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Friday's Fences~ (for Jan 14, 2012) ~ Fencing in sepia

2012-01-14T11:01:00.000-08:00

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This is a new photo Meme for me...

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I don't have any new pictures but I remembered these farm fencing photos I had taken in the past and thought they would make an interesting post.

Enjoy!

~fencing in sepia~

Junie

Shadow Shot Sunday-Oct 23, 2011

2011-10-23T10:40:00.000-07:00

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For our anniversary this year our daughter gave us this really neat Carousel Rooster.

He is set up in our living room near the windows.

I noticed, one day this week, how pretty he looked with the afternoon sun casting shadows through the blinds!

Love,

Junie

Fortune Cookies

2011-09-22T12:16:00.000-07:00

June Kellum (Facebook)

The other night my Fortune Cookie read...

"The time has come to let your heart guide you."

...Charles, with a serious and sad face, 'read' his! He said his was this ...

" You'll adjust to her being gone!"

:) A Tall Tale, for sure!

Wall Photos

Junie

My husband, the COMIC… (a re-run)

2011-09-21T12:25:00.000-07:00

~~ A Blast From The Past~~

My husband, the COMIC…

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My husband has resisted the world of computers!
(resisted - resented- relentlessly!! HIS 3 Rs))

However, he has,

in spite of all, picked up some computer speak…so he ain’t fooling me a bit with this show of total ‘unawareness’ of the term - ‘BLOG!’

In my excitement over the fun I’m having with MY OWN BLOG I recently asked him,

“Charles, if you had a BLOG, what would you put on it?”

Without a moments hesitation he came back with …

“Watkin’s salve!” “But I don’t need any - I’m Healthy!”

…insinuating he didn’t understand my question… didn’t understand what I meant by BLOG…pretending he thought I meant some skin blemish or some such thing!!

Luckily, I have a good sense of humor or I might read more into this...
“But I don’t need any - I’m healthy!”

Note:

Watkin's salve is product that has been around for many years-used to treat skin problems and wounds!

July 31, 2005

Juniper

Mellow Yellow Monday and Ruby Tuesday - Apr 4-2011

2011-04-04T07:22:00.000-07:00

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*Mellow Yellow Monday*

*Ruby Tuesday*

I found these yellow flowers on a vine on our wood fence this past week. I had never seen flowers on this vine growing wild on the fence and have no idea what they are. They are certainly eye-catching!

World's most beautiful flower-IMHO

:)

ROSE

Junie

Today's Flowers~ 2-27-11

2011-02-27T12:50:00.000-08:00

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These are some potted flowers that have lived through the winter in my front entrance garden area ~

cheery little flowers that make me smile!

Junie

Live Every Moment~2-25-11-BLUE

2011-02-25T09:43:00.000-08:00

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This is a photo challenge meme that I recently discovered and it seems like a fun one to get into! This meme (unlike most) has a different theme every week, which I think will add fun to our picture postings!

This week's theme is 'Blue!'

This is not a new photo but one I've always liked and it's a good choice for this post...

It certainly is Blue!!

Junie Rose

Weekend Reflections and Shadow Shot Sunday ~2-20-11

2011-02-19T20:20:00.000-08:00

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*Weekend Reflections*

*Shadow Shot Sunday*

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These are from 'Our Place' this week...

Reflections of Valentine Flowers

Angel in Shadows

Happy weekend!!

Junie

Today's Flowers ~ 2~6~'11 ~ White Camellia

2011-02-06T10:55:00.000-08:00

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Today's Flowers

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This is the only pure white Camellia we have at our place.

I love this delicate, winter flower!

Junie

Shadow Shot Sunday~ Jan 23, 2011-Lacy Shadows

2011-01-23T17:19:00.000-08:00

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Here are some lacy shadows on my living room window shelf.

Although this little bear is not very old I like his vintage look! He's Christmasy, too, but I like to keep him out all year.

Junie

Shadow Shot Sunday~Nov 28, 2010 (shadows and the big red truck)

2010-11-28T13:17:00.000-08:00

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Shadow Shot Sunday

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This year my son-in-law started driving this Big Red Truck for the Crete trucking company!
(...with a LOOONG trailer behind it) 

We were all glad Terry was able to be home for Thanksgiving.

 (Our other S-I-L, Marc- who is also a trucker- wasn't able to get home!)

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Here Terry is heading out for the road again on the day after Thanksgiving!

I like these cool shadows of Terry in that big truck!

Bye bye, Terry!

Keep safe!

Junie

(Ginga)

Camera Critters~ 10-15-10 -Halloween Cat

2010-10-15T19:22:00.000-07:00

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This is my post for this week!

Yesterday  we put together our Fall/Halloween display for the front yard-and as always a scare crow 

appeared as part of it!

As always, too, my old cat , Tiger, wanted to have a part in the 'putting it all together!' Well, maybe it was just that he wanted to be the first to get his picture taken in the festive display! (What a ham he is!!)

:)

Today when I came home from shopping, Tiger had knocked over the scarecrow guy and was taking a nap on top of him! 

Didn't have my camera handy for that!

:)

The last picture is my Tiger, several years ago, on another Halloween!

Tiger~ a favorite Camera Critter!

