Easter 2025

 I'm sharing some photos from Easter 2025  Most of these feature, Joelle (Jojo) and Jupiter (Coleen). - I didn't get any pictures of the food or the other people who were here to eat it - I'm slacking off I guess.  Jupiter helped Jojo color Easter Eggs,  Then they did some chalk drawings.  The rooster was drawn by Jupiter.  Later there was her Egg hunt. -  The meal was very good.  We had a nice Easter.

Fourth of July Fun

 So last year I didn't go out on the 4th of July as I was still recovering from having Shingles and it was blazing hot last summer.

 

This year, it rained in the morning but cleared off by midday.  So we walked up to the park to take in the booths & music. 

 

One of the bands that played - They were a "bluesy" type of band.  Not bad but not my style of music.  I went to high school with the guy in the blue hat in front.

 

 We had a barbecue and fixings at the house.  Invited my niece and her husband to join us. - We ran into them at the park and they didn't have anything planned for dinner.  It was fun having them join us.

Coleen took this shot of Grandma (that's me)  and little Joelle watching a sparkler. 

 

A nearby neighbors fireworks, they get the big ones.

 

One of ours, we shot off some. Didn't go out to the local community fireworks (I wanted too but no one else did).

 

Had a pretty nice day all in all.

 

 

 

 

Awww Mondays - Wild Hair Day

 Joining Sandee (Comedy Plus) for Awww Mondays

 

Dry Air and a Blanket are good for:

 

                                          

                                         WILD HAIR

 

 

                        And for making Grandma smile!

WILLY NILLY FRIDAY FIVE (a tad late)

 Hello everyone. - So I'm just a "tad" late for this weeks,

WILLY NILLY FRIDAY FIVE but better late then never as they say.

 

1. It's Autumn (although some states are already experiencing winter) so I thought this weeks post would be all about the season.

2.  Spotted on a walk around the neighborhood today.

 

3.It's raining golden leaves.

4. Some little "ghosts" to frighten you.

 

5.  Pumpkins - Variety is the spice of life.

6.  Is it a traffic cone or a witches hat? - Spotted on the walk.

 7. Flowers before the frost we had this week. - Spotted in someone's yard.

8.  A trip to the pumpkin patch. 

Coleen, Greta and Joelle 

 

Sisters - Coleen and Joelle

 

Our own little pumpkin - Joelle.  (Yes she has "red' hair).
 

Willy Nilly Friday Five - The story of a shed and a opossum.

 Happy Friday!

So this week I'm joining Tom (The backroadstraveller) for

WILLY NILLY FRIDAY FIVE - but in a different way since this is more of a story then 5 photos of different things.

Last Saturday (3rd) we had quite an eventful morning.  

1.  My niece and her husband came to see if they could remove my mom's old storage shed since we are replacing it with 2 new sheds.

That's my nieces husband on the trailer getting ready to start removing the shed.

2.After a lot of work they were able to get the shed up off the ground.

3. That's when we discovered that the shed had an occupant living under it.

Yep, Mr. Opossum had been quite comfy in his underground home and was not to pleased about us removing it.

 

4.  See how many little nest like holes he had made to keep himself warm.

 5. Poor fellow got so scared that he turned around and headed back the other direction and spent a good portion of the morning hiding in a small cramped space because he was to afraid to come out. See that little green house at the back of the photo.  He hid behind there between the fence and the neighbors property.

6.  Meanwhile the shed removal continued.

Getting it up onto the pallet and trailer.

 

 Pushing it onto the pallet.

 

7.  Heading down the driveway and onto the street towards it new home.

 8. Meanwhile back at the ranch...They managed to bang on the fence and such enough to scare the opossum out of it's hiding place.

But instead of him heading into the opening between the fence and the back neighbors yard he decided to run into my husband's shop.  That's when the fun began.

 

9. Coleen and Adam went inside the shop and tried to capture the opossum.  Coleen was finally able to net him with a fishing net but he managed to crawl on top of the net so she ended up carrying him all the way around the house and down the driveway on top of the net. We had in the mean time closed the door to my husbands shop and she was able to put him on top of the fence.

 10.  He went up the tree and stayed there for awhile before moving on.

 I asked my niece if she wanted us to bring him up to their place so he could take up residence again in his old home but she wasn't going for that idea. 

 

So that's our tale of the Opossum and the Shed.  Hope you have enjoyed it.