7 posts tagged “lake”

Img_7055 - Water for Photo Quest

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I walked down to our lake yesterday evening after the sun had gone behind a cloud bank.  There was any breeze at all, but the surface of the lake wasn't still.  I was hoping for a good reflection.

Img_6959 - Water #2 for Photo Quest

It had rained Tuesday evening and into the night. It was still cloudy Wednesday morning when I went out to see what treasures were left.  This bald cypress tree is in our yard, and I was able to stand under it and shoot to the east. 

Img_7039 - Water #3 for Photo Quest

On Wednesday, the water on the lake was perfectly calm.  The reflections are perfect. 

Pink flower in the city

I've been home for two days now, but haven't had a minute to spare.  Friday night after I got home, I spent two hours tranferring pictures from my camera to my computer.  On Saturday, I had to do laundry, clean house, and make a dessert to take to the graduation party.  It was nice to see everyone one, and the food was good, but we were late getting home again.  I did take a few pictures of a yellow hibiscus that I will post. 

Yesterday we had a house full of family for Father's Day.  I started cooking and getting things ready as soon as we got home from Mass.  By the time everyone came after lunch, it had started to cloudy up, and by 3:00 we got a downpour.  It chased everyone up from the lake, but it did cool things off enough that we were able to enjoy being outside for the rest of the day.  The kids had fun on the swings and at the lake.  Grandpa got to show his granddaughters how to cast with a rod and reel.  That was exciting for them and for him.  Most everyone got a canoe ride, and we had tons of food.  Couldn't ask for a better day. 

This morning I got to do a little farming.  Hubby needed help getting the mower hooked up to the tractor so he could finish cutting his hay down.  We didn't get enough rain yesterday to hurt anything, and there isn't any in the forecast for at least three more days. 

I've been trying to clean up my computer today.  I have too much stuff saved.  It keeps telling me that I've run out of disk space. 

Hope you can see the pink flower on the post.  I took it at my daughter's house in the city on Friday between showers.  It was a really good day to take flower photos.  I'll try to post more of them as I get organized.

I spent my computer time last night applying for a job in the city.  I really like being home, but it doesn't pay the bills or the insurance, so I guess I'll have to put my nose back to the grindstone.  I was hoping to get my old job back out here in the country, but that isn't going to happen, so I'll just go to Plan B.  I'll let you know what happens.  Now to see if I can do some more cleaning!

Seed Head with small bug

I wish you could see this blown up to 8 x 10 or larger.  It is perfect!  The little bug is just sitting there in just the right place and the one little parachute is just about ready to take off.  I love it!

I went outside this morning to take pictures of my one iris that is just opening up, but ended up with pictures of seeds.  Strange how that works!  This one is my favorite.  The next one is the seed pods of a hyacinth.

Hyacinth seed pods

The detail in this one when it is blown up is fantastic, too.  The next one is a pine cone.  I like the branch arrangement and angles. 

Pine cone

The ambient lighting was perfect this morning.  It was overcast enough that there weren't any shadows and bright enough that the colors are perfect. 

My hubby's brother came out to go fishing this morning, so I'm going to head down to the lake to get a few pictures.  My beans and beets are just starting to come up, so we planted another row of beans.  The radishes are looking good.

Wildflowers above the lake

The weather was so nice yesterday, that we went out and walked around the lake.  I was surprised by how many different wild flowers I found growing on that one hill side.  There were lots of these small white flowers and some even smaller light purple ones. 

The did some more work on my flower bed yesterday, too.  I finished moving the iris out of the fence row where they never bloomed.  I had moved them out of the flower bed when I wanted room for more annuals, but now I have decided that spring flowers and lots of them are my best bet.  It gets so hot and dry that I have to water constantly to keep things green all summer.  This way I can just add a few petunias, etc.  around the edges. 

I did some quilting last night, but don't have any pictures yet.  Maybe tomorrow!  Stay tuned. 

Our lake looking to the north

I did some quilting on my baby lovie yesterday, but didn't get finished.  I'm setting the squares on point, and that takes me longing. 

I went out after lunch to do some more work in the flower beds, and stayed out all afternoon!  So much for taking it easy.  I got most of my iris moved that needed attention.  Still have lots of henbit, but that is almost a losing battle.  It will go away all by itself soon. 

Went down to the lake again.  This time we drove down to the dam.  It's not too far to walk, but the ground is very uneven.  It was cloudy, but I still like this picture. 

We also did some work in the garden.  I used to have three rows of strawberry plants, but with the dry weather, most of them have died.  I found about a dozen that I moved to a big tub full of dirt so hubby could run the tiller through the garden.  It looked like rain this morning, so we got up and planted some radishes.  Now it looks like the rain isn't going to get here. 

We got a little shake this morning from the earthquake.  We were either awake already or it woke us up.  It really wasn't alarming.  I went right back to sleep!

I need to make an apple pie.  I have to go work at the party tonight.  The church ladies serve lunch, and everyone is supposed to bring a dessert.  I think apples are the only thing I have to work with.  I usually take Kentucky Derby pies, but I know I don't have the stuff I need to make those.  When you live 17 miles from a grocery store, you learn to make do with what you have.  I need to go check it out.  May not get much quilting done today, either. 

Baby lovie and burpie set

Here's they results of my first efforts to work with chenille.  Much harder than it looks!  Came up with this set of burpies and a lovie, but don't plan on making anything else soon, at least not for a day or two! 

I do have a couple of ideas I would like to try, so it may not be too long.

I did make three more shoo-fly blocks today.  I really like the way they turned out, but don't have the right fabric for sashing and borders. 

So I started on another project - a table runner to use up some of my odds and ends.  I think it's going to be alright.  I need some items to donate to an auction this weekend anyway. 

The lake is full!

Here's a picture of our lake that I took this afternoon from up the road close to where you turn in off the blacktop.  The buildings in the background are ours, so when I say I'm quilting in the country, I really am!  There was a lot of water running into the lake today, and the wind was really blowing from the south, so the lake was choppy and dirty. 

I feel sorry for everyone who is suffering from all the excess water, but it has been really dry here for the past three years, so we did need a lot of rain.  It could hold off for awhile now, but I'm never going to wish for it to stop raining.  One day it will. 

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Here's the spring table runner that I finished yesterday.  It's made with 4 inch squares and 1/2" seams.  The backing is white muslin.  It is listed on Etsy, so you can check it out if you want to see more pictures.  I would post more of them here, but it takes too long to load them.  I haven't gotten any quilting done this evening; it took too long to finish the Etsy listing. 

I did work on the farm lease document while the pictures were loading.  About the only other thing I can do while pictures are loading is work on documents in Works.  I was able to edit two spreadsheets and import them into the document, which is something I have never done before.  I think the finish lease agreement looks rather professional, if I may say so myself!

It rained most of the day here again today.  The ground won't hold any more water right now, but at least it is filling up our lake.  I just wish I had been here to clean out my flower beds last week while it was warm. 

I started on a flannel baby quilt this afternoon.  Hope to finish it tomorrow.  Later!