Morning Tea and Flowers

I get a cheery tail-wagging 

morning greeting from Max

EVERY morning!

(I wish everyone could wake up happy!)

Today let's fill our cup with tea (or coffee)

whatever your prefer...

and head over to Shakespeare Garden....

It's lovely in the morning sun!

We'll sit by the pond

and ponder our day....

A little birdie told me

about the Teas they

have at the cottage...

If you'd like to see,

come with me....

http://shakespearegarden.blogspot.com/

A Woman is like a teabag; you can't

tell how strong she is until you put her

in hot water.

                                                   ~ Nancy Reagan

Have a delightful day today

and

be happy!

 Linking with:
Marty At Tabletop Tuesday
Sandy at Rose Chintz Cottage for Tea Time Tuesday
Clytie at Random Hearts Thursday

Charm From the Farm

~Good Monday Morning All~

Have 

a 

carefree

week....

Get your chores done EARLY

Take long walks

And enjoy the simple things...

Hugs from the country,

Linking with:
Mary for "Mosaic Monday"
Lisa Gordon Photography for "Creative Exchange"
Bluff Area Daily for "Barn Charm"

Fishin' the Missouri

We are just a hop, skip, and a jump

away from the Missouri River and Big Bend Dam...

so for a few weekends now we like to 

drive out there and keep an eye

on the water and the flooding conditions...

this shot was taken 3 weeks ago..

150,000 sq foot per second passing through the spillway

two weeks later you can see how all the water

has carved out the land at the bottom of the spillway

it's now flooded most of the area

between the spillway and actual dam....

including the campground and playground ~

we were all swinging here 2 weekends prior to this shot....

the pelicans have become 

campground keepers,

patrolling the road for speeders!

over by the dam the water is moving

so fast the swirling current made me nervous!

Eric and Rachel wanted to touch the water!

I was like a nervous old Grandma telling them not to.

I think I heard this pelican saying

"Chill out Gramma!"

Then I calmed down and even 

let Sall put in a fishin' line!

Wow, the fishin' was good!

It hardly took any time at all before

he caught a walleye and a bass BIG enough to keep!

Yep, that's a grown man 

doing the "happy dance"....

"Walleye for dinner, kids!"

Hope you're enjoying a great weekend!

A Great Date Night

Sall and I spent the day catching up 

with neighbors and friends...

it was much too hot to do 

anything else!

This evening we were on our 

way home, I stopped to take

some sunset shots and noticed

fireflys in the ditch!

The sun was down...

and with the light of a half moon

there was plenty of natural light to see by,

so on our back woods dirt road we 

traveled the rest of the way home

with our headlights off

so we could see the fireflys better!

We were both like

a couple of little kids!

Astonished at all the lightning bugs

twinkling in the ditches!

In all of my 47 years I've never

witnessed such a spectacular

show of lightning bugs!

Photo via Flickr by Matt MacGillivray

I highly encourage
anyone in this area to take
an afterdark venture
out to the meadow
and see a wonderful show
sponsored by Mother Nature!

If you are really feeling 

adventurous you can fight the

mosquitoes and go out and capture

some in a jar!

Saturday Night,

just me and my boyfriend

and 10,000 lightning bugs...

Priceless!

(*photos in this post were found on the internet)

The Sweet Smell of Roses

That's what I was 

smelling while 

mowing around the 

two old-fashioned

rose bushes in our yard

the other day....

I was mowing...

the bees were pollinating...

the sweet rosy

scent was 

drifting across

the grass...

it all took me

back to 

my childhood...

I would pull the pedals

off the rose bush in front

of our house....

then throw them in the air

while I jumped off the picnic table!

a crazy thing to do

but, I was happy!!

What are your sweet summer memories

made of?

linking with Tootsie's "Flaunt Your Flowers"

and

Farmgirl Friday

And Now Back to Blogging!

Just popping in to 

let you know I have not forgotten how to blog...

nor have I been hanging 

out in the hammock reading books

and sipping tea

(that would be wishful thinking!)

I have been enjoying a great SUMMER!!

the Flowers are Blooming....

~~~~~~~~~~

Friends and Family

have been popping in....

Our summer has been filled 

with sun and fun so far...

If I just didn't have to work,

I could enjoy summer a whole lot more!

Two large paint jobs - 

DONE!

Thank goodness for inside painting work!

My brushes don't work well out in the heat!!

Hope you've been 

busy as a...

 

Enjoying the summer too!

Red White and Blue

Sharing and Laughter

Stars and Stripes

Sunshine and Smiles...

Let Freedom Ring...

Happy 4th of July!!