Junie

Shadow Shot Sunday_Oct 9, 2010 ~ Cats in Shadows~

2010-10-09T07:12:00.000-07:00

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It's Shadow Shot Sunday once again!

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In my back yard are luscious shadows from three huge Live Oaks!

My 3 cats enjoy this environment ... for prowling and some bird watching but mostly just lounging!

...but -wait- that little orange cat isn't mine!

She's a stray that has been hanging around since she was a baby. I wish I could tame her- but I haven't been able to get close to her!

I call her 'Goldie'- not even knowing for sure that it is a girl!

Such a pretty cat!

You can see my General at least tolerates her-I've seen all my cats sharing food with her! I wish they would just tell her... "That lady is OK- RELAX!"

Meanwhile-all I can do is just see that there's enough food put out for at least one extra cat!

Junie

Mellow Yellow Monday- Sept 27, 2010-"October Sunrise"

2010-09-26T21:06:00.000-07:00

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It's time to share our Mellow Yellow Monday posts again!

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This is a Mellow Yellow (golden)  October sunrise of a couple years ago!

I've always loved this shot
and have made it my
'Header' on my main blog
for the month of October!

Enjoy!

Junie Rose

Ruby Tuesday_ Sept 21, 2010_ That mystery plant again!

2010-09-21T15:20:00.000-07:00

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On our recent trip to visit my daughter's family in Orlando I encountered this 'mystery plant' again...

the one I posted about in *this post!*

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These plants are definitely of the same family (as in my original post) - although one's fruit grows much bigger than the other!

These small ones are like the ones we remembered  having seen in Miami!

LOL- Anyway- I don't intend to try eating either of them. They are interesting to see, though.

Here you see the smaller yellow fruit from my daughter's place...

...and the much bigger one we have growing here at our place.

The bright red seeds are the same in both and so I'll use this as my Ruby Tuesday offering!

Junie

Yard Art_Sept 16, 2010~'Old Shoe'

2010-09-16T05:52:00.000-07:00

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Yard Art on Thursday

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We've had 2 of these 'Old Shoe' planters for a long time. I have them at our front entrance walkway.

I've tried growing real flowers in them but they dry out too quickly in our hot weather so I've started using 'fake' flowers instead.

I like that fine and I change them with the seasons! These have been in for summer and I will probably just add some colorful leaves for the fall season! (soon)

Natural

Sepia

Antique

( which do you like best? )

Junie

Shadow Shot Sunday_Sept 12, 2010 ~cats in shadows~

2010-09-12T15:02:00.000-07:00

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Here are 2 of my cats

-Lucy and The General-

relaxing in the shadows of my back yard today.

Junie

Camera Critters~9-11-10 ~ Brian and the butterfly

2010-09-11T10:35:00.000-07:00

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This was taken several years ago.

As we were all leaving to go out a butterfly took a fancy to my grandson, Brian's hat! :) I quickly got my camera and my husband got this shot! It has always been a favorite of mine!

Love,

Junie

(Ginga)

Camera Critters ~ Sept 4, 2010 - Critters at Our Place

2010-09-04T15:26:00.000-07:00

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My cats are the only critter occupants on this old farm these days...except for the pasture of cattle down the road.

(Oh- but we do have occasional visitors, now and again...frogs,lizards, snakes,raccoons,possums-etc-etc-)

My cats are:

'Lucy'

~the light gray,long and sleek,lady cat!

(She's a beauty!)

'Tiger'

~The old guy-Dark gray

( world's sweetest cat!)

'General Tommy Franks'

~ He's the guy in charge!!

I love my cats!!

Junie

Weekend Reflections! Aug 29, 2009 ~ Reflections from a childhood day~

2010-08-29T10:18:00.000-07:00

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I came across this neat picture of one of my grandsons from several years ago.This was Zach's 11th. birthday.

All my boys liked those Super Hero guys and monsters!

 This one is Wolf Man!

:)

(... I miss my kiddies...)

Junie

(Ginga)

Midweek Blues~8-25-'10- Little Boy in Blue

2010-08-25T08:13:00.000-07:00

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 It's time for sharing our Blue photos.

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~Little boy in blue~

This is Zach, the one of my 4 grandkids who didn't live in our town;

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his visits  with us  were always very special - for us,  as well as for  him.

Climbing this tree, just before leaving for his home after each visit, became part of his ritual. He would pretend he wasn't leaving for awhile. It became a game that the whole family played along with.

 I can look at this picture and remember exactly how I felt- the mixture of sadness for his leaving and the spirit of fun in the antics of this little boy!

Old time memories now...

The tree is long gone from some weird insect attacks that killed it.

 The little boy in blue is gone, too!

(except here in my heart)

Love,

Junie

(Ginga)

More on that plant...

2010-08-19T12:32:00.000-07:00

LOL...And I feel stupid!

When C. brought that plant in for me to see we both felt a familiarity to it...It was kinda weird because neither of us could capture our memories/knowledge for this plant..but we both felt we had seen it before-also the smell of the leaves seemed familiar to us.

One of my readers left a comment letting me know the name she knows it by.

