More of Recent Photos

This is a picture of the sky from the back corner of my deck as a rain/hail storm was coming in on June 22, 2007. As my usual, I see a face in the cloud formation. I edited a copy of this picture to help point out the face I see.



Most of the rest of the sky was solid dark clouds, but I found this image in the sky with the sun casting light and shadow very intriguing.


This is another cloud formation from about the same time as the others. I think the white clouds are so pretty against the blue background.


Here is a photo from the week before that I think I forgot to post. This is the flower garden that my grandson, Matthew, became my personal gardener for. He says it's his garden now!

Not Impressed with WYSIWYG Writer and Blogspot

So much for WYSIWYG Writer!! Can't publish my photos after I get them placed within the text where I want them. So here I am back to my regular form of publishing, checking the page and moving things and re-publishing, and re-publishing.



I had another weekend of great photo ops in Auburn and surrounding areas. This must have been the weekend for painted turtles to mate or something. I saw one in Cascade park area and another on Townline Road in Sennett, NY. They were both in their respective roadways. After checking them out and taking pics, they were moved out of the road.



Isn't this a great little dragonfly?! Actually, there are two different ones.





This couple oared by us while we were walking the trail by the inlet/outlet (can't remember which it is) on Sunday afternoon. We took John's dad along with us on this trip. He seemed to enjoy getting out for a little while to someplace different.



We stopped for ice cream just outside Moravia. The ice cream was great and I enjoyed some sights while there, but the pesky flies I could have done without quite nicely!









This started out as a shot of the sunset when I came over the hill from Moravia toward Niles. I did a little photo manipulation and turned it into a fake lake with the sunset in the background.



See you in a few days. Gotta go get some stuff ready for a yard sale this weekend.

Wow, Video Upload!

It has been a few weeks since I last posted. I decided I would make a quick post before heading to see my boyfriend for the weekend. What a nice surprise to find that we can now upload video! Thanks, Blogspot; I'll give it a try. (I couldn't find where that capability is accessed and don't have time now to research it. Maybe next time.)
Here are some of my recent photos. I just loved the columbine. It came from my sister's garden. I visited her the other evening and she sent me home with a bouquet of cut flowers (irises, peonies--pink, white, & red, and the columbine).






I managed to capture pics of two different dragonflies last weekend:









And here is what I am told is a "Viceroy butterfly":








This is a Canada goose I captured on my camera card recently. Wouldn't this make a great painting?








Meet Savannah! She is the latest addition to my "Chihuahua grandchildren" (my son and daughter-in-law have four of them!).







I'm sure I have others I could share with you, but I need to get "on the road again". 'Til next time, enjoy.

P.S., Lest you think my cats do nothing while I am gone away, look what I found when I returned home last Sunday night. It is a real bunny head--minus one ear.

Weekend With WOWSkunk

Where do I start?! What a great weekend. I arrived at my friend, Cindi's, around 4:30 P.M. Friday. We enjoyed dinner at Kodiak Jack's. The following night was party night. The first guests arrived on their motorcycle with pop-up camper attached. It was a friend of Cindi's, Mike, and his daughter, Megan. Other guests arrived periodically after that. Cindi's other friends (by that I mean other than me) at the party were a lot of fun. We had a lot of laughs--and a lot of warmth, wink, wink! Oops, lest you misunderstand--there was a GIGANTIC bonfire during the party. This first picture shows you the size of the pile (notice Cindi's grandson in the front).

The size of the actual burning pile gets lost in the dark background.

I always manage to see different images in a lot of pictures. This next photo looks to me like there are demons in the flames. (Besides Cindi's demons, ha ha. Oh, maybe these are Cindi's demons!)

This pictures looks like a (ever so appropriate) fire-breathing dragon:

This truck belongs to a friend of Cindi's son, Cory. Notice the car and motorcycle between the wheels, to give you some perspective on the size of the truck!

All in all, it was a fun weekend and I now feel I have a lot of new friends that I hope to see again and become better acquainted with. Here they are, bringing up the rear.
Thanks so much Cindi!

My Second Post of the Day

I had a strange experience this afternoon. I often have to catch little critters that my cats bring inside to play with and then get bored with. Today, the field mouse that kept showing up in my living room was eating my hanging plant (philodendron). My female cat, Mrs. Whiggins, would get real close to it and just reach out and touch it with her paw and the mouse did not run away! However, when I got close to it, it would amble away (and Mrs. Whiggins didn't even chase after it!). NOTE: when you have an in/out door for your cat, you have to decide whether you'd rather have an indoor litter box or put up with the critters! Anyway, here is Mrs. Whiggins looking like she has spring fever...not!

I had finally cornered the mouse into a small cardboard box and put it outside where the mouse finally emerged and that is what Mrs. Whiggins is looking at. I'm surprised she didn't go out the kitty door and come around front and bring the mouse back in!


The mouse is still on the porch; however, it is no longer living. Must've died of fright or else eating the philodendron was its downfall...

Ooops, best laid plans...

We ended up postponing our trip to Costa Rica. We have until near the end of February 2008 to use our airline tickets. Not sure when we will actually be able to go. John felt (and I agree) he shouldn't leave the country without taking his youngest son with us--teenagers will be teenagers, LOL.

Since we didn't go to Costa Rica, we spent some time in the country again taking pictures. The chipmunk was eagerly chowing down on bird feeder spillover:

This tree photo is the opposite side of the "tree of men" in my previous post. We were so drawn to that tree that we went back for another look and discovered the "devilish face" on the other side of that tree. (See the possibility of horns rising from the forehead?)

Beautiful Weekend before Costa Rica trip

This past weekend and the days since have been a boon to my mental health! I fare a lot better when it is warm and sunny! This coming Saturday John and I will be heading to warm and sunny Costa Rica. I will try to update the blog while there, but don't know how successful I'll be.

Here are a few photos out of a whole bunch I took this past Sunday (April 22, 2007). See if you can see at least two faces in the "mantree" picture. Hope you enjoy it and the rest of them. I also recorded the spring peepers that we were surprised to find whooping it up in the late afternoon instead of early evening (it's not much to look at, but the sound is impressive).





I liked this picture because it looks surreal.

I loved this view of the countryside with Skaneateles Lake in the background:

Being a fellow motorcycle rider, I had to capture this biker out enjoying the great riding weather after being stuck on four wheels through the winter season:


I believe these next photos are of a downy woodpecker:

Where Is Spring?

I got snowed in at John's house in Auburn Monday. I didn't mind staying in Auburn, but I sure hate this snow and cold. I had to shovel my driveway out when I got home last night. I only shoveled enough to break through what the State Department of Transportation plowed into the end of the driveway and in just a few feet more. Then I just floored it and let the car go as far as it would into the snow. I figured it was going to be melting in a day or two anyway. Am looking forward to flying to Costa Rica a week from this Saturday (28th). At least it will be warm and sunny there! In the meantime, here are a couple/few pics I've taken recently.

No Energy

Hello again. Wow, it's hard to believe it has been slightly over a month since I last posted. I just don't seem to have the energy lately I used to have. I know I don't get enough sleep because of the sleep apnea. Most people around me don't seem to understand that just because I may "sleep" eight hours (or more), it doesn't mean I am actually resting that whole time. Even with the machine, I don't stay asleep like normal people do. Anyway, as long as I am here...here are a few pics I've taken lately. These were taken while I was at a friend's house. All have been modified slightly on the computer.