tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-68766831337628190402024-03-05T00:58:11.049-06:00Pat's Patunia PatchA little bit of this and that.Pathttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04212966108328065778noreply@blogger.comBlogger652125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6876683133762819040.post-15070158233136278882015-05-02T13:00:00.000-05:002015-05-02T13:00:05.326-05:00It's in the Air<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">
Spring is in the air, and it's feeling pretty nice! My azalea bush is blooming.</div>
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The trees are starting to turn green.<br />
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The Minnesota Horse Expo has come and gone. I took this shot at the rodeo, it's one of my favorites!<br />
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The wild flowers are blooming. The woods at the farm was full of them. The hepaticas are blooming.<br />
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I love the variety of colors they come in. So delicate. There were also blood roots and spring beauties blooming. The woods is slowly waking up.<br />
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We went to our first Twins game of the year, and didn't freeze. The Twins did not win...no surprise there!<br />
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The maple tree in our front yard is blooming.<br />
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The crab apple tree is making a come back, I was sure it had died last summer when it lost all of it's leaves. It's not very thick, but it has flowers and leaves. Yea!<br />
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The lilacs are starting to bud. It's supposed to be 80 degrees today....that should get things growing quickly!<br />
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It's warming up, baseball is being played, things are blooming and starting to grow, Billy will be home from college next week...<br />
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...yep...it's definitely in the air! Happy Spring! Thanks for stopping by.</div>
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<br />Pathttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04212966108328065778noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6876683133762819040.post-43360254165283275382015-05-01T17:12:00.004-05:002015-05-01T17:12:40.528-05:00Bookends<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">
The cat pictures are bookends on each side of the flowers. Yup, that's all I got. Here is Greta on this end...</div>
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some wild flowers in the woods...<br />
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a sunflower in a bouquet on my piano...<br />
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and Molly on this end.<br />
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Bookends....the cats...sigh...I guess I shouldn't wait until late Friday afternoon to blog. There aren't many creative juices left. Oh well...yeah for the weekend! Thanks for stopping by!<br />
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<br />Pathttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04212966108328065778noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6876683133762819040.post-15832481814599134272015-04-27T12:01:00.000-05:002015-04-27T12:01:00.059-05:00Blossoms<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">
I took a little trip to the Minnesota Landscape Arboretum last week. It was a sunny and warm day. I knew that the colder weather was forecast, so I wanted to get out there while it was nice to see what was blooming.</div>
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There were pansies, and Scylla, and wild flowers and some daffodils here and there. But best of all, the magnolia trees were blooming! Mostly white ones, but a few pinks. They are beautiful. I'm always surprised to see them blooming in Minnesota, it seems like they should be further south.</div>
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The Apricot trees were also in bloom. I hadn't noticed them before. Like apple blossoms but so thick. Some pink, some white. I liked the pink ones the best.<br />
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So pretty against the blue skies. And there were so many bees! It was encouraging to see the bees. A chatty gentleman that was admiring the trees mentioned that there were at least 3 varieties of bees in this one tree alone.<br />
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Back to the magnolia trees. Do you see the cute chickadee?<br />
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And like the first buds on the trees after a long winter. Especially this crab apple tree that has come back to life after losing all it's leaves mid-summer last year. So glad that it's back without much damage!<br />
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Buds...I guess this cat is a good buddy, but you can't tell by the intense look on her face. She's leery of the camera. And of being woken up. She's really just pictured here because she was in my photos of the day.<br />
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Like I had said, this post is about buds like this. The lilac bush outside of my office window.<br />
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And the tulips springing up. The best buds of all.<br />
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I love tulips, mostly because they are such a sign of spring!<br />
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April showers bring May flowers.<br />
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Flowers like tulips!<br />
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WHAT!?! I don't think that the April showers bringing May flowers includes snow showers! Big flaky snow flowers! Almost white out snow showers! Yikes.<br />
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But the good news is that the snow melted quickly. And added some good moisture to the soil.<br />
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And the Scylla are blooming at the farm...another sure sign of spring.<br />
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And pretty sunsets that are looking a little warmer every day.<br />
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Vacations always seem to go by too fast. But we came home to weather that was nicer than when we left, which is always a treat! We got home late on a Monday, Eric had to get to the tax guy and then hop on another plane for a business trip on Tuesday...and I had two weeks worth of work to do in 4 days. The beauty of having your own business and no backup for vacation days. </div>
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Besides that, we came home to a fully blooming Christmas Cactus. Maybe we should call it an Easter Cactus...but it bloomed at Christmas time too. Lots of blossoms, it was crazy.</div>
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My lily bouquet was in a cold room while we were gone, it was still nice when we got back, an unexpected surprise.<br />
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My back ordered pink boots arrived while I was gone...tough to get on but comfy once I get into them! A swim suit that I ordered for the trip arrived while we were gone too. Shucks.<br />
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Two of the four amaryllis bulbs that I had planted for Christmas shot up and bloomed again while we were gone. That's never happened before. Things were blooming like crazy around here.<br />