Here is the comment!
Mel Cole of PA, USA said...: Oh those! We call those Ampalaya. They are food for diebetic though. Have a beautiful Tuesday. ~~; OK-I was excited to get this info and of course went to search out more information about this plant.; ~; I found~; another name for this plant is 'Bitter Melon.'; This is some info on Wikipedia.; http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bitter_melon; ~After learning this, Charles and I became concerned that this plant may have been planted by our daughter-in-law, Joy, as a veggie to use...and that it was NOT a wild plant at all like we had thought it to be!~; LOL-OK-later that night I talked to my D-I-L ( My new D-I-L who is a Filipino girl) and-indeed- she knew all about this plant and had grown it from seeds she had got from a friend!; The name she knows it by is 'Bitter Squash.'; Oh, my! So we had messed up- but Joy and I had a good laugh over it! :) Luckily, C. didn't remove the plants- just the fruit to show me!; ...so...the feeling of having known this plant before- or one closely related- kept gnawing at my memories... I decided to search out 'Florida Vines.' I had almost immediate results in this journey! I found this!; Bitter melon, Balsam apple - Momordica charantia; http://www.floridasnature.com/vines_%20gallery.htm; ...And then Charles and I both remembered a very similar problem vine we had had in Miami that kept growing up among our Hibiscus hedge. I remembered this but since the fruits were much smaller didn't make the connection that it is the same plant- or at least a very close relative!; ~~; This plant seems to have many uses and is beneficial in a lot of ways ... also-parts of it can be toxic...so my first impression was not really that far off!; Only one of the fruits C. picked to show me was at the edible stage...when they turn yellow they are only good for the seeds.; Anyway-I have the seeds and will save them for next year!; ~~OK-then~ THIS is one reason I like blogging and the Internet!! There's a whole world of knowledge at your fingertips!!~~; Junie Rose

Ruby Tuesday~Aug 17, 2010~ What in the world...??

2010-08-17T10:14:00.000-07:00

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Today is...Ruby Tuesday!

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What in the world is this?? I don't know!

My husband brought this in to show me this morning, after doing some mowing here at our place.

(He remembered my picture projects that I like to do! :) -He mentioned Mellow Yellow but I said,"No-it's a perfect Ruby Tuesday") :)

He said he found this growing along the fence and that it is common around here...but he didn't know the name of the vine.

I don't remember ever having seen it before. Maybe I just never saw it at this stage with the pods popped open and the colorful seeds spilling out! How could I have missed it, otherwise!!

OK-I haven't looked it up but I took precautions in not touching it too much and letting the juice get on my hands. ...Never know...it could be toxic.It looks kinda evil but very beautiful to look at, nonetheless!

Does anyone know this plant? I'd like to know about it.

(click on pics to enlarge)

Junie

Camera Critters_ Aug 15, 2010_His lucky day!

2010-08-15T13:50:00.000-07:00

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Camera Critters

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Due to circumstances at our place recently (A trip and some health problems) our yard has become over-grown and untidy in appearance!

 My sunflowers that were such a pleasure to me  a  few weeks ago are now over and are a sad sight to see!  :(

But wait...

What is one person's 'eye-sore' can be an other's'found treasure!' 

(well, I guess that might just apply here if you happen to be a bird or a squirrel!)

In this case it was a squirrel! 

I spotted him from my kitchen and went out to happily watch him as he munched away on the sunflower seeds. I wished I could have gotten closer for my pictures but he scurried away when he saw me watching and moving closer.

 Later, after I returned to the house, I saw him come back and resume his free feast!

Good for him!

Hopefully, next week those dead stalks will be cleared out. I suppose I will save what's left of the flower heads(if anything is left) and put them out as needed for this guy and his buddies!

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Junie

Midweek Blues ~ August 11, 2010

2010-08-11T13:52:00.000-07:00

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While we were away for a few days this blue watering globe kept this flower looking good

~ in fact ~

Mellow Yellow!

Junie Rose

Camera Critters_(for July 31, 2010)

2010-08-01T15:18:00.000-07:00

Time for sharing our 'Camera Critters.'

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The Bumblebees have enjoyed my sunflowers in recent days,

but these flowers are just about over now.

Wish I could have got better pictures of this bumblebee!

Junie

Shadow Shot Sunday_7-25-'10 ~'The Wall'

2010-07-25T08:43:00.000-07:00

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Shadow Shot Sunday

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Here are some cool palm frond shadows

on my husband's junk wall!

Junie

Yard Art on Thursdays

2010-07-22T09:50:00.000-07:00

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Idiom: One man's trash is another man's treasure

Idiom Definitions for 'One man's trash is another man's treasure'

What is useless to one person might be valuable to another.

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...OR-you might change that to ' One man's trash is another man's Yard Art' ...lol - or Woman's Yard Art in this case-as I asked Charles to keep this piece of junk!

My husband has this junk wall where he has a collection of 'stuff!' It's mostly old farm related pieces...tractor seats, horse shoes, garden plows - etc... etc...

Well, I liked the looks of this old fashioned bed spring and thought it was just too unique NOT to save and use for something...Lol- if nothing more than the interesting shadows it shows, propped against that wall... soo.. it's been leaning there for awhile.

