July 15, 2014 -- Happy Birthday, Fonda

My baby turns (40 something) today. I won't give it away, but it isn't hard to figure it out.
As babies go, she was the perfect child. She still is. Of course! So, at 4 p.m., Happy Birthday, Fonzy!

July 1968, about two weeks old. Such a sweetie.

Fonda made her own birthday cake. This was July, 1974. This isn't the picture I wanted to post, but I couldn't find it; she was painting the counter with chocolate pudding, and also painted her face. and body. and then grinned for the camera. But that was two years earlier.

July 13, 2014 -- Late night light show

Rumbled through the area about 11 p.m., made lots of noise and lit up the sky.

Raindrops on the lens made smudges.

July 12, 2014 -- Same old moon

Same old full moon as Cinco de Mayo, Friday the 13th in June. July 12... no particular significance, but it's a spectacular sight after it drifts up through the misty clouds. I never cease to amaze at that full moon that we all take for granted. It is so wonderful, that it comes around on schedule! And it is so beautiful!

Some people have issues with the full moon, go crazy, it's spooky... not me... I love it!

July 10, 2014 -- Mtn. Grove Square, such a huge gap

The debris from two businesses that were here is finally gone. A crew finished cleaning out the debris today, salvaging some bricks from the wall that separated Tri-County Screen Printing (formerly Brown's Hardware) and Meadowbrook Natural Foods.

Two businesses burned on May 26, 2014. Meadowbrook Natural Foods and Tri-County Screen Printing, formerly Brown's Hardware. On May 27, another fire a few blocks away destroyed a former O'Reilly building houseing Little Billy's Towning.

July 4, 2014 -- Fireworks, of course!

This volunteer sunflower was magnificent in the setting sun, so I made it my early fireworks splash for the 4th. The winter birds planted my flower garden for me!

June 23, 2014 -- Go, Cardinals!

Yesterday, about the same location as the day before, this sunset presented itself.
I call it "Go, Cardinals!" (No sunset today. It's raining again.)

21 June, 2014 -- Longest day of the year

June 21, 2014... Summer solstice, first day of summer. Things haven't changed, though, from Spring. Dawn's clear, then it clouds up, then it thunders and rains, then it sprinkles again, then it clears, and on and on.

June 18, 2014 -- Now it's hot and ...

Now it's hot and humid, but I still don't wish for snow again. Remember? We were complaining about the cold, and wet, and fog... now it's hot and wet and fog. Well, not today, just cloudy and sunny. But it's coming back... rain again next few days.

Don't you DARE post my babies' faces on Facebook.

Useless. It's hot and humid, and they are totally useless.

June 12, 2014 -- Almost, almost

Almost Friday the 13th, and almost full moon. Is it a bad omen, full moon on Friday the 13th?
I don't think so...

Just after sunset, still daylight.

June 6, 2014 -- June Moon

Rains all day, fogs up at night. There were foggy stringy low clouds blowing around tonight, but the moon and a couple of planets were still out, Jupiter, Mars and Saturn. Fonda shot the moon through her new telescope with the i-phone (reverse image). In Iowa. Nice!

Grant shot the full lunar eclipse on April 15, 2014, using his smartphone through the eyepiece of his telescope. Jefferson City, MO.

With the camera adapter and a REAL camera, in Mtn. Grove, Missouri.