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I made a fancy cake for Easter. It's a Pioneer Woman recipe... <a href="http://thepioneerwoman.com/cooking/2014/04/lemon-lime-pound-cake/">Lemon Lime Pound Cake</a> in a fancy pan. I've made it twice, it's very, very moist...and weighs about 10 lbs...or at least it seems like it does! Delicious.<br />
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My niece and her family were there. This is my great niece with her bunny. Easter is so much more fun with little ones and bunnies to share it with!<br />
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Holidays wouldn't mean much without family or friends. Thanks for stopping by.<br />
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Eric and I went on vacation in the end of March. We flew into Las Vegas, drove to a few parks in Utah and then finished up relaxing near Phoenix. It's always good to get away and see new sights!</div>
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When we planned our trip we decided to fly into Vegas because the airfare is usually not too bad. We weren't planning on spending time there, just get a car and some sleep and then go. But a couple of weeks before our trip I noticed a comment on Eric's sister's facebook page...her friend said "two weeks until Vegas, I can't wait!" What, that's the day we were flying in. So calls were made, plans were laid and we ended up spending a day in Vegas with Eric's sister and her friend, relaxing at the MGM lazy river. Lots of fun in the sun, but I think my liver was fermented for the rest of our trip.</div>
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The next day we traveled to Zion National Park. We intended to get there by sunrise, but getting up that early wasn't happening after our lazy river day. We had a slow start, but made it with plenty of time to enjoy the sites.<br />
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We did a little hiking, but enjoyed most of the sites from inside the shuttle that runs through the park. It was a beautiful sunny day!<br />
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Then we hopped in the car and made it to Bryce Canyon in time for the sunset. We didn't find a great spot to watch it, but that was ok, we were coming back for sunrise the next morning.<br />
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Sunrise was beautiful, very cold but beautiful!<br />
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We spent some time seeing the sites there, and then hopped in the car to drive to Page Arizona.<br />
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While in Page we took a tour of the Antelope Slot Canyon. It is a magical place.<br />
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So mystical and beautiful.<br />
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And then we made a quick stop at Horseshoe Canyon. A semi long hike to an area with no guard rails.<br />
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It was pretty cool, but I didn't want to get too close to the edge.<br />
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I was glad that Eric had a camera too and could get the full picture of the place!<br />
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Then it was back in the car and on to the Grand Canyon for sunset.<br />
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Pictures never capture how vast and beautiful the canyon is.<br />
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We came back for the sunrise. I thought that the Bryce Canyon sunrise was cold...this was colder, and windier! But worth it!!<br />
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We had left Minnesota to warm up, it wasn't happening here!<br />
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The weather warmed up as the day went on.<br />
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Do you see that tiny person on the cliff? They are braver than me!<br />
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From the Grand Canyon we traveled to Sedona, AZ. We didn't plan for enough time there, but found a tall hill to watch the sunset. And paid a $1.00 each for the privilege.<br />
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From Sedona we traveled to Peoria, a suburb of Phoenix. We golfed...this cactus was blooming on the golf course.<br />
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We had one day with nothing planned, so we went to the Botanical gardens.<br />
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Fun to see how different the plants are in Arizona.<br />
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They were having record breaking warm days there in the mid 90's. It felt pretty nice!<br />
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We took a hot air balloon ride while in Phoenix. Something we had never done before. It was awesome!<br />
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I thought that it would be scary, it wasn't. I didn't realize how big the balloons are.<br />
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Up up and away! There were 18 other balloons that went up that day. Seeing them made our ride that much more fun. Another beautiful day.<br />
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We went to a couple of spring training baseball games....and relaxed. These flowers were on the fence that surrounded the pool where we stayed. In full bloom and gorgeous.<br />
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We didn't save enough time to spend by the pool though!<br />
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Back at home, back to reality and back to work. Thanks for taking a peak at our trip...but most of all, thanks for stopping by.<br />
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Billy was home for spring break the week before his birthday. Eric and I left for vacation the day after Billy's birthday. We both had some laundry and packing to do before that could happen!</div>
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My pictures have nothing to do with my blog post. Seems to be an odd trend. I was happy to see this cardinal in the neighbors tree. The birds have been scarce this winter.<br />
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We were heading someplace warm. It's so nice to have that to look forward to during the cold winter months. Maybe we'd see some live tulips.<br />
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Maybe not...but I know we won't be seeing this!<br />
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Nothing like a big snowstorm that hits just before you're leaving for the airport. Biggest snow of the season. I hope we make it in time!<br />
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We celebrate a couple of birthdays in March. The first one is this little peanut Avery. She is my niece's daughter. Somehow she just turned 5, I think she was just born a couple of years ago, so I don't know how that happened. So fun to have a little one to celebrate birthdays with!</div>
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Not too much happened in between her birthday and Billy's, but I'll share the photos that I took on those days. First, a decoration that resides in my Christmas cactus. A little color for the days that are pretty bleak outside.<br />
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Blue skies and bare trees, sometimes that's all you got.<br />
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Brian and I took a trip over to the Como Park conservatory, just to see a little color. I love this fern that was just opening up. There is something about a fern unrolling that makes me think of prehistoric days.<br />
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The only thing prehistoric about this guy is his facial hair. I think he wears it well!<br />