To my surprise and joy this summer the little cypress vines have popped up there and are making use of that fine trellis! These little star shaped flowers are a nuisance in the garden because they take over everything around them, but they are so pretty and sweet looking to see growing, I'm happy to see them here in the side yard where they can do no harm...just look pretty against the old rusty bed spring!

Oh my! It is, indeed, true...that old saying, I mean! One man's trash can certainly be another's treasure.

I love old things-the more rustic the better !

Junie Rose

Mellow Yellow Monday_ July 19, 2010~ 'Weed'

2010-07-19T08:27:00.000-07:00

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Mellow Yellow Monday

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We see a lot of yellow in the plant world and it has always been a favorite color for me in my flowers choices in my garden!

(roses-sunflowers-etc-etc-)

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This little flower is a weed and one that most people see as only a nuisance...still... I find beauty in this little flower with the bright yellow center.

( ... so- for me it's not a weed but a 'wildflower.' )

(Beggar's Tick)

Info on this weed -*here*

Junie

Sky Watch Friday_ for July 16, 2010- A little patch of pink

2010-07-17T07:39:00.000-07:00

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Sky Watch Friday

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This was a recent late evening sky view at my place here in north Florida... a little patch of pink!

Junie

Ruby Tuesday_ July 13, 2010- 'Anthurium'

2010-07-13T16:52:00.000-07:00

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Update:

Someone asked in comments about the wording on the planter cup/pot, so I'm adding this picture that shows all of the 'quote!'

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Time to share our Ruby Tuesday posts again.

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This is a new plant I have in my kitchen. I have a bigger one in our entrance foyer.

I love these unusual, bright red blooms!

'Anthurum'

Junie

Camera Critters-July 9, 2010 ~ 'Alli and The General'

2010-07-09T06:27:00.000-07:00

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This is Alli visiting with my cats earlier this week!

Alli and The General...

now that's a big cat!

Junie

Ruby Tuesday ~ July 6, 2010-Farm Fresh Rubies

2010-07-06T18:48:00.000-07:00

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It's Ruby Tuesday!

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These are some rubies from our garden!

Yummy!

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Junie Rose

Mellow Yellow Monday~ July 5, 2010-Something yummy in yellow!

2010-07-05T13:33:00.000-07:00

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It's Mellow Yellow Monday again!

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Recently we were invited to dinner with our son and daughter-in-law!

Joy and Chris served us an excellent meal...

(and with lots of Mellow Yellow)

... but the best part was this...

~ a home made Key Lime Pie ~

and truly the best I've ever had!

Junie

Mellow Yellow Monday~ June 28, 2010~ Glorisa

2010-06-28T12:22:00.000-07:00

It's Mellow Yellow Monday again and time to share what's yellow in our lives!

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I have a few of these interesting flowering vines growing in my yard.

I have 2 colors - the yellow, which I'm showing today, and the red one- which is in the wikipedia info I have posted below.

They are beautiful flowers and new to me in recent years. I was surprised, reading some of the facts about this plant!

Whatever else they may be, they do produce beautiful flowers!

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Gloriosa (genus)

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Gloriosa

Gloriosa superba
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
(unranked):	Angiosperms
(unranked):	Monocots
Order:	Liliales
Family:	Colchicaceae
Genus:	Gloriosa L.
Species
See text.

Gloriosa superba

Climbing lilly

Gloriosa superba in Tamil Nadu, India

Gloriosa is a genus of five or six species in the plant family Colchicaceae, from tropical Africa and Asia. They are tender, tuberous rooted deciduous perennials, adapted to summer rainfall with a dormant dry season. Their native range is Africa, Southeastern Asia and parts of Malaysia, but they are now widely cultivated^[1]. All parts of the plant contain colchicine and related alkaloids and are therefore dangerously toxic if ingested, especially the tubers; contact with the stems and leaves can cause skin irritation.
Various preparations of the plant are used in traditional medicines for a variety of complaints in both Africa and India.

More info found here on Wikipedia

Junie

Mellow Yellow Monday ~ 6~21~'10~ Corn!

2010-06-21T06:36:00.000-07:00

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It's Mellow Yellow Monday again!

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This is what's yellow in our life right now!

Sweet!

Junie

Midweek Blues

2010-06-16T06:40:00.000-07:00

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These are some country Blues from our place this week.

Junie

Today's Flowers! June 14,2010~ Pomegranate bloom

2010-06-14T09:59:00.000-07:00

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Our daughter gave us a Pomegranate tree for a Christmas gift!

We've never grown this plant before and it's been a thrill watching it grow and bloom! We at first thought the buds coming on were the fruit
(having no previous experience with this plant) but the little tight round buds open up into these gorgeous blooms!

Sure hope we get some fruit from this tree!

Junie

Camera-Critters-June 12, 2010~Dragons in my back yard!

2010-06-12T11:39:00.000-07:00

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I went out searching for critters in my back yard today but all I could find were 'Dragons!'

I had my sprinklers going in the roses and the Dragonflies were, seemingly, having a Cool time there!

Junie

Weekend Reflections~ June 11, 2010_ Waterlily

2010-06-11T13:15:00.000-07:00

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This waterlily is from a previous summer, in my back yard fish pond.
So far this year I've had no blooms!

