Sunday, April 27, 2008

It's a Birthday Party


Today I will be driving to Kokomo for little Brandon's birthday party. Can you believe that he will be a year old already ?? I know I can hardly believe it myself. I just finished a couple of layouts of him. He is such a cutie and he concentrates when he's watching everyone.

The weather is cooler than I would like but it will make for a nice drive today. It will take an hour and a half to get there so I will be leaving a bit early to pick up his gifts.

I am currently uploading all of the images off of my digital camera's card so I have an empty one to start with. Anyone that knows me will know I will have at least 400 on there before the trip is done. Miranda and Avri will be riding along today so of course there will be plenty more pictures of the grandbaby to be taken today. This will give me more to scrap which makes it all good.



Friday, April 25, 2008

My Wonderful Spring Flowers


Today I thought I would share some of the images I took of flowers throughout my yard. I love pushing the limits with my camera...LOL These are the results from some of my photo sessions.


The first 2 are layouts I created with the photos. The pink flower is a bloom on my Magnolia tree. The second flower is my Crown Imperial. They are both a spectacular thing to see.


Work went quickly today and everyone was done and out of there by 10:00 am. I love days like this for sure. The weather is nice with a warm breeze. They are calling for rain and I hope we get some because I need the ground softened up to be able to roll out the areas that the moles have lifted up.




Thursday, April 24, 2008

My Maple Tree...



This has got me wondering for 3 years now. In 2006 the trees did this exact same thing in the early spring. This was the first time since 1996 that I noticed this happening. I do not know what type of Maple tree this is so if you have any ideas it would be greatly appreciated. It looks as though there is a petal type thing at the base with the, what I think as flowers coming out of it. At the end there are what seems to be stamens and our vehicles are covered in pollen right now. There also seems to be leaves shooting out of the base of the petals. If memory serves me correctly, when it did this in 2006 we did not have the little helicopters later in the season.

My son called me yesterday afternoon. Seems he is 7 hours ahead of my time. It was good to hear from him again. This tells me he is fine which makes my heart glad. I am also glad he has all the heat and my weather is pleasant at 70 degrees compared to his 114 degrees. I will be so thankful and happy when he finally comes home.