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You know it's a slow day when all I have is a picture of the cat.<br />
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Another slow day...<br />
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Some grocery store lilies to brighten things up.<br />
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The ice on the creek at the farm. Or is it crick? I just know that it's not big enough to be a stream!<br />
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Who cares, bring me food.<br />
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I usually pull the pollen things off as soon as the flowers open up, but I like how they look in pictures.<br />
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Pulling them prevents the mess when they fall, and it helps the blossoms to last longer....but they look cool. I went for looking cool this time around.<br />
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And finally, the 2nd March birthday. My littlest boy turned 20. At 6'5" he isn't little, and at 20 I guess he isn't a boy.<br />
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But in my mind and heart, the boys are just 2 and 4 years old...and besides, it's the only way I can get by with saying I'm still 29! Denial is a powerful thing. :-)<br />
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<br />Pathttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04212966108328065778noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6876683133762819040.post-85346786862532263632015-04-19T13:00:00.000-05:002015-04-19T13:00:03.964-05:00Only in Minnesota<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">
Only in Minnesota do we have spring Robins in the trees....</div>
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...and Ice Castles just down the block.<br />
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Well, not really. I'm sure that many places have Robins that return before spring arrives. And I know of a few other cities that had Ice Castles this year.<br />
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But we were lucky enough to have less than a mile from here. Complete with Superman.<br />
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The ice castle was an amazing thing. You can read more about them here: <a href="http://icecastles.com/">http://icecastles.com/</a><br />
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I had a season pass, so I wandered over there a couple of times. The ice looked different depending on the weather. <br />
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Good cold fun. The deep blue color is natural, sort of like the color of an iceberg.<br />
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I included some people in this picture to give an idea of how huge this center tower was.<br />
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Here's a vertical panoramic photo to show it better.<br />
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Tall and very cold! Good thing spring is just around the corner.<br />
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The tulip and a robin told me so!<br />
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<br />Pathttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04212966108328065778noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6876683133762819040.post-64014156629873933502015-04-18T13:00:00.000-05:002015-04-18T13:00:05.241-05:00Marching OnMarching on into March photos! Horses, cat and flowers...just like last month. I need to get out of this rut!<br />
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I think that my horses were tire of winter, they wouldn't even look at me when I went out to visit with them.<br />
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Neither of them! Don't they know that the cold weather isn't my fault!/!<br />
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Even the sky still looked like winter in early March.<br />
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When Greta isn't outside she's looking out the window wishing she were outside.<br />
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And I resort to spring flowers to make it through the final days of winter.<br />
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Pretty tulips in pretty light.<br />
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Speaking of spring, here's the video I made of the Watch 'em Grow pot. It sort of shows how fast spring comes when the days warm up.<br />
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I hope the video works, I hope that you are in the midst of spring in your neck of the woods!<br />
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A horse, some flowers and the cats. That about sums up my days during the winter! When things warm up I venture outside to take pictures a little more often!</div>
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Here's Skylar, waiting for food. The boy likes his feed!</div>
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A tulip.<br />
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Valentine's roses.<br />
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Dancing Greta.<br />
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Valentines roses.<br />
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The Valentine's roses that just keep going....<br />
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and going...<br />
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and going...best flower bargain from Cub foods ever!<br />
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I like their tulips too.<br />
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Molly doesn't appreciate flowers. Or having her photo taken. Or much of anything except for food.<br />
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Roses again.<br />
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The tulips lasted a long time too!<br />
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Still pretty.<br />
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Greta in her favorite bowl.<br />
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And the last of the Valentine's roses. Two full weeks later. Crazy.<br />
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It's true, I'm still alive and kicking. Mostly kicking myself for getting so far behind with my blogging. This picture was taken way back around the last time I blogged in February! Yikes.</div>
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I have some time today, so I'll try to cue up a few posts and get caught up! The pictures above and below were part of a "Watch 'em Grow" pot that I had in my family room. I did make a movie of how the flowers grew, I'll share that in one of my next posts.<br />
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I took this picture of the sun setting while we were driving South on highway 35 at 70 mph or so. And no, I wasn't driving! I'm always surprised that a fairly clear picture can be taken at highway speed.<br />
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We went to Iowa to watch Billy play in a volleyball tournament. It's so cool to me that he loves a sport that I have loved playing for many years.<br />
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It was a quick trip, I was home enjoying the tulips on my kitchen table the next day.<br />
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A fragrant hyacinth in my "Watch 'em Grow" pot.<br />
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The tulips on my table again. Sometimes they last a long time, sometimes they don't!<br />