Junie

Our day-June 8, 2010 (Health issues-and A SNAKE!!))

2010-06-08T20:05:00.000-07:00

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Today Charles had an appointment with a cardiologist-a followup from an appointment last week. He's having some problems recently with being very short of breath with any exertion. This is something new in the way he feels so it needed to be checked out.

Today he had an echo cardiogram procedure-a sonogram of the heart which actually shows the function of the heart-and any problems that may be present. He also is wearing a 24 hour heart monitor attached to his chest . He goes back on the 10th to see what these tests will show -and to see what the next step may be in his treatments. Charles has had a heart stint a few years ago and we expect another might be necessary!

...We'll get through this again!

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In the afternoon I did some much needed garden work. I got 2 more of my roses planted in my rose garden in the back yard! I have 4 more to get planted-Plus I bought a Butterfly bush to plant! Gardening (weeding, especially) becomes a real big chore as summer kicks in here. It's been so hot lately, making it very hard to work for long periods of time...so I do it in short bursts of work sessions.

The vegetable garden is getting out of hand in a hurry, too, with squash-okra and cucumbers all ready and needing picking about every second day! I plan to do squash up for the freezer tomorrow! (If I remember HOW to do it) The cucumbers are a loss- except for our daily use-as the ones Charles and Joy planted are the really huge ones- no kidding- some are more than a foot long!!! They are good in salads but one cuke is big enough for 3 salads! haha

What was he thinking to plant these giants? LOL!!!

Smaller cucumbers I could have used for making pickles!!
Crisp, fresh dills are yummy!

Tomatoes and bell peppers are being attacked by bugs! :(

The corn is just getting ready to start putting on the ears...and that's when the bugs discover them! Hope we can control the bugs!

LOL-I just remembered why we gave up doing a garden a few years ago!! This one was mostly for Joy, our new Daughter-in-Law! She has enjoyed it- so far, I think!

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After I did my rose planting, weeding and watering, I was about ready to go inside to get dinner started-when I saw that my little cat seemed fascinated with something. As I approached her I saw what she had spotted in the grass.

Yes! She had found a snake- luckily a harmless one! I say lucky...because Lucy was not at all afraid of that snake. I had to chase her away in order to save the snake!

I quickly came inside for my camera, hoping to get some good, close up pictures. When I got back out the snake had moved and was almost into the fern growing around the oak tree. I managed to get a couple of pic- but not good ones!

:) I was tempted to pick that snake up but just couldn't work up enough courage to do that; even though I knew it was a non-poisonous snake!

Junie

Today's Flowers_ June 6, 2010-Crepe Myrtle

2010-06-06T07:44:00.000-07:00

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At our place we have a lot of Crepe Myrtles, of several colors, planted and we look forward to the blooms in early summer.

This dark pink one is the first to bloom this time!
I love those frilly flower clusters!

Both of these are planted on the west side of our house.

Junie

Mellow Yellow Monday- (for May31, 2010)

2010-06-02T12:25:00.000-07:00

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On Memorial Day weekend
we had a gathering at our place with some of the family.

Lots of yummy food
- fresh from the garden-
and lots of it Mellow Yellow in color!

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Mellow Yellow Roasted Corn

Some of my young guests enjoying our meal!
(Alli, Mario, Dan and Joy)

Junie

Shadow Shot Sunday~ May 30, 2010- Flowers and shadows

2010-05-30T07:28:00.000-07:00

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~a potted Geranium in my front garden casts an interesting shadow~

Junie Rose

Today's Flowers~ May 29, 2010~ Rose of Sharon

2010-05-29T17:33:00.000-07:00

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This is a Rose of Sharon flower at our place.

Junie Rose

Yard Art On Thursday~ for-May27,2010 ~ Gypsy Pot

2010-05-28T07:20:00.000-07:00

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Yard Art

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My husband and I enjoy collecting 'old stuff ' and I always like to find a way to put whatever we find to good use.

We have 2 of these old Gypsy pots that we've had for a long time and I like to put potted flowers in them to compliment each season.

I especially like these pots in the fall holding autumn colors-and then at Christmas with Poinsettias!

For now this one is decked out with spring/summer flowers!

Oh!
We could paint that pot....
but I like the old, weathered rust!

Junie

Ruby Tuesday-(For May 25,2010 )~Magnificent Magnolia

2010-05-26T05:35:00.000-07:00

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It's time for

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This is the magnificent Magnolia bloom!
I love the contrast of that red center to the creamy white flower.

Junie Rose

Today's Flowers~ May 20, 2010 ~ Mimosa in bloom

2010-05-20T06:04:00.000-07:00

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I look forward to these pretty pink and delicate puffs of flowers and the fern like foliage of this tree.

I have always known this flowering tree as 'Mimosa' but the true name is 'Silk Tree.'

This attractive tree is classified as a *'nuisance' plant* and it is recommended that it not be planted in yards!

Oh - but I find this tree very beautiful and we have let a few grow up on our place!

~ My mom loved these trees, too,
adding to the sentimental feelings I have for them.~

Love,
Junie

Shadow Shot Sunday_May16, 2010~ 'Alli'

2010-05-16T19:13:00.000-07:00

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Shadow Shot Sunday

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Today our girl, Alli, came to visit and she was wearing a new hat!
I loved the shadow designs it made on her cute face!

