Supermoon

Viewed from my front porch.

Photo Blog

It's been almost ten months since my last post. I've never been a dedicated blogger, I was never one to keep a journal in the old days either. But a few days ago I was privileged to meet another blogger in person and was inspired to start anew.

I take photos everywhere I go. My uncle, a professional photographer, gave me a camera when I was 8 years old. From time to time I consider making greeting cards of my best work and trying to sell them, but usually decide I don't have the time to devote to making that a successful endeavor. So, I thought, just blog your photos. It's a way of sharing my view of the world, even if few will ever see it. It's a creative outlet with minimal environment cost as well. So here it is. I hope you enjoy.

Howlin' at the moon

This was the full moon on Wednesday evening, just before dark. The clouds never produced the promised rain, just a little thunder. And a little howling after dark......

Happy Birthday Nell and Max

It was pure coincidence, but Max and Nell arrived on the same day in my home. They were both eight weeks old on that day in early June, so I counted back on my calendar to April 8, 1999. Happy Birthday to my big girl and big boy!

Black and White

I have never participated in a blog meme, but when I saw this week's True Colors Thursday theme I knew I had to play. The dogs insisted...

It's Not Over Yet.

This has been a very long winter. Not that I'm complaining, necessarily. I love winter weather, especially snow, and we've had lots of it this year. But it is almost April now and I wouldn't mind a few more signs of spring before we jump directly into summer.

We have an apricot tree that faithfully blooms every year during the warm spell that comes in February. Thoughts of juicy apricots make me drool. Then comes the one night freeze in March that kills all the budding fruit. But not this year. We have only had a few nights of above freezing low temps so the flower buds have stayed tightly closed. Maybe, just maybe, the lovely flowers will actually lead to tasty fruit. In the meantime, here are some pictures of our spring so far.




The last picture is the apricot tree on March 15.

Snow!

Two big storms in a week and another on the way. For the short term, anyway, the draught is over.