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A few more "Watch 'em Grow" pictures.<br />
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I love how they bring a feeling of spring right into the house when winter is dragging on.<br />
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I think that this is a grape hyacinth. Again, in the "Watch 'em Grow" pot.<br />
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Beautiful Valentines roses. Yep, I'm that far behind!<br />
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This guy has been my Valentine since 1979. I must have been 5 years old. :-) Not really, but that makes me feel old!<br />
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Brian was home with us for Valentine's Day. I'm sure we enjoyed that more than he did!<br />
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Close up of my roses. They lasted for a couple of weeks...as you will see!<br />
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Delicious cornish game hen for supper. I don't usually take food pictures, but this was a darn good meal if I say so myself! <br />
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So...what can I say...except Happy Valentine's Day in April. It's better than tax day, that's for sure! Thanks for stopping by.<br />
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Holy cow I've been in a slump. I haven't been enthused about taking photos, haven't felt like blogging. Sometimes when that happens you just have to try and push through. So that's what this blog post is, pushing through the slump.</div>
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Statue on a bookshelf in my office. It was almost dark out, I hadn't taken a photo so statue it is.</div>
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The sun hasn't been shining much around here. It's been warm but cloudy. That might be a big part of my feeling blah. Here are some coneflower seed heads out in my garden. I leave them there for the birds. But there are no birds. Where are all the birds this winter?<br />
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I thought that the lack of birds was due to the cats...not Molly as much as Greta. But my friend in a different suburb mentioned a big lack of birds as well. Not sure what's up with that! Maybe they were feeling blah and flew south. They could have taken me with them!<br />
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There is an Ice Castle about a mile from my house. It's pretty cool. Hah. I got a season pass but have only been there twice. We had a long stretch of extra warm days, the ice started looking a little mushy. When I get out of my slump I will wander back to see it again.<br />
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The horses seem to like the warmer weather.<br />
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Since there are no birds to speak of my pictures are mostly of flowers. And cats.<br />
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And more flowers.<br />
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Flowers.<br />
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Flowers.<br />
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Cat.<br />
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Flower.<br />
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Cat.<br />
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Ice Castle! With a really blue sky! I have a set of Ice Castle pictures that I meant to post, I'll see what I can do.<br />
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Flowers. See what I mean? I need to get out more!<br />
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Out on a walk with Brian. That's better!<br />
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I took a walk along the creek at my mom's house. I spent a lot of hours playing there as a kid.<br />
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In the spring I would find a big stick and push all the leaf clumps that were blocking the water to watch it whoosh past. I just knew that if I didn't clear the leaves from the creek it could flood and sweep away our house! Ha. I had a big imagination. But playing in the creek was awesome.<br />
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This is one of the prettiest trees in the fall. I'm going to try to remember to take a picture of it in the spring, summer and fall from the same spot. Good intentions. We'll see about my follow through on this one!<br />
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I've started a little project with a "Watch 'em Grow" pot. Taking a photo a day and then will put it together in a movie so we can watch it grow. The flowers grow fast!<br />
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Pot on my front step.<br />
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Greta outside looking for birds. Where the heck are they?<br />
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Another late in the day photo. Ornament hanging in my office window. Dirty office window at that.<br />
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Some daffodils from the "Watch 'em Grow" pot.<br />
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And again. I took some other photos, but have been having trouble with the lens I've been using...they aren't very sharp darn it.<br />
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More daffodils.<br />
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Back view of a daffodil.<br />
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The hyacinth in my "Watch 'em Grow" pot is peeking up.<br />
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Squirrel in the snow. Told you I'm in a slump.<br />
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The hyacinth is getting a little bigger. And the sun was shining! Which means it got really cold again.<br />
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Beautiful full moon on a cold, clear winter night.<br />
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And with that I'm caught up. I'm hoping that this slump will pass. Thanks for sticking around and stopping by today. I hope that all is sunny and bright where you are! 'Til next time....<br />
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It's been cold around here so far this month. Cold November, warm December, cold January...we seem to have a regular weather pattern happening! I'll take a warm February, and a vacation in March! </div>
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I haven't wanted to venture outside to take pictures very often this month, this one was taken from the kitchen window. The squirrel's fluffy tail seems to serve a nice purpose in keeping them warm. And besides, if they had skinny tails they would look a lot like rats!</div>
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Billy spent his last week of winter break hanging around home thinking of things to do. He decided to make some chocolate roses for his girlfriend. Thanks to google, they turned out pretty good! He put them on top of frosted cupcakes when all was said and done. Funny what they'll do for a girl!<br />
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We went and watched my great niece play hockey last weekend. Or is is grand niece? My niece's daughter, how's that. They are pretty cute playing hockey at that age! They sure bounce up faster from falling than I would!<br />
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Sunday was a lazy day of watching football. Billy went back to college, Brian was spending the day with friends, Eric was getting ready for a business trip...and I was lazy. So lazy that I didn't even attempt to take a picture until well after dark. It was a good test of the higher ISO settings on my camera. Shot out of the dining room window...not too grainy at 3200 ISO.<br />