Love,
Junie

(aka-Ginga)

May 15,2010 ~ Sweet Magnolia

2010-05-15T15:52:00.000-07:00

This is a magnificent bloom of the Magnolia tree in my yard~

a flower of the south!

Junie

Mellow Yellow Monday- ( for May 3, 2010 )

2010-05-04T12:51:00.000-07:00

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Mellow Yellow Monday

( go here for more MYM shots)

Well, I'm late but I want to share my yellow flowers and 'winged things!'

These were taken in my front garden today!

Junie Rose

Shadow Shot Sunday~ May 2, 2010

2010-05-02T20:09:00.000-07:00

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It's time to share our shadow Shots again!

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This is reaching backward to the early 80s...
a picture of me and my sweet little Poodle Boy, 'Nappy.'

This was in Miami on our patio.
This patio was just partially covered with a roof, and the rest in open beams;
thus creating the shadows that you see!

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Junie

Camera Critters-~ May 1, 2010-' Cat Tails!'

2010-05-01T13:49:00.000-07:00

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It's time to share our Camera-Critters pictures!

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Cat-Tails!

More often I find these 2 cats like this... NOT walking away from each other!

Lucy and Tiger have become real close friends!

Junie

Sepia Scenes~Mar 30, 2010 ~ 'Mom's Fountain'

2010-03-30T21:21:00.000-07:00

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Sepia Scenes

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'Mom's Fountain'

Junie

Shadow Shot Sunday ~ March 21,2010 ~ 'My back yard'

2010-03-21T10:08:00.000-07:00

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These are recent Shadow Shots from my back yard.

Junie

SNAKE!!

2010-03-14T20:36:00.000-07:00

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As I was preparing dinner late in the afternoon, my husband surprised me in my kitchen with this snake !

Our daughter-in-law, Joy, was doing some gardening chores, getting ready to plant flowers later this week. She was startled to meet-up with this Black Racer as she was pulling out weeds!

She called for help from Charles and he caught it! lol- He had to show it to me...and to prove how brave I am I HAD to hold it for a quick minute!

The poor snake was probably more upset than we humans were!

We soon let it go in the meadow in our side yard! I will probably meet this guy again during spring and summer-as his new home is where my wildflowers will soon be blooming !!

Junie Rose

Mellow Yellow Monday ~ ( for Feb 7, 2010 )

2010-02-09T07:58:00.000-08:00

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Yesterday I picked this up at a garden shop to brighten these late winter days!

~
Pansy

Junie

Today's Flowers ~ Dec 29, 2009~My winter flowers~

2009-12-29T07:53:00.000-08:00

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These are some winter flowers around our place !

Roses

Poinsettias

Camellias

Violas

Junie

Mellow Yellow Monday-Nov 30, 2009...a Florida thing!

2009-11-29T17:01:00.000-08:00

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It's Mellow Yellow Monday!

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MINE?

It's a Florida thing!

The citrus is in!!!

Junie

Today's Flowers~ Nov 15, 2009

2009-11-15T08:59:00.001-08:00

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This is from last Christmas season at our place
and it's getting near that time again!

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"Poinsettia"

Junie

Sepia Scenes ( for Nov 11, 2009)

2009-11-13T08:51:00.000-08:00

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Sepia Scenes time again!

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I'm late with mine ... sorry...
but I'm posting one now!

This handsome poodle
guards my front entrance and does a great job of it!

Love,
Junie

Camera Critters~Nov 7, 2009

2009-11-07T20:12:00.000-08:00

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Living in the country, we often have various little critters show up...even in our house. Example: Just yesterday my son was here and was about to take a shower in the upstairs bath when he saw this little frog-high up on the wall.

I took this picture at an angle and this is the 2 walls meeting! I like the colors with the pale greenish frog against the color of the wall. There is a sky light so that probably accounts for the walls appearing to be different shades of green, as they really are the same color.

Here is the little frog after my son safely transported it to my front garden.

Junie

Sky Watch Friday~ 10~30`'09~ Pastel Skies

2009-10-30T06:17:00.000-07:00

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Time again for...

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This was the pastel sky at our place,
just after sunset one evening this week.

I loved the soft colors!

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Enjoy your sky Watching!

Junie

Shadow Shot Sunday ~ Oct 25, 2009

2009-10-25T09:50:00.000-07:00

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Marilyn and her shadow!

Junie Rose

Weekend Reflections~ 10~24~'09

2009-10-24T07:05:00.000-07:00

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I came across this new meme...

( well, it's new for me)

and thought I'd add a Reflection shot of my own!

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Here's a fall reflection from our house!

Enjoy!

Junie

Camera-Critters

2009-10-23T15:42:00.000-07:00

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Time again to share our Camera-Critters!

Find others here!

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Here's 'Lucy!'

She's the newest /youngest of our 3 cats! She's still a kitten and likes to play and 'fake' attack the big guys! They put up with her but that's about it! They do not, yet, 'love Lucy!' :)

Here she is hiding behind an old log at our place!

