Looking through #5

Animal cruelty?...................No Way!
This picture is 25 + years old. My mom had this bottle, with a hole cut in the back for putting plants in the bottle. In the seventies every one had these in our area. Terrariums for growing plants, as you can see the kitties loved the heat inside for their naps. These kitties look like a yin/yang in a bottle!

I love a road trip, and I get to go on one with my hubby. He has to go pick up a piece of equipment for work in St Louis, MO. Not far from our families in Illinois, so we are taking a detour for a long weekend trip to see family. I have been so home sick to see everyone I can't wait. I wish we were taking a semi, I love riding up high, but what we have to pick up will fit in the back of his work truck. Oh well, that will do............I just want to go.

Camera is already packed!

Looking Through #4

I'm busy going through tons of shots from saturday and this one fits the theme of "looking through".

This is Helen and Gary, we had a great time running around Granbury, TX.

Looking Through #3

Looking through the entrance gate to the Cadillac Ranch near Amarillo, TX

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Helen + Gary

I went to Granbury TX yesterday with a cute couple to do some casual engagement shots. We had a great time. After a walk around the town square we drove out to Gary's families farm. I have my work cut out for me this week weeding through the shots we got. Lots and lots of them......lol.

Here are just a few that caught my eye this morning as I quickly looked through the files.

I loved the red poppies we found growing in a yard of the cutest little blue victorian house just east of the square.

Earthquake in Central Illinois

Excitement in the Midwest early this morning. The center of the shaking just few miles west from my sisters house in Lawrence Co. IL. I talked to my parents in Flora just 30 or so miles north west from West Salem, IL where the center was. My dad said they weren't sure what was going on for a few minutes. The shaking and rattling knocked some pictures of the walls, but that was all at their house. I'll call my sister this evening, my folks said they talked to her this morning and she told them it really shook things up there. I remember the earthquake in that area in 1968. I was 6, I remember standing in the kitchen with all the dishes rattling and clinking together, not really knowing what was happening.

I hear no major injuries or major damage, I guess the early time 4:37 am or so made the difference.

Looking Through [2]

This picture I posted once before, but I just love it. I liked how the leaves seemed to pop off the trees. Gateway Arch in St. Louis is a really neat place to visit. I'm not much on heights but it was such a beautiful view. We were there in the early morning, and looking down I was thrilled to get some shots of the shadow of the arch over St. Louis. Click on the pictures to enlarge. The picture in my banner was taken in Gateway park also. If you ever get there make sure to take in the museum. It's underground beneath the arch. Such a cool place.

Looking Through

I thought I would join in on this photo project I ran across. It looks like a lot of fun. I like the idea of seeing all the different interpretations of the project. Here is the link to Marks site "Regular Life". Mark

The images here are of my daughter at the Fort Worth Zoo getting a view through the window into the Meerkat Habitat. I think they are so cute.

Hometown

I'm feeling a bit home sick today. Wishing I was there with my folks for even a short visit. To recharge my batteries so to speak.

The Dairy Queen in Flora has the very best sodas. When we go back it is a given we are going to make as many trips for our usual, a "chocolate marshmallow coke" with a skinny straw, it nearly puts you in a sugar coma right off, but oh how good it is!

These horses have been in Kiwanis Park on the east end of Flora for as long as I remember. I remember (I was very young) when they put up the Rocket Slide. I can remember thinking it was huge! I was scared to slide down it for the longest time.

Final Resting Places

Some find it odd, but when I travel I sometimes like to visit the local cemeteries. I look at the names, the dates and wonder what the people were like, and when the head stones are dated way back when, I can't help but wonder what kind of life they must have had. The Delaware Cemetery is just north of Eudora Kansas, the bottom picture is of the cemetery in my home town of Flora, Illinois.

Clay City, IL

Just east of my home town is Clay City, IL a very small town. The Methodist Church pictured here has some of the prettiest stained glass of any church I have ever been in. I need to dig up some of the pictures I took long ago of those windows and post here some time. They are truly beautiful.

Homestead Project......continued

Homestead Project..............continued

The old house on the property was build in the late 1890's and was build onto later on. When I was very young we moved out of it. My father left part of the original house standing and used it for storage. I like getting close to my subjects to reveal detail. Seeing all these together really show the difference in the time of day I took these pix. The light in the late afternoon cast a yellowish warm glow on the white peeling paint.

Lindsay

Lindsay is a good friend of my daughters, and such a sweet girl. When she agreed to be in front of my camera I was so happy, I love her spirit, she is so much fun. We ended up in the Botanical Gardens in Fort Worth [don't you love the butterfly bench?] and a small western town like party place behind the Stock Yards that was closed.........the old doors and porches made great backdrops and the Modern Art Museum is always an interesting place to go.

Olney, IL

I moved to Olney, IL right after high school. Olney is a small town just 25 miles east from where I grew up. I was working for the Sheriffs Dept there when I met my hubby. No.........not an inmate, but a Jailer. It was a lifetime ago over 26 years now. My hubby grew up in the boonies even further out than I did. Berryville, IL..........more on that in another post.
The first and second pix are of the old bank building, the bottom floor is a lawyers office the top floor is apartments. 27 years ago, two girl friends and I had the front apartment. It was huge, a far cry from our first apartment that was two rooms and a shared bath. lol....

All the pretty Deer

My hubby is hunter, although I prefer to hunt with my camera, we both enjoy a good drive to stalk the wildlife with my camera. He has even gotten me a hunting blind for photographing wildlife. I haven't gotten to use it yet, but hope to.

Possum Kingdom Lake in Texas I have found is great for taking pictures of deer. There is no hunting on the peninsula and several of the homes along there set out feeders, so the deer are not that skittish, they practically pose for you. We haven't been yet this year, but the last few years I have gotten some great shots. Sometimes you just get lucky with the expressions on their faces. The buck with his tongue stuck out at me, what do you think he was trying to say! lol

I really like the picture of the doe, in the thicket behind her if you look close you and see the buck standing watch.