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A cold Monday, catching up on a few things. It seemed like a good day to take a picture of my arrangement that is on my front step. Mostly because I was out of other ideas. I'm in need of inspiration, or at least warm weather.<br />
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The good news is that things are supposed to warm up by the weekend. Maybe getting outside will help me out of my photo slump. It can't hurt! Thanks for stopping by!<br />
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The cute and cuddly Greta becomes catzilla when she decides to terrorize my Christmas village.</div>
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The big ferocious tiger at Como Zoo looks a lot like a cute and cuddly cat when it takes a nap in the snow. So many things in life are just a matter of perspective.<br />
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The winter days seem too cold to bear. But the polar bear doesn't mind being bare. He was happy to be swimming and playing in the ice cold water. Like I said, it's all a matter of perspective. I think he sort of looks like a big happy dog.<br />
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He'd probably like to have a nice big bear hug and a scratch behind the ear about as much as that tiger would.<br />
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I'm guessing that he'd take that hug and a scratch or two right before he ate you for lunch. I think I'll just admire him from behind the glass. And that's all I have for today. Thanks for stopping by!<br />
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Christmas quickly came and went, followed by New Years flying past taking all of my resolutions right along with it. So it goes. Why does it seem like everything can change with the coming of a new year? The hopeful feeling that it brings is a good thing I guess. We're a full week into the new year, that hopeful feeling of actually doing things differently is fading fast! So here we are, instead of blogging more regularly as I had planned for the new year it's photo of the day catch up time. My intentions were good, my follow through not so much.</div>
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I took this picture of a beautiful lit tree way back in the middle of December. It was actually only 3 weeks ago, but it feels like ages ago. I had one really busy shopping day for Christmas, no time for a photo with my camera, so I resorted to a cell phone picture. The tree was gorgeous, the picture doesn't do it justice.</div>
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Our bird feeders aren't as busy as in years past, I think our cat has a lot to do with that! It was a treat to see this cardinal on a snowy day.<br />
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It took well over a week for me to get over the crud I had caught when I was in Vegas. Being totally worn out during the weeks leading up to Christmas isn't a good thing. We slowly got things done. The angel is one of the first things to go onto the tree.<br />
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December brought a string of really dark, cloudy days. Temps were warmer than normal, but the sun never came out. I snapped a picture of some of my Christmas decorations during one of the rare times that the sun peaked out.<br />
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Really busy days, dreary days, neither are very conducive to taking photos everyday. It's a good challenge I guess. This horse and sleigh are a part of my winter village.<br />
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Ornaments, one of my go to items for photos this time of year. Santa skipped his sleigh and just hopped on his reindeer's back.<br />
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I have a couple of collections of horse ornaments. I love taking them out every year. <br />
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I made scarves for the girls in my family this year. These were for my sweet great niece. The one with the frog is flannel on front and back, the one with the flowers was flannel on one side and a soft corduroy on the other. It was a project that I sort of made up as I went along. Scarves with hand cut felt application's in the corners. Not a great picture, but I liked how they turned out.<br />
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We scurried about to get things done the day before Christmas Eve so we could get to the farm in time to go to a very special candle light church service. It used to be so beautiful and so special. This year it was filled with very loud and very restless children. I actually regretted rushing through things to get there in time...it was that bad. I do totally understand that kids will be kids, what I don't understand is parents that don't bother to parent those kids. On a lighter note, this fluffy chickadee can't keep her little ones quiet either.<br />
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We enjoyed a warmer than normal Christmas Day at Eric's folks house. The woodpecker was busy at the feeder enjoying some Christmas suet.<br />
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We came home late Christmas night and the boys opened their gifts. Considering they both insisted they didn't want gifts, they were both pretty excited to have some things to open! They are still little boys at heart, I love it.<br />
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The day after Christmas, Eric was hit by the stomach flu. Brian came down with a horrible migraine. Not much fun. It was a quiet day around here.<br />
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The following day the stomach bug hit me. Wow, it was really unpleasant! For a person that rarely gets sick, catching two nasty bugs in one month was a little hard to handle!<br />
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I'm hoping that it means we are done with illness around here for a while. It was a good reminder not to take our health for granted, that's for sure.<br />
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With my energy and creativity at such a low, the horse ornaments came in pretty handy for my photos of the day.<br />
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I got this cute Clydesdale for Christmas last year, but it seemed new because this was the first year it hung on the tree.<br />
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I usually take my tree down around New Years, but since we put it up so late this year, it stayed up a little longer than normal. It's down now, and sadly still out on the curb. Our garbage man didn't take it away on Tuesday like we thought he would. Hopefully we didn't miss the pick up date!<br />
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Eric and I took a quick trip over the the Como Park Conservatory to see the poinsettia display while it was still there. So did half of the Twin Cities. It was crowded there! I did manage to get a couple of pictures without people in them. I liked this one the best.<br />
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We drove up to the farm to spend Saturday with my mom. It's always good to check in on my horses. Czar must have been enjoying his hay, he even had some in his mane.<br />
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They are always happy to have a little extra feed when I come to see them.<br />
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On Sunday the temps dropped. It's been bitterly cold ever since. The type of cold where you stay inside unless you really have to go out. Stay inside and smell the flowers cold.<br />