Junie

Mellow Yellow Monday ~ Oct 19, 2009

2009-10-19T09:04:00.000-07:00

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It's Mellow Yellow Monday time again!

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This is a flowering vine that grows wild in much of the south USA! It's a sweet flower that I have known from my earliest years in Alabama and on through the years.

I was thrilled to learn that it grows well here in the country of north Florida, when we moved here from Miami 22 years ago.

It grows wild along fences and in meadows and open spaces, but I wanted some in my yard. We transplanted some to our place.

These sweet, fragrant flowers never stop bringing me pleasure! Butterflies and Hummingbirds love them too!

Oh! Also my grand kids, when they were young, loved to pick these little flowers and suck out the sweet nectar. There was no stopping them-though I did try! In the end I figured if it was ok for the birds and butterflies it must be ok for kids to occasionally take a sip from these sweet flowers!

Country
~ Pure and simple ~

'Honeysuckle!'

Junie

Ruby Tuesday ~ Oct 13, 2009

2009-10-13T11:13:00.000-07:00

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It's Ruby Tuesday again and time to show some of the Reds in our own little spot of the world!

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From my world today...

These 2 kinds of flowering vines are troublesome but pretty- and the butterflies and hummingbirds love them ~ so we just let them grow LOL ~ not that they are ever that easy to contain anyway!

I don't know the name of the orange flower...but the bright red one is called 'Cypress Vine.'

My mom always called it "Little Stars" plant. She remembered from her childhood in Alabama that her own mom loved this little plant. The small flowers are star shaped and a bright red and bloom profusely. The foliage, too, is very attractive with a frilly look to it!

The other little flowering vine is equally pretty...well, almost as...! :) They grow and mingle in my gardens, side by side ... almost taking over before the summer's end...but - Oh - they are pretty!

This next one is a type of Jasmine...not positive but I believe it's 'Star Jasmine!'
(I should look it up!)
It grows next to the back of our house and I like the contrast of the white flowers against the red brick!

Enjoy your autumn days!

Love,
Junie

Today's Flowers ~ Oct 4 ,'09 ~ Country Roses

2009-10-04T17:44:00.000-07:00

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Today is the day we share our flowers!

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Country roses at our place in north Florida!

Junie Rose

Sky Watch Friday ~ Oct 2~2009

2009-10-02T08:26:00.000-07:00

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Sky Watch Friday time!

http://skyley.blogspot.com/

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Blue skies at our place this week.

Junie

Ruby Tuesday ~ ( for Sept 29, 2009 )

2009-09-28T20:00:00.000-07:00

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It's time for our Ruby Tuesday posts again.

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This is a flowering vine I have growing in my back yard.
It's a red Passion flower.

There is also a purple one, which is more commonly grown, I believe.
I don't have that one ... but I think I prefer this deep red color of mine!

Junie

Mellow Yellow Monday_ Sept 28, 2009

2009-09-28T07:19:00.000-07:00

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Mellow Yellow Monday time again!

Visit the site below to find other MYM posts!

http://mellowyellowmonday.blogspot.com/

Junie Rose

Night blooms

2009-09-25T11:40:00.001-07:00

Late Night Blooms

Late last night I remembered I had 2 blooms that were due to be opening on my night blooming cactus plant. I always try to catch these, if possible, because they only bloom at night and are gone by early morning.I remembered to check them just before going to bed last night-past mid-night! (almost missed them)

There are only a few blooms on each plant each blooming season so it's a challenge for me to watch these plants closely and NOT miss the blooms! I DID miss the first 3 this year! :(

This was one of my mom's favorites so the blooms always bring back sweet memories of her... This is one of the things she and I enjoyed together- all through the years!

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I wrote about these flowers recently and linked to a website that tells all about these flowers, if interested.

(post link below)

http://juniesplace.blogspot.com/2009/09/todays-flowers-sept-20-2009.html

Junie

Art Horses

2009-09-23T09:20:00.000-07:00

Wednesday, September 23, 2009

Art Horses

This week Carletta, of 'Round the Bend,' posted and blogged about a very neat painted art horse she had seen on her travels.

LOL- Seems Carletta and I are often on the *same track* with our blogging- as we often find the same things to photograph and show and talk about.
We both, do indeed, take a lot of pictures of a lot of different things! :)

Anyway- Carletta's horse blog brought our own 'Horse Fever' project back to mind for me. Here in Ocala our horses were created by local artists and eventually, sold at auction.

I wrote about it here!

Here are a few more that might not have been shown in my earlier blogs about these horses.

Junie

Shadow Shot Sunday ~ Sept 20, 2009

2009-09-20T20:46:00.000-07:00

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http://heyharriet.blogspot.com/

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These 2 'Shadowy Fellows' guard my front entrance!

Junie

It's a GREEN world!

2009-09-20T11:00:00.000-07:00

Oh, my!

A lot of green here ! I DO like green but this may be a little much!

There was not a lot to choose from in the template dept. and I have not yet ventured into the custom designs.
( I may never do that , with my limited skills with all this computer stuff!)

Oh, well-at least for the time being- we'll just have to put our dark glasses on and get used to all this brightness!

Junie Rose

Welcome to our place

2009-09-20T10:18:00.000-07:00

Welcome, Friends!

