Sunday Serenity

Forsythia

GB's and my 34th anniversary
Where have the years flown to?
It's been good...

xoabb

Misty Moon

Misty Moon
Not the best of photos, but I like it!
(My cameras aren't the best taking moon photos.)

My entire family of the female persuasion is obsessed with full moons. The first one that sees it immediately gets on the phone, while rushing to their car to drive to the place in the above photo, to let all the other gals know. We're lucky that we live close to a road that gives us the most incredible view of a full moon as there's a wide expanse of water it shines over. A good friend of ours used to live in the house directly behind where I was standing to take this photo and got to enjoy the moon in all it's glorious waxings and waneings. She's since moved...I don't think I would have been able to if that had been my abode. Too much beauty!

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xoabb

Tuesday's 23 degree night didn't hurt the flowers!

Hurray!!!

Sunday Serenity

Crabapple Tree

 A very early spring

swept across Connecticut 

So, please, no more frost!

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xoabb

expect beauty everywhere!

P.S.: Mom, as you can see, the new camera takes wonderful close-up photos! And it was cloudy the day I took it! Thanks! Love ya, annie

Mom's most hated tree

Mom's second most hated tree, second only to the Bradford pear tree,
I give you the beautiful blossoms of the weeping cherry tree

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xoabb

Sunday Serenity

A hint of spring

An observation: 

Daffodils against

Rock walls bloom first, long before

The buds in my yard

Happy hints of spring!

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xoabb

expecting warmness!

LET ME UP THERE!

Alas, it wasn't meant to be

Driving home, I passed this group of kids enjoying our incredible February weather (58º that day) on top of a huge boulder. Well, almost everyone...

I circled back around and the little girl still on the ground, no matter how hard she tried simply couldn't climb up that rock to join her friends. No, they didn't come down to help her, at least not while I was ~spying~ on all of them, but they also didn't taunt her (if they had, yes, I would have said something).

I can't think of many things that would be nicer than to spend some time on top of a rock on a beautiful springy, but in the middle of winter day. How about you?

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xoabb

the robins are back!


P. S. - The blurry area in the middle of the rock is my attempt to hide the (awful!) graffiti someone thoughtlessly painted there.

Missourahhhhh Sunset

Sunday serenity...it's found in Missourah, always in Missourah. 

If you haven't been, you really need to go.

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xoabb

expect anything!

Old Man's Brother...The Older Man

You know The Old Man that I have a photo of in my header - and that I've blogged about ad nauseum infinitum? Well, here is his much older brother. This old man has been around for as long or longer than my old man, and he is HUGE! My brother has a wonderful photo of my Dodgie standing inside of him, and you can get a sense of just how huge he was in all his glory. There isn't a tree near-by that is half as big as this tree is.

For the 40 years my parents have called this land theirs, he's always been this way. Never had the pleasure of seeing him in all his living glory. Sure wish I could have.

Sunday Serenity

Cousin Curt with Remy, teaching her the fine art of wood working

Finding a passion

And a mentor to teach you

Simply priceless hours

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xoabb

expect anything!

New Year's Eve Sunrise

A New Year's Eve Missouri Sun Rise 12/31/11

Forgot about this...

The last sunrise of the year

Here's to many more

(last new year's eve sunrises!)

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xoabb

expecting 2012 goodness!