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It gave me a chance to get all of the Christmas stuff put away. I love the little lights, part of me would like to keep those up all winter, but the clutter of Christmas needed to go, so the lights did too. So my pictures will probably be mostly flowers again.<br />
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Flowers and cats. This clay bowl is Greta's very favorite place to sleep. Apparently it's the perfect size and shape. She is the strangest cat.<br />
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But she provides some entertainment around here, and that's not such a bad thing. With these cold days, taking a nap in a bowl is starting to seem like a good idea.<br />
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Well, the nap part sounds good anyway. It's a New Year, some changes might happen around here eventually. Until then, thanks for stopping by!<br />
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I'm pretty sure that the older I get, the shorter the time between Thanksgiving and Christmas becomes. I'm more behind with my Christmas preparations than I've ever been. Yikes. So, what do I do? I put it off for a while longer and try to catch up with my blogging. Lots of pictures, so I won't talk much today. :-)</div>
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Bird. Just kidding. It was cold in November, the birds kept pretty busy at the feeders.<br />
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I had a birthday. Yay. This is a miniature bundt cake from Nothing Bundt Cakes. Carrot cake...oh...so...good! Happy Birthday to me! <br />
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Birthday is done, time to get ready for Thanksgiving. I bought a few grocery store bouquets and did my own arrangements. It's always fun to play with flowers!<br />
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I had a long day of prep work the day before Thanksgiving. I think I watched "Gone with the Wind" 4 times while in my kitchen chopping and cooking and arranging flowers. I missed parts here and there, so it was fun to have on in the background. A woodpecker came to visit our bird feeder...somewhat rare to see around here! Glad I had the camera handy to take a quick picture before he flew off!<br />
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Thanksgiving table. After all the cooking I can never seem to taste what I've eaten. I think my center piece was off-center. Oh well.<br />
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I am not an after Thanksgiving shopper. I'm a sit around and watch the cats rester. Meaning I'm too tired after getting my house cleaned and Thanksgiving on the table to even think about leaving my favorite chair.<br />
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It seems to me we should spend the weekend being thankful rather than dropping everything and preparing for Christmas.<br />
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But nope...Santa arrives on the Friday after Thanksgiving. We weren't at a High School football championship game this year so we went to the Lighting Festival in our little home town. It was a challenge to get me out of that chair, I'll say that much!<br />
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But the next day I got to look this big boy in the eye and tell him that I was thankful to be able to give him a treat...<br />
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...and a hug. Those poor horses having to deal with a very early cold winter. But now they've had a reprieve with above average days and temps in the 50's in December. Not sure if it's global warming, but the weather sure has been mixed up!<br />
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Billy was thankful to be able to give Czar some loving too.<br />
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Czar doesn't look nearly as tall next to Billy. I might have to save this picture for the next time Billy says his hair isn't red. :-)<br />
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Skylar says...hay lady...you got any sweet feed for me??<br />
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You do? Sweet! I'll be smiling all day!!<br />
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That horse is a push over.<br />
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On the Sunday after Thanksgiving I made a quick Christmas decoration so I could get a picture of the boys before Billy went back to college. They thought that the cats needed to be included.<br />
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My Thanksgiving tulips faded fast. I kind of like tulips when they burst open....I think that they are interesting inside.<br />
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Eric and I were getting ready for a quick trip to Las Vegas, which meant that if I wanted the get the family calendars and a few other things printed in time for Christmas, I needed to get at it. There is something about searching through pictures that makes me not want to pick up the camera at all. I searched through a years worth of photos. I'm never taking another picture again!<br />
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Well, I will, and I did, but I sure didn't take many while in Vegas! Our flight was delayed a few hours on our way there. Eric's sisters flight was cancelled, then the next flight delayed...after 10 hours of delays they finally arrived.<br />
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The weather in Vegas was outstanding. I pretty much brought all of the wrong clothes thinking it would feel colder. This was the view from our room.<br />
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On Friday night we went to the NFR....National Finals Rodeo. Best rodeo ever. Crummy cell phone picture, but I didn't want to deal with the camera in there!<br />
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Saturday we wandered around, ate, gambled, I lost, ate some more, gambled some more and saw Penn and Teller. Great show. How do they do what they do??<br />
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On Sunday Eric's sister and her husband headed for home, we headed back to the rodeo. I was starting to feel pretty worn out, but wasn't going to miss the rodeo!<br />
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On Monday I woke up with a nasty cold. And it was our day to fly home. Ugh. Sudafed, a nap, and trying not to breath on anyone in my little tiny space in the plane...it seemed like a long flight home.<br />
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I'm thankful that I work from home. I was really busy with work from Wednesday thru Friday, and I didn't need to worry about coughing and sneezing on anyone but me.<br />
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Saturday was Eric's birthday, he shares his birthday with his foster sister Dawn. We usually have the birthday celebration for them here. This year, we got the email from Dawn that she'd be happy to have it at there place this year....OK! Whew! Because between Thanksgiving, our trip, and then getting sick and getting behind in work, our house wasn't quite ready for company!<br />
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Our outside lights are up. The photo above is of some of our lights. The one below is just one house from a neighborhood in Eden Prairie that has the most amazing light display. Their backyard has even more lights, but there isn't a good place to take a picture. It's spectacular! And it's not going to happen here!<br />
