Willy Nilly Friday Five - Two Weeks worth

 Thank you to everyone who wished me well on my Cataract surgery this week. - I am happy to report it was a HUGE success.

Now on to WILLY NILLY FRIDAY FIVE  hosted by Tom The Backroads Traveller.  - I'm doing last week & this week in this post.

 

1. Spotted this bush out on a walk. - You could almost call it a, Burning Bush.

2. Saw some deer on a drive recently.  The one in the front had a hurt leg.  You can see she's holding it up off the ground.

3. Squirrel leftovers? - Maybe someone picked it and was doing the loves me, loves me not routine.  Who knows but it caught my attention.

4. Brightly colored oak leaves.  Both are from the same tree.

5. These ducks were out and about for a little swim in a creek near the oak tree.

6.  A little train graffiti 

 

7.  Some cheery daisies on a drizzly day.

 

 8.  Pumpkins for the kids

 

9.  Mushroom - They seem to be popping up all over the place.

10.  My mom loved to put up little decorative flags so after she passed away & my daughter moved into the house she is carrying on the tradition and bought this little flag to display.

That's it for me this week. - Leaving you with a song that is fitting for me this week.

Willy-Nilly Friday Five, Feline Friday & Caturday Art - February 16-17, 2018

 Welcome!

Joining in today for:

WILLY-NILLY FRIDAY FIVE:

 

 
 



Searching Again for "Color" in February...

1.  Old Theater Marquee Awning  (Now part of the Macy's store in town).  Submitted for 52 Frames this week for Architecture.  https://www.facebook.com/pg/52frames/photos/?tab=album&album_id=2034557149902728 and https://www.facebook.com/pg/52frames/photos/?tab=album&album_id=2034563409902102

 2. Pretty Primrose blooming in my mom's flower bed.

3. Red Berries spotted on a bush this morning on a walk.

 

 

4. Green Plants in the school garden area.

 



 5.  Colorful blown glass yard decor.

 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

FELINE FRIDAY

Coleen's Cat Pepper

CATURDAY ART -

 Leaving you with 2 more Colorful songs:

and

Have a great weekend.



Willy Nilly Friday Five, 10 Things of Thankful

Welcome & Happy Friday.

Today I'm joining Tanya for Willy-Nilly Friday Five and Josie for Ten Things of Thankful.

This is my first time joining in this meme but I think it's a good one to participate in.


TEN THINGS OF THANKFUL

The first 5 things are also part of WILLY-NILLY FRIDAY FIVE


1. Last week while dealing with our computer issues I was driving out to WalMart to try and find a DSL Modem to replace the one we had that had gone bad due to a "power surge" earlier in the week.  So I am stopped at a traffice light when I hear a loud pop followed by another pop and a jolt to our van. - We had been rear ended because the car behind us had been rear ended and it threw them into the back of our van.  - I got out and looked at the damage to the van and told the driver of the car behind me I wasn't even going to worry about it and he could deal with the car that hit him.  So I'm thankful that we weren't hurt and that this was the only damage to our van.

2. I'm thankful for my Granddaughter, Coleen and the fact that she wants to share fun little things with her Grandma.  Her teacher showed the kids a website the other day at school and Coleen had to show it to me. - Warning it's addictive.  It's called: Quick Draw - Just click on the link and have fun.

3.  We've had so much rain this month we've almost needed row boats to get around (well it seems that way) so I'm thankful that today it's not raining and my daffodils look like this...

Instead of this:

4.  I'm thankful for being able to see this yesterday on a short little drive I took with my mom.

It's always fun to spot this group of deer that hang out in a residential area.

5.  I'm thankful for cute birthday gifts like this solar flower that I got from my daughter & granddaughter for my birthday last week & for everyone that has wished me a Happy B-Day recently.

It's pretty during the day just as it is and at night that little ball in the center changed colors.  So pretty.

6. I'm thankful for:  Peanut Butter...yes, it's my go to breakfast when we are short on grocery money and I can even eat it right out of the jar for a snack too.  Yum!

7.  I'm thankful for Casper The Friendly Squirrel...that's what I've named this little fellow who is always willing to come and take peanuts from my hand. - Coleen was able to get a picture of him yesterday taking peanuts from me.

Coleen asked me how I knew which squirrel it was and I can tell you this little fellow has a stubby tail and I know it's him by his tail and the fact he isn't afraid to take the peanuts out of my hand like most of the other squirrels are.

8.  I'm thankful that my husband has been able to find jobs to help keep money coming in as it's been really "tight" budget wise since he retired and now has to depend on finding work on his own.

9.  I'm thankful for all our kitties (Miss Dottie, Callie-Jo, Harley, Captain Cuddles, Ghost, Spooky-Boo, Bandit, Pepper, and Caramel Honeybun) as they always make me smile. Like Miss Dottie here cramming herself into a cardboard box that was way to small but she managed to fit inside it.

10. I'm thankful for everyone who stops by my blog and leaves a comment or just stops in because it makes me feel goo to know you've been by.  - I hope you've enjoyed your stay here today. 

