'Lil' Stinker!



My friend Jolenes niece . . . She did NOT want to pose for pictures ! But what a cutie, I got a lot of good ones of her and her bro!

Happy Fall (y'all)

Officially Fall…. not MY favorite time - I prefer the summer heat! Rick came over and we put up the haystack, now to put my mums in the wheelbarrow, get a fresh hay bale and I'll have a set for Saturdays shoot. Pumpkins are homegrown - our garden- and the only 2 we yielded.

SrPics - Issac




Lots of Fun tonight, Issac was our next-door neighbor when we lived in W'loo. He was just a little boy… and now he's a lil cutie. Teen idol material!

Perfect Light!

Poor Bart  - my senior for tonight postponed until Friday night and it would have been a PERFECT night for pictures, so he had to fill in for a pic. I'm getting a few 'real' jobs this month. 2 seniors next week and a family the week after. Woohoo! Can I hope for such perfect weather??

My little Friend

He's very friendly! I was within a yard or so and he held still for a series of pictures…. this was my favorite.

Football!

Another blowout tonight for Wapsie….. Not sure what Tyler was so tickled about it but I love the picture!

Puppy Love!

                                   Afton and their new puppy- Lola 
          LOVE this picture, Lori was the photographer, I did a quick paint.
                                             Precious…...

Ahriana Marie Odneal

I have a new 'great'-niece - Born today to Justin & Sam.
 (Colorado Odneals ;) )  My brother Larry is Grandpa!      
Congratulations! I bet Andy will like being a big brother…..

Another try on the hummingbirds!

Actually set up the tripod with a remote - works much better as I could take from a better position this way with light on the bird instead of backlighting.

Another Caley Birthday!

Bart is definitely one of the brightest spots in his Dads life! And I like him too  ;) 
Happy Birthday Bart!

Tyler Football

Video > Wapsie Valley vs. East Buchanan < Video

What a 'hot dog' my nephew is! He had Five Touchdowns - and that great pass in the video!

Ricks kittie!


The guys went almost 500 miles to go fishing for a week - but Rick caught this 9lb 6oz catfish in CF this morning.  (No Photoshop) hmmm ….  He could look happier!

Happy Birthday Lori!

My pretty DIL - We had such a good time with Lori, Bart & kids this summer. I enjoyed our talks and she was a good sport and even went garage saleing with me. Happy Birthday Lori!
I've had the house to myself since Saturday afternoon. Bart went fishing with the guys to Northern Minnesota -  I can't believe he's lasted this long! They took a generator to run his 'machine' at night and it must be working out okay cuz they're still gone…. maybe catching fish and no-one will bring him home???  Anyway I've found a few jobs that Bart does that I take for granted - and are quite disgusting. First off one of my dogs - I suspect Duke- has had the poops! Yay - I'm working long hours and that greets me right off. yucchh! of all weeks. And I refilled the hummingbird feeders, where do all the dead flys come from? disgusting… Plus - I don't like the garden. Who needs 20 tomato plants? Really?! I took 2 buckets to work and could probably go out and get two more today. We already have about 60 jars of salsa. So I guess Thank You Bart! You're good for something ;)

Summer

I've not blogged for so long, I forgot how. Rather blogger has changed and I haven't used the 'new' format yet. I told Kay since NO-ONE comments but her I'm gonna give it up but I'm giving it ONE MORE SHOT! IF you read my blog please comment and I'll get some posts up in here. But if I'm doing this for Kay only - I'm done (sorry Kay) but she can read my facebook. 

 So after my crappy day at work, I'm just trying to get a few pics of the warring hummingbirds. They don't cooperate much and I really need a longer lens, but here's my best one which isn't very best. 
My windmill isn't windmilling anymore because of the vines - weeds!
This little guy was peeling with his teeth and spitting the 'peel' out.
So there you go - at least a reaction check mark would work!