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Anyway, I'm way behind with <i>all</i> of my Christmas stuff. And I just found out that one of the main things that I am having printed probably won't be here until the 26th. It took a lot of time to pull together, I thought I had ordered in time, and then today I saw the fine print. The fine print is usually the most important information and really should be the large print. So frustrating. Everything except for the product that you ordered will get there before Christmas. Gee, thanks.<br />
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Oh well, Christmas will come whether I'm ready or not. So I might as well just get what I can done. Eric and Brian went and picked out a tree. The lights are on it and I'm going to tackle the ornaments today. The garlands are up around the house. My winter village is up.<br />
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Now I just need to find some extension cords. And do my cards. And wrap the few gifts that did get printed in time...after I buy paper...and finish making the handmade gifts I started, and shop for the other gifts that I haven't gotten. And bake. And sigh. I guess I should have started in October.<br />
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I always know that it's coming...it just gets here a lot faster than I think it will! I hope that all is calm in your part of the world. Thanks for stopping by!<br />
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And since I'm not caught up with my housework yet and we are having Thanksgiving here, I'll keep this one to mostly photos. The cardinal above was taken through my office window with a 2x converter to increase the reach of my lens. It's a little fuzzier than I realized, but it was the best I had from that day. <br />
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The picture below is the fall garland I have on my stairs. I don't like Christmas lights before Thanksgiving, but I do like the little bit of light this Fall garland adds to our early evenings!<br />
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I'm glad that the horses started getting fuzzy before the winter came. I think that they knew what was coming before we did!<br />
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The neighbors tree was full of Cedar Waxwings last week. Again, photos taken through the office window. I tried some with the window open, but as the heat from the house rolls out it creates crazy waves in the air that distorts the picture. So, I take the pictures with the window closed, dirty glass and all.<br />
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I thought that this pair in the pine tree was pretty cute.<br />
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They sure loved those frozen berries!<br />
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Cardinal in the front yard. They come to the feeder at dusk and dawn. So pretty.<br />
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I bought some stargazer lilies at the grocery store, they smell really nice.<br />
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Our high school football team won the state tournament on Friday night.<br />
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It's not the same without Billy playing, but still fun to see the kids succeed. They've had a long string of wins.<br />
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Some days the most entertaining thing around here are the cats.<br />
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<br />Pathttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04212966108328065778noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6876683133762819040.post-83805357660460154022014-11-17T11:11:00.000-06:002014-11-17T11:11:00.651-06:00A Cat in a Bowl<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">
I have a really cool decorative bowl on my dining room table. Our cat, Greta, has decided that it is the very best place in the house for her to sleep. I put her in it once when she was a lot smaller, she curled up and took a nap. She doesn't fit in it quite as well anymore, but that doesn't stop her. She rests in it, watching for any activity out the window.</div>
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She bathes in it, makes sense to me. I had the nerve to have touched her tail...immediate cleaning was required!<br />
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She doesn't like to look at the camera, this was as close as she got.<br />
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Ignore the human. Sit in the bowl and ignore the human.<br />
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She's a funny cat. I'm glad that she puts up with us! Thanks for stopping by, enjoy your day!<br />
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<br />Pathttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04212966108328065778noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6876683133762819040.post-12423179477716520162014-11-15T11:11:00.000-06:002014-11-15T11:11:00.425-06:00Our Sweet Penny<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">
A few blog posts ago I mentioned that we were going to have to make a tough decision regarding our old dog. Well, that day came a week ago. My good friend told me that we would know when it was time, that Penny would tell us. She pretty much did. She wasn't eating much. She was falling a lot. She was confused when she went outside. She was suffering. When you adopt a pet into your family you owe it to them to love them enough to let them go.</div>
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We loved her enough to make that call and to let her say goodbye with dignity. Sweet Penny, lover of swimming, pickup rides, jumping in the stock tank, running in the woods, rolling in gross stuff and playing with dog friends. You were loved, you are missed. Thanks for being the sweetest dog a family could ever hope for.<br />
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We had a brutal winter last year. Colder, snowier, longer than most. Spring was cold, wet, but mostly cold. Summer was cooler than normal. Then Autumn arrived, and it was beautiful! Sunny, above average warm days. Could it be possible that we were coming out of the colder than average polar vortex? Nope. Winter has come. Snow and days that are more than 20 degrees below average. REALLY? I guess it's time to find the long underwear. Time to focus on the beauty around us. This tree is in the neighbors backyard, I love the sunshine on the berries.</div>
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Our High School football team is playing in the State tournament. We went to the quarter final play-off game last Friday. It's strange to watch football now that we only know a couple of the players names. Things have changed a lot since Billy played two years ago! I'd see a familiar number and think...nice hit Alex! Way to go Tyler! And then I'd remember that the jersey's were the same but the players aren't. A stark reminder that no matter how good you were, there is always someone else ready to step up and fill your shoes. Or your jersey. Gotta keep moving forward!<br />
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We spent some time on the farm on Saturday, mowing and raking and getting my mom's place ready for winter. Good thing we got there when we did, they got over a foot of snow a few days later! I'm glad that the horses winter coats have come in!<br />
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I took this picture the day before it snowed. A few maple leaves hanging on.<br />
