv74-mA6TxMAMNyBlp9svOpilkmXYm8ZggsbQovyTcHSrfdWA5oiuozQpzEXUNALngE_Rskc3-jyRAyE2K1xkbbzOOUSjukJsJkhKfR/s320/Scratch.jpg" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><p></p><p></p><p>The horse on the left is my mom's baby, Wynflaeda. She is a Tennesse Walker. The horse on the right is my pretty girl, Leaguer. She is an American Quarter Horse.<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiVKbg-CVDLCRUdA_GLPYhte3RiWpl4cE_nIuKgT-LfhpkGITTgy4WphsAm04dQHPkHuvYZCQuYfOiqP4pFdwy6ixVvkvOPErgfg4nobr996UQ-f0olnRF4cdBq0-L9Ii1pPPE2aSWlRYn0/s1600-h/my+pretty+girl.jpg"><img style="MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 320px; FLOAT: left; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5348709163341112050" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiVKbg-CVDLCRUdA_GLPYhte3RiWpl4cE_nIuKgT-LfhpkGITTgy4WphsAm04dQHPkHuvYZCQuYfOiqP4pFdwy6ixVvkvOPErgfg4nobr996UQ-f0olnRF4cdBq0-L9Ii1pPPE2aSWlRYn0/s320/my+pretty+girl.jpg" /></a></p><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />This pretty thing was caught walking through our<br />backyard and posed for a picture against her will.<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjhJ0ZnWsTU-gKMcyHL8oo9zWYS_mRgoq_d-e0O1VS7KvD8sOIlCwzoLKAB3MYMpXHhAWoxd_r_dOgoj_sfJ22dkHidqoOSgdk9xvDltekwPENi5liFyg8DJE78VGTTde0TxbypK_SHCOHo/s1600-h/Paint+turtle.jpg"><img style="MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 320px; FLOAT: left; HEIGHT: 183px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5348715734855655442" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjhJ0ZnWsTU-gKMcyHL8oo9zWYS_mRgoq_d-e0O1VS7KvD8sOIlCwzoLKAB3MYMpXHhAWoxd_r_dOgoj_sfJ22dkHidqoOSgdk9xvDltekwPENi5liFyg8DJE78VGTTde0TxbypK_SHCOHo/s320/Paint+turtle.jpg" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />And last but not least a baby oriole. They have their<br />next built in a maple tree on my parents farm and this<br />little one decided to be brave and check out<br />the world outside the nest.<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi-6Q1TaZ4k_7PjY8D-9_IcpNuy7h9bvRwm7QU4e0N0l5gvoBPFCXkQn5PaloZxAhQmUSnmEUkpwZqB-FIRlgrIDJEay0gWEAbOUDD-u3itpSGyAA-SopJEK4IdAa_IHr1u42dOe8AT9d7R/s1600-h/oriole+1.jpg"><img style="MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 320px; FLOAT: left; HEIGHT: 228px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5348710956519727474" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi-6Q1TaZ4k_7PjY8D-9_IcpNuy7h9bvRwm7QU4e0N0l5gvoBPFCXkQn5PaloZxAhQmUSnmEUkpwZqB-FIRlgrIDJEay0gWEAbOUDD-u3itpSGyAA-SopJEK4IdAa_IHr1u42dOe8AT9d7R/s320/oriole+1.jpg" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />Here is a thought to leave you with today.........."Take an extra deep breath whenever you need it." That little gem it compliments of Dove chocolate! LOLMeghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05789450981657714793noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8145535736438837715.post-25996423327903831412009-06-17T20:09:00.000-07:002009-06-17T20:17:13.548-07:00A good way to start a blogWell, I feel lost at trying to figure this all out. So here is my first attempt at my first blog entry.<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjVMsFD3QHq-2bMOvDhKGJhbrIz6a8LXFl2jBUC7siCZyAtx_D04itxN_f01hCi9qWKhkZQGz-TBMHT8DVzu9LRmkAh-LsuQh03fcQr8cf-uARK8MlobI85lKn6oayBHgh3sMll4aSAr4CL/s1600-h/Crescent+Moon+Dragon.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 240px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 320px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5348500722359452946" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjVMsFD3QHq-2bMOvDhKGJhbrIz6a8LXFl2jBUC7siCZyAtx_D04itxN_f01hCi9qWKhkZQGz-TBMHT8DVzu9LRmkAh-LsuQh03fcQr8cf-uARK8MlobI85lKn6oayBHgh3sMll4aSAr4CL/s320/Crescent+Moon+Dragon.jpg" /></a> Here is my Crescent Moon Dragon! He was finished earlier today and I think he is gorgeous!! Now to end this, short and sweet tonight as it is late and I am tired.<br /><div> </div><br /><div></div><br /><div></div>Meghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05789450981657714793noreply@blogger.com5