Day 148...Somebody Got Rain

Day 148

After Mark and I left Bravo Italian Restaurant we drove around 

looking for something interesting to photograph...

that's always an adventure when you really have nothing particular in mind.

This evening, it was more clouds, sunsets and helicopters.

Unfortunately, my "good" foot has finally decided to show me that it needs the attention I should've given it a few months ago...My photo's were taken from the car since I couldn't really walk without assistance after leaving Bravo....:(  

The furthest I made it away from the car without Mark was I got out and stood next to the car when we stopped to watch the radio controlled helicopters... :/

I had a little trouble with getting my exposure correct on these so I "fiddled" a little more than I like to with them but I still love the clouds! 

Honestly, with my foot hurting, I was more concerned at the moment about falling, damaging my camera and lens, that I really wasn't paying attention to my settings... :/

 somewhere, someone was getting rain from these puffs in the sky!

power lines and all...still a beautiful sunset

the man who controlled this helicopter was very good...this little toy danced all over the sky above us!

Day 147...National Nature Photography Day

Day 147

Beautiful clouds seemed to be plentiful today. The stark blue skies were filled with
puffy, brilliant and stormy

  looking white clouds that teased us with thoughts of rain...

 The blackened edges of these clouds brought no rain though...

at least not for us anyway.

 On our way shopping this evening we passed this agricultural field sprayer.
Definitely NOT a part of nature.

One bunch of my Coneflowers... :) 

a garden flower I love!

Day 146...Old, or Young?

Day 146

The days just go by way too fast...but then again, would there ever be enough time to do all the things we want to accomplish in one day? I don't think so.
Not much photography time was included in my day today.

While eating my dinner this evening and watching out my kitchen window the birds all started arriving for their evening meal. A couple of weeks ago I was sure the Orioles had all moved on. We hadn't seen any for nearly a week but I kept the jelly and oranges out because I'd noticed that many other birds were enjoying them also. About five or so days after not seeing any Orioles at all, they were flocking at my feeder once again!!! But very obviously they were different birds, which I found interesting. I think they're juveniles as I've watched some of them grow more attractive by the day...but this one, I'm not sure.
It's pretty scraggly looking. I don't know if he's a young one still growing into his beauty or an old withered one!

My Dragonfly garden  art "thingamagiggy"

Day 145...Canine Children

Day 145

Part of yesterdays trip to Lawrence also included picking up my 

oldest daughter Kaley and her baby Birdie...:)

Kaley is off to Florida on vacation and we are sitting our granddog! 

(something's definitely wrong with this picture..she's in Florida and we're dog sitting!)  :)

Just look at this sweet face...She's a good girl and
Meadow likes having a playmate for a few days too!

Other than a few wrestling matches and races through my garden, so far,we're all good!

I love capturing photos of my doggies but sure wish I'd had that extra second to pay better attention to my composition in this one... :( I turned around to watch the dogs and caught this shot in the split second that my husband was about to throw the ball..

I cut my baby's feet off......errrr :/

Day 144...♪...Dizzy, I'm so Dizzy...♪

Day 144

♪...I'm so dizzy, my head is spinnin', like a whirlpool it never ends...♪

That's what looking at this Coneflower made me think of....

Tommy James singing Dizzy.

Today was a nice day at home, spent not doing much of anything except a little housecleaning and then a trip to Lawrence to see all my kiddos... it's good for a Momma's heart to spend time with all her kids together once in while. It's rarer and rarer that happens as they grow up and are out on their own. It was a great afternoon and evening, one filled with passing by many photo ops in an awesome historical town like Lawrence....Go ahead, ask me if I took one single shot while I was there... :( 

I think you know the answer already. But then again, it wasn't about a photo field trip to Lawrence anyway. It was about seeing my kids and grandson! 

The only photo I took all day was this one while outside watering the garden in the morning.

I have other Coneflower photos but I took this one for no other reason than 

I liked the petals in their swirling, twirling position,
blurring into the background, like a child's spinning pinwheel! 

And staring at it's center, nearly made my eyes cross! 

The song"Dizzy" just popped into my head! 

Day 143...Morphing

Day 143

Have you ever thought about all the little things in nature that we take for granted and

 never really give a second thought to?...

But then you do!!!

My daily walk around the garden really brought a lot to my attention and made me think of things in a whole new way... I love to watch my flowers grow and can't wait for all the different varieties to bloom but I never really thought of the Metamorphosis 

that is taking place right under my nose...

It's really fascinating and pretty awesome when you think about it! 

This evening I had some fun just catching a couple of shots of the "morphing"

going on right here in my own back yard!!!

 Coneflower, almost complete!

 To be, or not to be...a tomato, that is!

from red (or shall we say "green") berries, to yummy Blackberries!

Day 142...More Flowers and Feathers!

Day 142

For the most part, I took the day OFF today... (ahhhh, sigh)

The most difficult thing I did today was mix epoxy to repair a broken planter box!

I also took a LONG walk....

ALL THE WAY out into my backyard to take this photo! lol

A Lonely Lily

I caught this pretty little Finch while sitting at the kitchen table, 

drinking coffee and bird watching out the window~

More hard work

OH, I did microwave a Hot Dog for lunch too!!!