Flowers

Just some neat pics

Saundra and I stopped at a little cemetary on the way home from Sigourney tonight.

I saw the evening sun hitting the white church and HAD to stop!! We had a wonderful time playing with our camera settings and seeing what kind of shots we could get!

It was a beautiful peaceful little stop...

A fun place to go back to!!

More storms!

Bryn and I were out watching the storm clouds roll in tonight! .

It looked pretty eerie!

We saw some pretty unusual clouds tonight..

Although it looked pretty threatening for a while, we didn't end up getting too much...it did rain pretty good and a little wind, but nothing compared to what it looked like was coming our way!

A hot summer afternoon...

A stormy fathers day

We saw some pretty interesting clouds on the way home from church tonight!

Lots of storm warnings!

What a difference a few hours can make...

From this.....

...to this....

..in just a few short hours!

How I plan to spend my day!

A quiet afternoon poolside with a good book, a cold drink and an air mattress....

does it honestly get any better than this?

Or not...

Plans changed!! LOL!

Alex and the horses....we found out the "babies" do not care for carrots...

BUT...they do care for Alex!

Monday morning

Ok friends...this is what time the microwave clock said when I crawled out this morning...(yes, that is AM!!)

to do this...

and this...

and this!

What a way to start a day!

Our 22nd wedding anniversary!

Jeff and I celebrated our Anniversary yesterday by going to Iowa City for the day! Wilson gave us enough money to eat out at Olive Garden...!

We had a pleasant day just being together.

I had a DELICIOUS Chicken Scampi with the famous salad and breadsticks. I have always wanted to try the eggplant parmesan, but am afraid I won't like it. So I always stick with something safer...and I enjoyed every bite of it!!!!

Jeff got the chicken parmesan and a caesar salad...

Flowers

I love having lots of flowers...

This poor tree..it is a wonder it has survived at all..every cat on the property thinks it is a scratching post for them! Surprisingly it just keeps growing...

This cat was determined to get in my pictures today!! She went flyng in front of me right as I snapped the picture..for the umpteenth time today...Jeff built me this planter yesterday and then brought home some geraniums to put in it. I need to get a few more..I planted some of the other things he brought home in other places...if you look closely, you can see the peppermint plant that Nancy gave me to try. I don't want it in the planter, but am waiting for my spot by the shed...it is being used for other purposes right now....

Flower pictures

I love this time of year! I got some new planters at an auction a few weeks ago and Jeff helped me pick out some plants to go in them..Geraniums were on sale at HyVee for .59 for a 4 pack..a few of those and a spiky plant in the middle makes a perfect planter for me!

My hanging basket of Gerbera daisies...my favorite flower!

My poor little one eyed guardian of the flower bed...in the middle of my snow-on-the-mountain patch..it started out one small plant a few years back and has pretty well taken over. I think I want to pull it out and go back to an annual flower bed.