12 May, 2014 -- Night view

Started putting out buds about two weeks ago. Can't put it outside until nights reach 50 degrees.

3 days ago, after responding to fertilizer.

Just after dark, it's larger than my fist, starting to uncurl.

Come on, Juanita, you've gotta see this! It's moving! It will be drooping by morning.

Fully open, and sending off such sweet scents. Can't imagine what a whole tropical forest must be like.

Pollen everywhere, and in the jungle, there would be bugs swarming. Amazing, I'm not allergic to this one.
Local spring growth keeps me sneezing, so maybe I should be swinging from a tree somewhere in the jungle?

May 12, 2014

Don't give up on me. I'm still taking pictures, just needed a kick.
Just got it; thanks, Barb B.

Cinco de Mayo

2014 March 4 -- Bright shiny day!

After the storm, it always looks better. Warmed up, so I played outside like a kid.
There's that cat Buddy, who follows me everywhere.

 I ate part of the nose, and that young northern mockingbird went in for the leftovers.

New kid on the block.
AgPickup delivered last week from South Carolina, on a nice day before this all blew in.

2014 March 2 -- Groundhog day plus 28

So, here we are a month later (http://335asthecrowflies.blogspot.com/2014/02/feb-2-2014-groundhog-day.html)
 It takes forever to get through winter in the Ozarks, especially after groundhog day.

Ice and snow and wind, just enough to make it miserable outside.

Red-winged blackbirds are here now. Glad the migrating geese don't land on the feeders.

Feb. 2, 2014 -- Groundhog day

Forget January, it's long gone.
Groundhog day... ya think there was a shadow today? Don't think so.

BBQ today? ... Don't think so.

Night view

New Year's Eve 2013 Dec. 31 -- going out in glory!

I know, I know, it's not New Year's Eve yet.
But, this is as good as it gets, 2013 going out in glory. (What's 2 days in the span of centuries.)
Happy New Year, family & friends, love all y'all. You know that.

I love this tree. It's very photogenic, with wiggly branches, demands center stage at sundown, any season. Youngest child.

 
 

Merry Christmas! Dec. 24, 2013

Christmas Eve in southern Missouri.

Grant's view in Jeff City

Oh, yeah... The KIDS! Cousins Samantha, LAD and Cameron. Merry Christmas, all y'all!

December 9, 2013 -- Snoopy's ski trip at the 10 acre wood

Ah, a ski trip! Winter! Snoopy's great adventure (more from the Dec. 6 "blizzard").

Hey, I see a runway! Let's do a touch & go!

Not a runway, but ok, landing anyway.

Slick and narrow, ... oops. Off airport ground loop. I'm ok, I'm ok.

I'll try this nice wide runway. Departure uphill... too much dra...  ?

Up, up... come on... UP!

Aargh  Yup, too much drag.

Ooh, so softly we land... I'm ok, I'm ok.

Ok, let's go downhill to go up up up!

Wilderness shelter. Yoo hoo, anybody home?

Hmmm, snug little hangar...

Ok, just a little too snug!

Short field take-off.

Ok, Snoop... my toes are cold, wiggle your way through the obstacles and let's go home!

No, Snoop... you're hungry, but we're not going out there to bbq tonight! Aren't you glad you're snuggled in G'pa's recliner?

December 6, 2013 -- Winter dumped on us

Winter didn't slink in today... it blew and snowed and dumped in about 8 inches. It's dry and cold, and I went out on the cross country skiis, and had a good workout circling the 10 acre wood.

 

 

November 29, 2013 -- Winter's slinkin' up on us

The pond has a little ice, and there was a patch of white ice, or snow, in the middle.