12 Sept., 2009 -- Wore ourselves out

Fonda, LAD and I went 'tiquing. Fonda found some stuff for scrapbooking, some trinkets dated 1943.

LAD spotted a booth with old toys. We didn't buy any of those!


How's that for "run hard & put away wet"

So we went home, fixed a water dish for the monarch butterflies that are migrating and resting in the pine trees.

LAD wore granny out on the swing set... "higher!"

11 Sept., 2009 -- Iowa bound

On the way to Iowa, in northern MO. Couldn't pass it up!


Half mast for 911.


Jaws!

Yesterday.

8 Sept., 2009 -- Hurry, make more hay

Uh oh, here comes a thunder-buster!

Bob was raking, Roy was scooping and rolling...



They did it, Bob and Roy beat the rain storm.


Meanwhile, Jerry unloaded and Lloyd scooped and pushed.

So THAT'S where LAD gets it...

And to make it more interesting, a Natl. Guard heli made four practice landings while it rained!


And I waited for a rainbow, but it didn't happen.
How do you like the parking arrangement?
Had to fold up the mirrors to make it fit.

Tried to post last night, but my PC quit working (again).
It tries to boot up, then shuts down, over and over. Had it
fixed almost a year ago. Guess it's time for a new one!

7 Sept., 2009 -- Holiday

Well, more like Holiday Over. The Lance went back to Michigan.


Tim and Tammy stopped for a visit on their way back to Mtn. View, Memphis, New Jersey. They do get around! Tim's wearing a 2009 OSH hat... ooooh, not fair. (Tim's the one in the pilot seat of their Bonanza).




Neighbor Roy makes hay while the sun shines...
If the sun would just keep shining, I could go to OK and KS to take pictures.
But those old clouds just keep filling the sky, after morning fog.

5 Sept., 2009 -- Dandelion on steroids

Dandelion. But three feet tall? Living in the weed patch at the driveway entrance. Has leaves with spiney teeth, a nice strong milkweed stem, and flowers all over the stems. Maybe the ancestor to our cultivated dandelions? The Ozark Wildflower book calls it False Dandelion, Krigia biflora Blake. Looks real to me...


Supper time. Black and Yellow Argiope


At least one airplane in today for the long holiday, species - Grumman.

There. We've had our biology lesson for today.

The moon tonight is still looking full, but there are a lot of thin clouds and moisture. Looks like a Halloween moon... where's the lady on the broom?

4 Sept., 2009 -- Another bad air day

After catfish buffet and local music at the Junction Store, we meandered back to Mtn. Grove via the Denlow route gravel road. After a mile on ZZ pavement, we heard thump thump, and sure enough, bad air day! Today the front tire was relieved of a nail, and the rest of the tires were inspected, and reportedly ok. Curious, huh...

Then we discovered that the handy dandy floor hydraulic jack that I've been hauling around for five years doesn't get tall enough to raise the Suburban. So much for handy dandy, huh... (wrong... it gets tall enough, it just isn't strong enough to raise the truck).

So while the guys slaved with the regular jack, Juanita wandered off to smell the roses. Well, not roses, exactly, more like wild onions and goldenrod. Oh, well, close enough!
Then, to put more icing on the cake, the engine wouldn't start. Turns out the battery cables weren't making connection. Oh, such adventures we have. Good thing we weren't all dressed up!

Happy Birthday, Carolyn! I won't tell. You're now three years older than me, instead of two, and I'm still the younger. But you're probably wiser, though, right?

3 Sept., 2009 - Howling at the moon

Larry & Lloyd & Juanita and I sat out on the deck after supper
and watched the moon come out from behind the cloud cover.
.... I didn't hear any howling ....


National Guard helicopter was busy in the area this afternoon.


Juanita and I went 'tiquing at the landscaping/consignment store. Didn't buy this green bottle, nor the funny tree with the blossoms at the end of each branch. Just getting ideas for gifties for friends back home in Arkansas. Juanita's hiding behind the bushy tree, I forgot what she called it. (She knows the names of everything growing, being a Master Gardener!)