Zoo

   Elephant feeding at the St. Louis zoo.

St. Louis Zoo

St. Louis Zoo

Turtle Park

Another shot from Turtle Park in St. Louis

Turtle Park

              Kids at Turtle Park in St. Louis 

More zoo kids

         My foster Grandkids at the Zoo

Kids at the Zoo

              Took the grandkids to the zoo.  They insisted on 

using umbrellas instead of sun screen.  

Fair Time

  The Town and Country Fair is in town starting today.  

Captured this vehicle near the river pointing the way.  

Footnote: the owner of this vehicle parks it all over town decorated 

according to the holiday or event that is taking place.   

Wish List

           This lady showed up at my recent yard sale wearing this tee-shirt.  I'm not a fan of wearing printed tees but this one will make it to my wish list.  

Junk Horse

Four this guy at a flee market in Omaha last April.  

Two of my faves

Never enough photos of cool hats and great tee-shirt sayings.  

Tie Dyed What ???

Tie Dyed Toyota 

Starting Young

              Captured this young lady at a flea market this spring,

 checking out the books.  

Seen at Wal-Mart

                                             Met this gentleman in the garden shop at Wal-Mart.

Duck Tape and Bungee Cords

Parked next to this beauty at Wal-mart yesterday.

Yard sale fine......

Young man wearing this tee shirt showed up at the yard sale we had recently. 

sunflower

Outside my kitchen window. 

Love that porch

Captured this purple house while driving through a

 small town somewhere in Alabama a few years ago. 

Thanks to the Birds

           Thanks to the birds that feed outside out kitchen window I now have a bunch of sunflowers taking over the bed of daisies and black-eyed susans  I planted.  

Independence Day

             Found this needlework in a display case at my eye doctors 

office a few days ago. I like the sentiment.   

Racing the Rodent

         Caught this guy running accross the street headed for the stormdrain a few days ago.  

He almost made it before I was able to snap the shot.  

Morris Horse

Hidden in my flower bed is a multi-colored horse that my foster 

Granddaughter recently named Morris the Horse. 

Sleeping with the Fireworks

Stopped at a Hardees and found this fireworks stand next door.  What struck me was the tent in the weeds.  Several stands here have been robbed and I'm afraid that tent may not protect the inventory. 

Thursday Photo Challenge --- Hard

This sculpture recently showed up on the corner of a house in my neighborhood.  

I am linking this post to the Thursday Photo Challenge.
 The theme this week is "Hard" 

To join the fun or check out others interpretation of the word hard, click here.

Country come to town..........

While taking a short cut accross town I happen to go down this street.  Snapped this shot from my car so it is not the best photography but, it does include four things you normally do not find in our small town, plus one hidden surprise. Blow up the shot and see if you can find them.  

Flutter Byes

      Since moving into my current house I have been planting flowers that attract butterflys.

                     I finally managed to get a decent photo of one of the butterflys.  

Cheering for the Blue Jays

      Passed this house while driving through town yesterday.  Given the decorations and the street full of parked cars I figured they were having a graduation party for one of the members of the Blue Jays, the local highschool sports teams.  With all the pom-poms it could have also been a cheerleader. 

Tractor Parade

  Annual Tractor Parade in Union, Missouri going past my daughters door.

Prickly

 Found this cactus bed hidding out behind my

 Aunt's barn in Eufaula, Alabama.   

Nuts

Our neighbor has a bald cypress tree in his back yard. 

Captured this shot of the trees nuts last fall.  

Pig in Mud

Pulled over to the side of the road to reset the GPS, and this muddy gal

 came to the fence and started to talk to us. 

Busted

  In a the small southern town of Eufaula, Alabama 

I captured this fantastic parking job.

God's Blessing

       I live across the street from this cemetary.

     Captured the rainbow after the storm.  

A sign of God's blessings 

Paintings on a wall

          Eureka Springs Arkansas 

Blowing Bubbles

My nephew practicing for the bubble blowing contest 

at the Town and Coutry Fair. 

Memoirs of better times.

                  Once lived in a peacefully setting that had a swing wtih a view. 

  Missing those times today. 

Eureka Springs. a step back in time.

                                                     Eureka Springs, Arkansas is a step back in time. 

Peek-a-boo I see you....

 While I was trying to photograph my nieces soccer game I caught my hubby

 peeking around a post trying to get a shot of me. 

Mural Wall

Today you get a two-fer.  Caught a young man, with his spray can, painting this mural of St. Louis on the wall of the combination thrift store and fireworks stand in Pacific, Missouri.  It took two shots to get the entire scene.

Night Sky

Shot taken from my back door.

The building in shadow is the Baptist Church 

Every Neighborhood.........

     Every neighborhood has one.

Icy Morning

  Given todays 90 degree heat thought I would share some icy trees

This was taken in my sisters back yard last winter

Beach Bum

     Del Mar, California 

2009

Shadow, Shadow....

I love shadows.  

This is one of my favorite shots taken in San Diego in 2009.  

Stairway to .......

Stairway to the lookout point at Bennett Springs State Park. 

Hoping for some lunch.

Captured this lovely guy watching us as we had lunch

 on the pier in San Francisco back in 2009.

Bald Eagle

Just 25 miles north of St. Louis on the Mississippi River, Alton, Ill., has become a winter home to the eagles.

Even the girls.....

Yes, here even girls cut hay. 

Lookout Peak at Branson, Mo.

View from the lookout point off highway 165 towards Branson, Missouri

What a difference time makes

             This is my grandson.  The photo was taken on his tenth birthday.

  He celebrated his 21st birthday this week.  How I miss that sweet boy.