It's Getting Closer

Hello all!  We are on the final countdown.  One week to go and then the wedding will be over!  -  Don't get me wrong it's been fun planning but also a lot of work and I'm just ready for life to get back to normal.  I miss blogging.

Anyway here are a few "Fun" things.

A Child Bride: 

Coleen wants to wear Grandma's wedding dress and veil someday.  It actually fits her (somewhat) other then being very long and a tad loose but she loves the dress and headpiece.  The veil is ripped so would need replacing but I'd be honored to see her in this someday.  Hopefully well into the future since she's only 9!

Grandpa Bride:

Grandpa was being (silly) and tried on a veil that we had here (Greta opted for a different one) and was "grooming" his beard and hamming it up for the camera.  This made Coleen laugh (me too!).  Isn't he "loverly."

Some actually wedding stuff:

The wedding fans I've made because it's going to be HOT on the 16th.  Right now the forecast is saying 97 with a 10% chance of rain.  That could change in the next few days but at least we are prepared incase it stays hot outside.  This has been the hottest summer here in 30 years!

Lots to do next week so I probably won't be blogging much but I did want to check in and say hi. 

Camera Critters and Shadow Shot Sunday2

Hello Everyone.  My gosh I wish this summer wasn't so busy because I've so missed visiting with all of you.  I try to pop in at least once a week to see what you are all up to.  I do hope you won't give up on me because I promise I'll be back to regular blogging after the Wedding is over.

This past week we had company from Monday-Friday morning.  My Mother-in-law, and Sister-in-law and Great Nieces were here visiting as they moved from Idaho to S. Dakota.  Needless to say most of the week was spent visiting with them which left little time for blogging. 

Anyway I thought I would join in on Camera Critters and Shadow Shot Sunday2 with this photo I managed to take this week.

 



Click to enlarge photos.



I spotted our cat, Harley sitting in the window in the afternoon and loved the combination of his shadow with the Sun Hanger and water bottle outside.

And here he is this morning enjoying some sunshine from my Craft/Computer Room.  (aka - The Office).

I hope to visit a few blogs today and throughout the week.  It's VBS (Vacation Bible School) this coming week though and I've been asked to take pictures during the week so I'm not sure how much blogging I'll get done yet again.

Take care & know that I am still around and miss you all.



A Day of Rest

Hoping you all have a day of Blessing & Rest.

Still Alive

Greetings from the land of the HEAT - I don't know how hot it is around the rest of the US but here in "Wally World" we are in the triple digits this summer.  -  It's just plain HOT here.  I can't tell you how thankful I am for Air Conditioning in the house and in my vehicle.

Forecast

• 105° 73° 41° 23° Today
• 100° 71° 38° 22° Tomorrow
• 101° 73° 38° 23° Tuesday
• 105° 74° 41° 23° Wednesday
• 100° 67° 38° 19° Thursday 

 

Anyway I want to let you all know I'm still alive and still busy with wedding plans.  I've been working on making hand fans because I know it's bound to be plenty warm outside for an August wedding.

Still a lot of things to get organized and finalized so little time is left for blogging.

 

Some cool looking flowers from my garden.  They seem to love the sun.

I've missed visiting and commenting on blogs and participating in memes but I'll be back come the fall.

Stay cool if you are also experiencing a "heat wave" where you live.

Wild Bird Wednesday - Invasion of the Pelican's

Welcome. -  I'm sitting at the computer the other night when the phone rings.  I answer it and my niece is on the other end asking me if I remembered last year when she told me about the Pelicans showing up near her house and if I still wanted to take pictures of them because they were back again.

I couldn't pass that up so off I went with Coleen and my mom to see the Pelicans. 

So for Wild Bird Wednesday I bring you the invasion of the Pelicans.  I keep wanting to call them Penguins for some weird reason.

Here's my first view of them:  Click to enlarge photos.

There were about 40-50 of these Pelican's all spread out across one of the spillways in Mill Creek.  My niece's property is very near the creek so they get to see all kinds of birds there.

Here you can see them all lined up and a bicyclist riding on the trail on the other side of the creek.

 Same grouping, no cyclist in the shot.

Getting closer

Here the Pelicans have noticed me and started swimming back up stream.

I love this shot.  I just find their beaks so fascinating to look at.

A lone one off from the rest of the Pelicans (but not for long) and you will notice a black bird flying past the pelican although it's blurred.

 

 

 

Here they appear to be trying to decide if they want to swim down the spillway or just stay where they are.

They caught a lot of people's attention for sure.  Here a woman watches from the other side.

Coleen got in on the act taking pictures of them so I snapped a shot of her.

Pelicans weren't the only birds there that day.

I caught a "glimpse" of a head in the reeds just about the area where the Pelicans were and then it emerged ever so briefly from the reeds.

 





 

A Heron was also present and some other birds flying around that I have no clue as to what they were.

 

Just before we left I snapped this shot of some ducks swimming further down from the Pelicans.

 

 

 

All in all it was quite a thrill to see that many Pelicans in one spot.  My niece says they show up every year and hang around for about 2 months and then they disappear until the following year.

 

I hope you've enjoyed seeing them as much as I did.