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

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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

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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-)

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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

Camera Critters_ Aug 15, 2010_His lucky day!

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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

Camera Critters_(for July 31, 2010)

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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

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

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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

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

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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

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

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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

SNAKE!!

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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