A Brief Update

 The days get away from me...

every day I want to sit down 

and post some pictures

and blog about something

but then another chore appears

and hours later...

no blog post

and the chores keep on coming!

today is the day...

I just have to share these magnificent trees!

 

We took a Sunday drive to a friends 

house by Willow Lake...

 

His yard is lined with

these giant beauties...

 Silver Poplars

planted back in the 20's...

 They just leaned 

every direction

each branch extending

in the most fearful ways

as if trying to grab 

onto the next tree's limbs!

it was a fun little trip,

and the dogs enjoyed the 

tour of all the trees and buildings...

We finally got a little rain

(if you can call 30/100ths that)

the Christmas cactus got

to come out and get 

a fresh rain shower....

I think the wind has blown

9 days out of 10 here

with gusts up to 50 m.p.h.

The wild plum bushes are blooming

on the prairie...

I dressed up and braved the wind

and the ticks to go get a picture

of ours...

the wind had taken it's tole

on the field bushes already...

hardly any petals on these poor flowers...

Miss Nosey wasn't going to

let me go out to the trees 

without her!

("great" more ticks to pick!)

We have one tree closer to the house

and more protected from the winds...

 

 It was just starting to open it's blossoms...

 I grabbed one of it's branches

to take to a warmer spot!

This is it as far as live flowers,

I'm so hungry for some color...

last night the frost did in

our lilac bushes

UGHHH!

 That makes two years in a row now!

Anyway, between a couple painting jobs...

painting our own kitchen and dining room...

a little more done in our workshop/studio...

filing the @#$&* taxes...

the usual cleaning, laundry, yardwork, etc.

we have managed to get away for a little fun

including 

a trip to the Opera House

to see a real live Cowboy Laureate

and hear his cowboy poetry...

which was a real treat for a couple

of old prairie bums!

And speaking of old...

since my last blog post, I turned another year older!

just another day on the prairie

is what it was,

but this delicious carrot cake

from Sweet Grass

(our favorite coffee and sweet shop)

made the day a lot

SWEETER!

Which reminds me...

tomorrow I will be posting 

something sweet for all of my followers,

friends, visitors, occasional commenters,

anonymous peekers, and face book stalkers!

So tune in tomorrow for something special.

You like FREE don't you?

Happy Wednesday,

Lisa