Progress

I made some putting songs on my new Ipod:

and RJ made some covering his face with doggy stickers :)

Bubble Boy

You can see more bubble fun HERE

Rainbow Cloud

Having a Teenage Son With a Job

Has its advantages. :) My oldest has been working hard for a few months now, and he said when he first got the job that he was going to buy me an Ipod. I protested for a while, but he finally wore me down. "Mom, I've never bought you a birthday or Christmas present, so this is for all that". I have to say, I'm liking it. A lot. :) Especially since one of my good friends and I are planning on doing the Breast Cancer walk next year. This will help with getting ready for that quite a bit.

Grandpa John's Camera

This was my Grandfather's camera. It's an Argus C3 and he bought it over in Korea in the 50's. From what we read, it was a very popular camera, manufactured from 1939 to 1966, and holds the record for most units sold. It is nicknamed "The Brick", and aptly so. It weighs a ton more than my camera, and is about the same size as a brick. My brother (who is an absolute camera nut) could not wait to see what kind of pictures it took. He loaded it up with film yesterday afternoon and took some shots. Then he promptly took off for Ritz Camera to have them developed. :) You can see them HERE

Not bad for such an oldie, and the fact that it's completely manual. It has the instruction book with it, an ancient light meter, and all the accessories. Even an old timey bulb-flash:

Photography is COOL. :) Especially when you can share the interest with your family and friends.

Feed Me!

They are growing fast, we read up on them yesterday and found out they are only going to be in the nest for around 12 days. Seems impossible that these scrawny, naked things will be leaving the nest or "fledging" that soon!

There were 4 eggs, three hatched. Here are all three:

I don't know if one is weaker than the others, but you can usually only see two. They are piled on top of him/her and he doesn't raise up as much as the other two. Mom got some really good pics of the three of them with their beaks open yesterday. We need to set HER up with a blog to show them off, since the whole family is doing it now. ;)

Fascinating to watch. :)

After the Storm

Happy Birthday!

We have baby birds :) (In case you missed it, here they are last thursday )

I will get some more pics when they are fuzzy and cute. :)

Pink

Happy Father's Day

To my Dad
And my darling hubby
We had an all-men's choir this morning, they sounded awesome :)
I honestly could not ask for a better Dad or a better Dad for my kids, and I couldn't love them any more than I do.

It's catching...

Until next year...

Last day of VBS was today. A lot of preparation went into it, and it was a big success. The kids had a great time. (teachers did too)
Now we're ready for a nap.
*Mikell says he wasn't asleep...I knew he was because his ipod was plugged into the tape player, and it just played on through. Usually he flits from song to song like a hummingbird.

Hey everybody, have you heard...Papa's gonna buy me a mockingbird

Ok, not really. But he does have a nest in his yard that I took pictures of. Mom told me that she found a mockingbird nest in one of her bushes. She actually saw some twigs, pulled them out and unknowingly destroyed the nest. She realized what she'd done when she saw them frantically rebuilding :)
Here's Dad I think, watching over it. The nest is in the bush to the right:
Here's both parental units keeping a watch
And poking a head in to make sure I didn't do any more than take pictures...

Promise

Genesis 9:12-17 And God said,

This is the token of the covenant which
I make between me and you and

every living creature that is with you,
for perpetual generations: I do set my

bow in the cloud, and it shall be for
a token of a covenant between me and the earth.

And it shall come to pass,

when I bring a cloud over the earth,
that the bow shall be seen in the cloud:

And I will remember my covenant,
which is between me and you and

every living creature of all flesh;
and the waters shall no more

become a flood to destroy all flesh.

And the bow shall be in the cloud;

and I will look upon it, that I may
remember the everlasting covenant

between God and every living creature
of all flesh that is upon the earth.

And God said unto Noah,
This is the token of the covenant,

which I have established between
me and all flesh that is upon the earth.

*Will took these out of the window while I was driving :)

Fishing Buddies

Will has had a friend spend the night with us the last two nights. They wanted to fish, so first they went to the lake close to the house:

Nothing happened there, so I promised we could go to a park with a dock the next afternoon.
Still no fish, but they had fun trying.
After some thunderstorms earlier, it turned out to be a beautiful day.
RJ is happy no matter where we go, as long as he is right in the middle of everything :)

Game Day Central

Today was our first day of vacation bible school. The theme is "Game Day Central"

Crafts, games, outdoor activities, snacks, and fun...all the kids seem to have a great time. (and I should know, I took over 300 pictures today for our family night slide show!)
The little guys had fun too :)

Rear View Sunset

Itchy

We just call them itchweeds, but they are actually Florida Stinging Nettle , not to be confused with the larger stinging nettles of the western US. They are mean, nasty little plants.

(Thanks to Florida Cracker for the link)

STS117 Atlantis - We have lift off

Here is Space Shuttle Atlantis, as seen from my driveway, launch at 7:38PM ET:




It was an awesome view from about 150 miles North of the launch site.

Weiner Dog P.O.V.

Orthodontia

Found out today that the Divine Miss M "may" get her braces off in as little as TWO MORE WEEKS!!!

I love the expression on her face. It's like "I'm anywhere else but here, lying with my head in a man's lap while he puts his fingers and instruments of torture into my mouth...he is kind of cute though"

;o)

Springs

This is a small town not far from me, it is named for the springs located there. They built a community pool that is actually fed by the springs. The round cement enclosure is where the spring actually comes up and you can see where it comes out on the other side of the pool and goes to the river.

You can see more pics from today here

Cattails

A lot of times when I photograph something, I look for information about the subject. Did you know that cattails are edible? Learn something new everyday! (no, I didn't try any. Maybe next time)

Send It On Down

More rain today, thank God. It's got this Kirk Franklin song stuck in my head.

Send it on down

Send it on down

Send your rain down

We need to feel some holy drops from Heaven,

Lord we are willing to go through and through

Shower down a blessing on your people

Lord we need you to shower down a blessing on us.

Were waiting here for a blessing

Let it rain down on me

We need need to feel your anointing

Let it fall fresh on me.

Its Raining

Its Raining

Its Raining...

(Of course, it also makes me think of this song, heehee)

(of course, I don't know what I would do if I found it raining men in their underwear and geeky striped tube socks. Maybe it was different in 1982 ;)