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We knew that the snow was coming, they were predicting a huge amount of snow for our area, so we took a trip to the grocery store. Along with everyone else in the town! It wasn't super crowded when we went, it was later in the day, but man things were picked over! The check out guy told Eric that at one point, all of the shopping carts were in use. I think that he said they have 250 carts. Yikes, that's a lot of shoppers.<br />
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We were able to get everything we needed, including some pink Gerbera daisies. Yes, a person "needs" pretty flowers when a storm is coming! They give me something to look at so I can ignore what's going on outside!<br />
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Well, the snow did come, but not nearly as much as was predicted. Apparently it took a more northerly trek. We got a few inches, my mom got over a foot. Funny what a difference 70 miles can make where the weather is concerned. Our neighbors house always looks pretty, no matter what the weather.<br />
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But I prefer to look at the flowers....and ignore the weather. Winter is here, before Thanksgiving. I'm going to focus on being grateful. I'm thankful for a warm house and pretty flowers to look at. <br />
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I hope that it's warmer in your neck of the woods. And if it's not, I hope you have some pretty flowers near by so you can ignore the cold! Thanks for stopping by!<br />
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<br />Pathttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04212966108328065778noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6876683133762819040.post-65835174278904150762014-11-05T17:35:00.000-06:002014-11-05T17:35:08.314-06:00This, That and a Cat<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">
It was a scary weekend with Halloween and the hateful political ads running overtime. Ugh. More on the ads later. I've always liked the fun parts of Halloween. The dressing up. The pumpkin carving. The candy...oh especially the candy...I like that a little too much! The bloody Zombies and other ghoulish stuff, not so much. Anyway, I hope you had a Happy Halloween. Here's my happy cat pumpkin. </div>
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Now, about those ads. Ugh. I won't go into my political beliefs here....well actually...yes, I will. I am pretty much in the middle. I don't have much time for zealots in either party. The attack ads are SO offensive to me. They twist the facts, they spew hate. <br />
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We live in what should be a wonderful country, but all of the nastiness in politics is bringing it down. Both parties do it. Both are sickening. All of the money spent on ads is so insane. Have ads that tell us what they've done or what they're trying to do. Stop spewing hate about the other guy. Limit the ads to a week or two before elections...not months before.<br />
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Was it all of the hate spewing ads over the years that have caused so much hate between the parties? Seems like that's what all of the focus has been on. It's easy to find bad if that's all we look for. Funny thing is, it's just as easy to find good if that is what we are looking for. Respect of one another can go a long ways. Ok. Rant over. Back to the photos. It's harvest time on the farm. A few weeks ago it was the beans, last week it was corn.<br />
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The weather has been good for harvesting. I'm not sure how much there is left to do, but farming progress was being made last weekend....in spite of all the scariness. :-)<br />
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We got all of our raking done on Sunday. Even our old dog got in on the raking and plopped herself down in a pile of leaves. Her hips are shot, she's deaf, she's congested...but she sure likes to be where ever the action is. We have some tough decisions to make fairly soon I'm afraid.<br />
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On a lighter note, here's a shot of my scary Halloween bouquet. Ooohhh....spiders!<br />
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And a black cat. She wasn't happy about having to stay inside on Halloween. Letting her out on the prowl wouldn't have been a good idea though.<br />
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This old cat doesn't have any trouble at all staying inside on a nice sunny warm bed. She's not very interested in politics either. I'm pretty sure that she'll vote for anyone that will keep catnip as a legal substance.<br />
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Halloween and the elections are over. Time to move from scary to Thankful....except for the ads that are pushing Christmas already. That's a whole different rant that I think I'll spare you from. Thanksgiving is coming....I hope we can all enjoy the season that we're in. Thanks for stopping by!<br />
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We had a busy, but fun, weekend last week. Billy was in a volleyball tournament at ISU so we decided to take the trip south to watch. Friday was forecast to be a beautiful day, so we booked a Tee time at the golf course at Iowa State. It was pretty dewy and foggy when we started, but things brightened up as the day went along. This was my favorite shot of the day.</div>
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Saturday was the club volleyball tournament. I really had a hard time getting good photos. This one was mostly a mistake, but it's my favorite. "Hands". Billy's team made it into the semi-final game, it was fun to watch.<br />
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Saturday was gorgeous, Eric and I took a couple of nice walks around campus. There is a beautiful pair of swans that live in a pond there.<br />
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On Sunday we took the college kid out for breakfast and then headed home. It's always so fun to see him, but it's hard to leave. I like to see the giant windmills in the corn fields on the way.<br />
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Monday was a day of catching up with work and laundry. Before I knew it, it was dark outside and I hadn't taken my daily photo. The days are getting shorter fast! So it seemed like a good time to take a shot of my fall garland that I hang on our staircase. I love little lights, why use them for more than at Christmas time!<br />
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I have a very spooky fall bouquet on my kitchen table. Not really, but it does have a spider!<br />
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Our trees don't have many leaves anymore...but a few are hanging on.<br />
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We are supposed to have a hard freeze tonight, so it's probably the end of my cosmos. The seasons change, but I hate to see them go.<br />
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It's Halloween tomorrow, have you gotten into your stash of Halloween candy yet? I'm pleading the 5th on that one! Happy Halloween! Thanks for stopping by.<br />
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<br />Pathttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04212966108328065778noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6876683133762819040.post-27883220687062382382014-10-28T11:11:00.000-05:002014-10-28T11:11:00.272-05:00Fall at the Arboretum - Final SetMy last set of photos from the Arboretum. I'm happy that I've got these photos, the colors won't be here much longer. There are a lot, so I'll stop typing and get them loaded. Here we go!<br />
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Ducks in the Algae pond...leaving a duck trail.<br />
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