Have a great weekend.

Friday Randoms

                If you are looking for my GOOD FENCES post click on the link.


Now let's have some "random" fun by joining Nancy (A Rural Journal) and Tanya (Around Roanoke) for: Random Five Friday and Willy-Nilly Friday Five

RANDOM FIVE FRIDAY:





1.  I've been participating in a Photography Group called,
52 Frames.  Each week you are assigned a challenge or theme to photograph.  This particular week the challenge was the color, Red.  I thought a lot about it and then my "sick sense of humor" kicked in and I decided to do a Lobster Boil using Coleen's stuffed lobster.  Here is the photo I submitted for the challenge.  The story of the Lobster Boil will continue in my Willy Nilly photos so be sure to check out the entire post.

2.  My mom & I went last Friday to get haircuts.  I decided to do something different with my hair and I went "short"  It's been about 30 years since I had hair this short.  The first day after I got it cut I sunburned my neck!  I had Coleen take a picture last night (I hate having my picture taken) so you can see the "new-do."

3.  Last Saturday Coleen and I went up to the Park for the annual, "Spring Fling" as they call it.  It's basically a lot of different vendors that you can browse through but they have performers throughout the day & a car show.  I thought this Purple car was pretty neat looking so I took a picture of it.

4.  For Mother's Day I received this lovely rainbow colored spinner.

I also got a smaller one but haven't yet taken a picture of it to share.

 

5.  You haven't seen Piglet (our cat that lives next door at my mom's) in a long time.  I snapped a picture of him lounging on her floor last night to share.

 

 

WILLY-NILLY FRIDAY FIVE:

1.  Lobster Tale (Tail) continued....So during my photo shoot I got the brilliant (or not so brilliant) idea to turn the burner on to make it more realistic.  I shot several photos and then decided I had enough so I turned the burner off and went to take Coleen's lobster out of the pot.  To my horror I discovered that the heat had melted his tail!

I spent almost 2 hours sewing his tail back together enough that it looked halfway decent.  Needless to say everyone had a good laugh about my lack of common sense.  I guess we photographers will do just about anything for a photo shoot!

2.  Sharing another of the 52 Frames challenges.  This one was Macro shooting.  It's not a super close-up but I loved how pretty this photo turned out.

3.  Another of the cars from the car show.

4.  This week my 2 nieces and my great nephew were able to come for lunch.  It was a very "late" birthday lunch for my niece, Shelby.  They always come for Maccaroni & Cheese.  My niece, Krissy brought her little boy, Izak as well.  He's such a darling little boy.  I took some pictures of him.  The settings on my camera were off a little from experimenting for another challenge but I think this shot of him is cute so I'm sharing it.

5. Finally a photo of my poppy plant as I learned last night how to finally get the color orange to look orange on my camera and not yellow-orange!

That's it for me this week.  Don't forget to stop in and visit Nancy & Tanya's blogs.

Have a great weekend!

 

Good Fences #62 - A Sun Dog Fence

Welcome! - It's time to join Theresa (The Run-a-round Ranch Report) for GOOD FENCES.

It's such a fun meme.  You just post any photo that includes a fence in the shot.  You'd be surprised and delighted at the different fence shots everyone posts so be sure to stop by and check it out.
CLICK TO ENLARGE PHOTOS:

Does anyone remember this fence post in October of 2014?

 

Well I recently revisited that area and happened to spot something that I thought was pretty cool looking.

This Sun figure was mounted to a back fence against a storage shed.  You can see the Wrought Iron fence (blurred) in the foreground of the photo.
I took this photo in March and then decided I wanted some better photos so I went back in April and captured the following:

While there I was greeted by a friendly (?) dog.

Here he is checking me out.

He's getting closer and he looks a little "peeved" that I'm standing in the alley taking pictures.

Finally he seems to be mellowing out and is looking in the direction of the sun that is mounted on the fence.  - I like this shot because is shows the wrought iron fencing up close and also in the background of the shot.

Mr. Dog was happy when I moved on down the alley and left him to enjoy a nice spring day in peace.

Have a great day & be sure to go check out all the other fabulous fence posts.

Good Fences #60 - A wee bit of "naughty!"

Welcome! - I hope you are all enjoying a lovely spring. 
It's time to join Theresa from (The Run-a-round Ranch Report) for GOOD FENCES.




Today's fence isn't super fancy but I think you'll enjoy it.  Click to enlarge all photos:

This is one side of the fence.  I really like the pretty decorative grass that grows inside the fence.

This is the other side of the yard.  Here you can see it connects to a taller green fence.  What I was actually trying to get a picture of was their cat which you can see in the background although it's "blurred" -  There are actually 2 cats there, one is real and one is fake.  Can you tell which one is the real cat.  I never did get a decent picture of the kitty but I'll keep trying.

So what's "naughty" about this fence? 

They have a bunch of yard decor inside the fence and this little statue one of the pieces.  I think he's a wee bit "naughty" don't you!

Have a great day & don't forget to check out the many wonderful fences you'll find by visiting Theresa's blog and checking out the other participants.