Posies & Bugs

Are what this blog will be about today.

I have a very Dear friend, by the name of "Howdy Neighbor".

I am pretty sure she knows the names of all the plants and what they do and where they grow...unlike me.

I stood in Stinging Nettle up to my waist once, picking Elder Berries for my Brother-In-Law and could still - to this day - not be able to tell you what it looks like...

So while I was taking pictures of one of her daughter's, " H. N." was able to tell me that yes, I had indeed stood her daughter in a beautiful, green, and thriving spot of Stinging Nettle.
Not to worry, "Neighborette" is fine...

So I thought I would let you know that I do know what some plants are...

For instance, I know that my now neighbor has an Apricot tree that blooms beautifully every Spring...

And this here-
Is a grape vine...

Another neighbor's Apricot tree's bloom.

My really big, beautiful Sweet William that lives in the front flower bed.

Aren't the colors amazing?

This is a straight out of camera picture...

Really! Use your foliage settings...

New growth on my mini size, grocery store rose bush that is now as tall as my porch...

It has yellow roses in case you wondered...

Apricot buds, just popping to become the inspiration of a children's song...

And this little beauty.

Is a flower that is very happy in the coolest months of the year-

Early Spring and Late Fall...

It is an English Daisy,

This one is probably where the saying comes from, "one woman's flower,

is another woman's weed"...

Morning Glory and Grape Hyacinth...

Cheery Cherry blossoms...the pie sort of cherry.

Sweet Almond blossoms...

Pink Peonies...

I would go into the way people pronounce this but it is to much like "tomato" and "tomato" don't you think?

So how ever you pronounce it I think you might agree that its a beautiful bloom.

Wild Raspberries.

I know they are wild as they live by a large creek, or is it a small river??

Either way I thought that helped them qualify as "WiLd"...

And because the title says there would be bugs here too...

I thought I'd show you this little photogenic fly-he was all to happy to sit there while I found his "good side"...and in return I told him I would post it for him...

And this last one was really the first one...
It's one I like, I like it alot.

It was just a baby out sitting on a branch just off the patio...and I wanted to see how good my zoom was on my canon...

I thought both-the tiny Dragon Fly and the zoom were amazing...

Remember;

We're fools whether we dance or not, so we might as well dance.
Encourage each other!!!

Honey's Whale Of A Tail

This years fishing trip involved the same kind of unsettled weather as every place else...
Rain, hail, wind, sunshine, calm, hot and cold. Repeated all day and all night.
But when they could they were out on the water.
And it was good.

The views were as spectacular as ever.

On the 2nd to the last day of fishing Honey dropped an unweighted line into the water.

Using his crawdad-

Barely got it there when all they heard was the whine of the line as it was peeling off the reel, and the pole was bent to try to keep up---they knew it was a whale!

Honey jumped into action, as did his 3 witnesses. Camera's were grabbed, video started, the boat at the ready to give chase if needed...

And chase it they did!

The Mac ran and they gave chase, about running out of line a few times...they had to be careful as he hadn't expected a fish this big and so he was using 6 pound test on a 6 foot pole!!

The fight lasted 50 minutes. Mac finally being netted and brought in to meet his new friends...

After being weighed and measured and photographed Mac was released to go tell his adventures to his fish friends...

His R & R complete and his return welcomed...His story to be told and retold around the BBQ's and evening fires of Summer.

And as a reminder to anyone who has camped with these guy's...