Rain Drops on Roses....

Raindrops on roses and whiskers on kittens
Bright copper kettles and warm woolen mittens
Brown paper packages tied up with strings
These are a few of my favorite things

Cream colored ponies and crisp apple streudels
Doorbells and sleigh bells and schnitzel with noodles
Wild geese that fly with the moon on their wings
These are a few of my favorite things

Girls in white dresses with blue satin sashes
Snowflakes that stay on my nose and eyelashes
Silver white winters that melt into springs
These are a few of my favorite things

When the dog bites
When the bee stings
When I'm feeling sad
I simply remember my favorite things
And then I don't feel so bad

This is one of those miniature roses that you buy as a house plant.  

There were four stems in the little four inch pot.  I planted them all outside.  Three of them survived, through two winters now.  The two biggest ones are loaded with blooms.

A Touch of Gold

A Goldfinch eating dandelion seeds in our hayfield.

I crept closer and closer until I was only about 10 feet away.

I wish the bird had been in focus in this shot though:(

Forgetful

Thursday June 23/11

Some days I totally forget about taking a photo, so have to find something inside, last minute, before I go to bed.

Yesterday Fabricland had a half price sale.  Here's one of the cute fabrics I bought.  I'll make some kid's aprons out of it.

Clouds

Wednesday June 22/11

Sun rising on the first full day of Summer.

Clouds of pollen blowing off the hay field.  Thankfully none of us are allergic to it.

We just haven't had enough good days in a row yet to allow us to get the hay cut and dried enough to bale.  

The beautiful sky and layers of different clouds, taken through the truck window on our way back from our bike ride.  It was just lovely, which this photo doesn't show well enough.

It's a Bit Depressing

Tuesday June 21/11

The sun sets on the first day of Summer, at the end of the Spring that never was.  The days are getting shorter now:(

Not on my Light

There were two swallows sitting on the clothesline this morning, just a couple of feet from the window.  Then they'd flutter around the wall of the house.  When I went outside, they were checking out the light fixture on the wall over the deck.  It was one of the new ones I put up last Fall.

You're not building a nest there!

Rain Drops Keep Falling on my Head, and Cabbage

Sunday June 19