More Ducks

Yesterday the ducks were back, both earlier in the day and in the evening.

 Morning light.

Evening light. My what a difference a day makes. 

During my morning walk, I finally got a Flicker pic. The lighting wasn't very good and Findley was dragging me along by the leash, so this is the best I could do.

 I chased Mr. Redhead around for a while, but he wasn't in the mood to let me get more than one poor shot.

And this is a female cardinale. Really. It is!

Happy 4th!

Stuff

First Sunflower

Rose of Sharon bud

Rose of Sharon

Petunia Flower Box

Findley hogging both frisbees

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Fergus waiting for me to throw the frisbee.

Resting Hummer.

Phyllis and Flowers

Still haven't been out with my camera after work, so I'm into the oldies again.

Phyllis the Cow

Ditch flowers - Brown-eyed Susans

Daylilies

Happy Thursday!

Odds and Ends

Still haven't been out to take more pics, So I'm posting more from a few days ago. I rested yesterday. Seems I have been doing a bit much and Ms. Knee made me take a day of rest. Much better today. 

The view from the scummy side of The Rez. I liked the pink flowers peeking through all that green.

 Queen Anne's Lace.

Unidentified lavender flowers.

With all the budget cuts in our state, I'm happy to see a new fence being built around the chicken coup at Lincoln Log Cabin.

That's all folks! Happy Wednesday!

How 'bout a Horse?

Scraping the bottom of the barrel here. I haven't been out and about other than The Rez and nothing, I mean no kind of interesting wildlife, can be found. No geese. No ducks. Just birds, a rabbit, and a squirrel or two hiding from my camera lens.

So, today I'm posting a horse. This horse resides across the road from the Block Church where we stopped to visit the Roan graves.

Leftovers

I don't have any pictures from yesterday. I stayed in to do the usual weekend drudgery—laundry etc. So I'll post flowers from Saturday.

Not sure what kind of flowers these are—wild or otherwise, but they looked nice against this old weathered building.

A close shot of what I believe to be a Mexican sunflower. I liked seeing the fragments of pollen.

Holly Hocks against the Thomas Lincoln cabin...

...and another shot with the pups.

This jade plant resides on Bro O's front porch. I bought it in Texas somewhere during the early 90s. It was dying so took it to my mom. She saved it and look at it today. Still thriving. It has been trimmed and cared for, but you can see the huge trunk which proves its age.

Happy Monday!

Freedom Day

Yesterday is what our small town has named Freedom Day. It's the day we have our fireworks and festivities. The Kiwanis pronto pup stand is opened up for business. They serve the best pronto pups I've ever tasted. Since I'm on my 'be healthy' kick, I didn't have one this year. Usually Tex, Critter, and the young ones come, but this year the Critter side of the family had plans too, so I got Tex and Ad Schmad Addie. I didn't take pics of the fireworks. Instead this year I decided to just relax and enjoy them.

My guests came early, with their new pup Eevie (I'm told by Ad this is the correct spelling). Eevie is a girl. My two pups are boys. Even though, they didn't like each other, so it was a day of trying to avoid a dog fight. Mostly between Eevie and Findley. Fergus seemed to like her alright, but she growled at him.

So, we took 2 cars—loaded up the dogs—and went to Lincoln Log Cabin Historical Site for a walk.

Meet Eevie. According to the facility where she was adopted, she is part german shephard and part collie.

Fergus and Findley taking the lead.

No luck finding birds, but did get a shot of a Red Admiral sharing a flower with a Bumble Bee. 

This Red-spotted Purple didn't seem to mind waiting around for me to take a photo. 

This is a stray cat stopping by to visit Bro O.

Tex taking Ad to show him the 'dirt hill'. Which, by the way, is no longer dirt but covered in trees.

And my favorite shot of the day, a deer watching us from on top of the hill as we were heading back to my house.

In case you are unaware, you can click on the pictures to make them larger.

Happy Sunday!