Thursday, December 31, 2009

Wednesday, December 30, 2009

December red




Saturday, November 14, 2009

fall harvest


Thursday, October 22, 2009

Asparagus seed


Wednesday, October 21, 2009

Nicole's Birthday


Happy Birthday to our daughter!!

Tuesday, October 13, 2009

ISU


A glimpse into the ISU campus

Saturday, August 8, 2009

Wednesday, August 5, 2009

Petals rejoicing


Tuesday, July 21, 2009

bluebonnet blooming


Chuck planted bluebonnet seeds from Houston and this is the first bloom!!

bluebonnet closeup


Thursday, June 4, 2009

Peony


Wednesday, June 3, 2009


Tuesday, June 2, 2009


Saturday, May 30, 2009

Poppy


Friday, May 29, 2009

Poppies


My Grandparents had poppies like these growing in their gardens when Iwas a little girl. These are in a garden in Adel that Chuck and i visited yesterday.

Thursday, May 28, 2009

Wednesday, May 27, 2009

Tuesday, May 26, 2009

Monday, May 25, 2009

Female oriole


Sunday, May 24, 2009

Baltimore Oriole


We have lots of oriole activity around the grape jelly in the bird feeder!!

Friday, May 22, 2009

Thursday, May 21, 2009

Indigo Bunting


We are enjoying seeing this brilliant blue color at the feeder this week!!!

Wednesday, May 20, 2009

Baltimore Oriole


Juvenile male at the feeder

Tuesday, May 19, 2009


Monday, May 18, 2009

Sunday visitors


The apple blossoms were a favorite food for all the cedar waxwings that visited yesterday!!

Sunday, May 17, 2009

Tuesday, May 12, 2009

Sunday, May 10, 2009

Mother's Day Peony


This is from my Grandfather's garden and is a favorite flower.

Saturday, May 9, 2009

Friday, May 8, 2009

Thursday, May 7, 2009

Goldfinches


Monday, May 4, 2009

Apple tree


Saturday, May 2, 2009

Monday, April 27, 2009

Sunday, April 26, 2009

Bottle plant


These shrubs in Mom's yard looked like a little bit of Christmas in April!!

Saturday, April 18, 2009

McAllen cactus


Monday, February 23, 2009

Saturday, February 7, 2009

Tuesday, February 3, 2009

Monday, February 2, 2009

white cat


Today the white cat visited. Too bad Grayson wasn't here to play!

Saturday, January 31, 2009

Thursday, January 29, 2009

Wednesday, January 28, 2009

Bye Bye Blackbird


Breakfast for the hawk this morning.

Tuesday, January 13, 2009

After the blizzard,,,


This is the third photo taken using my Christmas present...a tripod.

Monday, January 12, 2009

Down coat


Saturday, January 10, 2009

The next moment...


he swoops down and good bye junco.

Thursday, January 8, 2009

More beauty


Another spot of red among the wintering trees.

Wednesday, January 7, 2009

Pink


He brought me roses fragrant and pink
Said their color reminds me of you
And beauty the same as your heart.....