17 March, 2012 -- Firsts - and other challenges

The challenge is out... find the season's firsts: I WIN!
The first airplane!
Wright Flyer replica, hanging in the Springfield, MO airport. The guys in our EAA Chapter in Willow Springs built it, flew it, took it apart and reassembled it (twice).
First bugs: ants on the sidewalks of Las Vegas.

First ladybug
First bloom found in Las Vegas.

Long, but very narrow.
Springfield to Dallas, then to Las Vegas on a 757, just a tad bigger.


When in Vegas, do as Vegasns do.
Everything's looking good... and then...
I lost 5 so fast, I quit.
Sorry, donations not refunded.

My sis Caro bought an Ipad, last year's model. While she was haggling with her Capital One card company, the Pillagers showed up! What's in your wallet? (We were all relieved that he didn't come inside.)

Cuz Jody almost bought a new hammer. We always go heavy duty shopping!
Gerry and Caro spent a day getting the Ipad set up, between card games. Since there were mobs of St. Pat's celebrations happening down on the Strip, we just did our gambling at home. Cheapies.
The mob at Jody's Palace of Delights in Las Vegas: chocolates, caramels, bbq... complete with guard dog Yuma, who delighted in stirring up every other critter on our walks through the neighborhood.
This beastie carried me home Sunday, 5 hour trip to Atlanta; 7 people wide, and I got the widest person on the plane with a squirmy 2 year old in her lap. Atlanta to Springfield on a 4-wide was much more comfy. Jet lag? whazzzat?

8 March, 2012 -- Happy Birthday, Grampa!

March 5, 2012 -- Floaters and other strange things

Admiring the floating
clouds and wind-blown leaves at the pond, almost sunset ...
And along came...
Who's-it?
Could be Mr. Peabody from Rocky and Bullwinkle Show, but doesn't have glasses or a nose.
Could be Brian, from Family Guy, but no martini
Could be Blue, from Blues Clues, but not the right color
Could be Scooby Doo, naaa
Could be Snoopy, from Peanuts. Yep, that's it, it's Snoopy!
http://www.caninest.com/famous-cartoon-dogs/

Then sunset came floating by...


Inside, in a sunny west window...
Sprouted some lemon seeds salvaged from a lemon (where else would I get lemon seeds. They came in a glass of water at a restaurant. Watch for that... me fishing in the bottom of a water glass for those elusive seeds. Buy house plants? Naaa).
Ever see an albino tree? I hope it keeps growing. For some strange reason, it doesn't seem to have any chlorophyl to make it green. Have many other grapefruit and orange seeds sprouted and growing, this is the first albino!
(Ooops, my bad, wrong pot. This is actually an orange tree. Oh, well, I do fish seeds out of water glasses for sprouting into house plants.)

Found a daffodil this afternoon! It's spring!!

23 Feb., 2012 -- The Dance

Ready?
Dance!
No, not line dancing. You just had to be there. Me, Joyce and Gail.
These are stills from a cell phone video clip, taken at the bowling
alley during our morning league on Thursday, (thanks, TracyD)

17 Feb., 2012 -- She passed!

Congratulations, Sammie J! It's official! She's on the road!

14 Feb., 2012 -- Our first real snow of the winter

Valentine's Day - sun came out and melted most of the snow.
So, it was crusty and grassy and I'm out of practice and wobbly
and the skis don't glide on grass. Lloyd actually came outside
and shot these two pictures before he drove himself to the store!

My first downhill tracks.
Stinky followed me, but when he caught up, he whined, "I wanna go home!"
"Well, I can't go if you stand on my feet, silly!"

Don't go there!!!

13 Feb., 2012 -- Black and white world

Well, brown and white. Doesn't look like much, but at the
end of the day, drifts were a problem. I think we got about
4 inches. And the freezing rain that was predicted never happened! Yay.

12 Feb., 2012 -- Red, white & blue

A friend gave me these
for next season's production. I love the way the sun comes through
these really heavy duty bottles!
Mine!
Smudge claimed his favorite place on Lloyd's shoulder today.
Weather's going to dump on us tomorrow, so we transferred some fuel.

12 Feb., 2012 -- What's it, where's it?

I know this isn't fair to non-locals, but take a stab at it anyway.

6 Feb., 2012 -- Yep, it's spring, fer sure!

Spring! Crocuses are blooming!
My mountain lions
following me on our daily jaunt through the woods and pastures.