Summertime

A picture of a moth, during one of my

late-afternoon walks

There is something so picturesque -

so beautiful -

even captivating,

about a field full of hay bails drying out underneath

a late-Summer sun

Our "neighbors" :)

Angus cows

We have had a horrible number of

grasshoppers

all over the place! In the garden,

sun-bathing on the house,

on the cement... It's disgusting!

Some of our Bountiful Harvest.

We'll be canning these beautiful clusters of spheres

very soon.

Home made grape juice is very much enjoyed,

especially on Christmas and Thanksgiving

This is not a view of our house, but from our property of

another "neighbor," who lives

about a mile and a half, maybe two miles, away.

I enhanced the coloring on this picture...

Looking out our dining room window.

Overall "dining room window" shot

Need more be said?

Wild flowers speckle the sides of the roads.

This Spring wild roses were rampant.

This Summer, wild daisies, black-eyed Susann's,

sunflowers... and these enchanting little

yellow buds

decorate the fields, road-sides

and just about anywhere they can take root.

Butterfly and bird pictures are probably my favorite,

although frogs are fun to capture

on the camera as well.

Here is a monarch atop our blooming onions.

And our roosters. 4:30 Am they begin their

"every half hour" crowing sessions.

We named them Lafayette and Napoleon

(which we took from The Aristocats,

the Walt Disney movie)

And all of us kiddos during our family vacation at the beginning of August.

Enjoy the rest of your Summer,

and God richly bless :)

Miss Elizabeth