This will be a place for a lot of extra stuff about Our Place...and ONLY about events concerning our place!
(LOL- which is a lot! Oh, well, we will just see how it goes!)

I will direct you here from my main blog, 'Junie's Place,' from time to time. I'm thinking a lot of my picture MEME's that I like to do may end up here! (Just gonna give this a try!)

Thanks,

Junie

Our Place

Friday's Fences~ (for Jan 14, 2012) ~ Fencing in sepia

Shadow Shot Sunday-Oct 23, 2011

Fortune Cookies

June Kellum (Facebook)The other night my Fortune Cookie read...

"The time has come to let your heart guide you."

...Charles, with a serious and sad face, 'read' his! He said his was this ...

" You'll adjust to her being gone!"

:) A Tall Tale, for sure!

My husband, the COMIC… (a re-run)

Mellow Yellow Monday and Ruby Tuesday - Apr 4-2011

Today's Flowers~ 2-27-11

Live Every Moment~2-25-11-BLUE

Weekend Reflections and Shadow Shot Sunday ~2-20-11

Today's Flowers ~ 2~6~'11 ~ White Camellia

Shadow Shot Sunday~ Jan 23, 2011-Lacy Shadows

Shadow Shot Sunday~Nov 28, 2010 (shadows and the big red truck)

Camera Critters~ 10-15-10 -Halloween Cat

Shadow Shot Sunday_Oct 9, 2010 ~ Cats in Shadows~

Mellow Yellow Monday- Sept 27, 2010-"October Sunrise"

Ruby Tuesday_ Sept 21, 2010_ That mystery plant again!

Yard Art_Sept 16, 2010~'Old Shoe'

Shadow Shot Sunday_Sept 12, 2010 ~cats in shadows~

Camera Critters~9-11-10 ~ Brian and the butterfly

Camera Critters ~ Sept 4, 2010 - Critters at Our Place

Weekend Reflections! Aug 29, 2009 ~ Reflections from a childhood day~

Midweek Blues~8-25-'10- Little Boy in Blue

More on that plant...

Ruby Tuesday~Aug 17, 2010~ What in the world...??

Camera Critters_ Aug 15, 2010_His lucky day!

Midweek Blues ~ August 11, 2010

Camera Critters_(for July 31, 2010)

Shadow Shot Sunday_7-25-'10 ~'The Wall'

Yard Art on Thursdays

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Idiom: One man's trash is another man's treasure

Idiom Definitions for 'One man's trash is another man's treasure'

Mellow Yellow Monday_ July 19, 2010~ 'Weed'

Sky Watch Friday_ for July 16, 2010- A little patch of pink

Ruby Tuesday_ July 13, 2010- 'Anthurium'

Camera Critters-July 9, 2010 ~ 'Alli and The General'

Ruby Tuesday ~ July 6, 2010-Farm Fresh Rubies

Mellow Yellow Monday~ July 5, 2010-Something yummy in yellow!

Mellow Yellow Monday~ June 28, 2010~ Glorisa

Gloriosa (genus)

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Mellow Yellow Monday ~ 6~21~'10~ Corn!

Midweek Blues

Today's Flowers! June 14,2010~ Pomegranate bloom

Camera-Critters-June 12, 2010~Dragons in my back yard!

Weekend Reflections~ June 11, 2010_ Waterlily

Our day-June 8, 2010 (Health issues-and A SNAKE!!))

Today's Flowers_ June 6, 2010-Crepe Myrtle

Mellow Yellow Monday- (for May31, 2010)

Shadow Shot Sunday~ May 30, 2010- Flowers and shadows

Today's Flowers~ May 29, 2010~ Rose of Sharon

Yard Art On Thursday~ for-May27,2010 ~ Gypsy Pot

Ruby Tuesday-(For May 25,2010 )~Magnificent Magnolia

Today's Flowers~ May 20, 2010 ~ Mimosa in bloom

Shadow Shot Sunday_May16, 2010~ 'Alli'

May 15,2010 ~ Sweet Magnolia

Mellow Yellow Monday- ( for May 3, 2010 )

Shadow Shot Sunday~ May 2, 2010

Camera Critters-~ May 1, 2010-' Cat Tails!'

Sepia Scenes~Mar 30, 2010 ~ 'Mom's Fountain'

Shadow Shot Sunday ~ March 21,2010 ~ 'My back yard'

SNAKE!!

Mellow Yellow Monday ~ ( for Feb 7, 2010 )

Today's Flowers ~ Dec 29, 2009~My winter flowers~

Mellow Yellow Monday-Nov 30, 2009...a Florida thing!

Today's Flowers~ Nov 15, 2009

Sepia Scenes ( for Nov 11, 2009)

Camera Critters~Nov 7, 2009

Sky Watch Friday~ 10~30`'09~ Pastel Skies

Shadow Shot Sunday ~ Oct 25, 2009

Weekend Reflections~ 10~24~'09

Camera-Critters

Mellow Yellow Monday ~ Oct 19, 2009

Ruby Tuesday ~ Oct 13, 2009

Today's Flowers ~ Oct 4 ,'09 ~ Country Roses

June Kellum (Facebook)

The other night my Fortune Cookie read...