Thursdays Things in a Row

I'm back!

Did ya miss me?

I have really missed participating in "rows" over the last month or so.

All of my row offerings today are work related and were taken in April.

I help organize and put on an Ag in the Classroom Day for all of the third graders in our county.

We have 15 stations set up around our events complex and the youth travel from station to station throughout the day to learn about agriculture in our state and county.

We had over 300 youth participate this year!

We have a family that raises Churro sheep and they have participated in our event for the past eleven years now.

They have some beautiful products that are all handmade and yarn made from the wool.

 You might wonder what jelly beans have to do with Agriculture?

Well beef by products (gelatin) are used to make jelly beans.

Do you know what gelatin is made out of?

You might never eat another jelly bean again if you did! Ha, Ha!

 My daughter has been involved in 4-H Dairy Goats for the last four years.

As a 4-H Ambassador she worked the Ag Day event.

The baby goats were a hit with the little kids!

 Rabbits, Rabbits....all in a row!

For more rows, be sure to visit Pat over at A View from the Edge.



In Bloom

Talk about a delay in Spring...

The trees in town didn't fully bloom until late April.

These photos were taken the first week of May.

 Flowering plum trees...

I think!

Complete Randomness

Random thoughts running through my head on this Mother's Day morning...

"Too old to stay up past midnight and too hormonal to sleep past 4 a.m."

"Don't brush your teeth and then eat strawberries, no bueno on the taste buds, yuck!"

Warned you this was random!

Pulled up in front of my office on Friday evening. Turned off the car. Sat for a moment and then looked at my daughter and said, "I wonder what I did with my keys?" The look on her face was priceless as she said to me, "mom, they're in the ignition." Me, "Oh yeah right, guess I just had a total can't remember shit moment."

My kids know me well and put up with me! I'm thankful they don't run and hide when they see me coming...bwahahahahahah!

She's my daughter.

She is beautiful inside and out!

She looked classy and stunning in her prom dress last weekend!

 Little surpises from grown up children are really nice!

Beautiful orchid from my beautiful daughter.

It doesn't matter if they are little, grown or out on their own...

You still wonder and worry if you did it all right!

Happy Mother's Day!

Yeah, I know I've been missing in action lately.

Life has just been a bit hectic and stressful lately.

I've done a lot of "blurking" lately, keeping up with my favorite blogs.

The other day I was on Mcat's blog and she had a post up about Emme Packer Koons.

I love the name Emme.

Her voice...beautiful!

Emme now has a new fan!

Take a moment to watch the video, you'll be glad you did.

Speaking of beautiful voices...

My daughter and her friend performed last night at a talent show.

They sang The Fray's, Be Still, acapella.

They did an amazing job!

My daughter has a beautiful voice!

They are going to perform it again and I will take a video of it.

I was so wrapped up in their performance last night that I completely forgot to record it!

The weekend calls.

So I'm off to do the usual household chores and then a work obligation this evening.

Happy Weekend to all!

Things I Miss

So why do I miss these things you might wonder?

Well, it's simple...I don't have them and therefore I miss them.

I grew up in a small town, in an average house, on an average street, that had front and back yards with grass, trees, flowers, landscaping and even a pool now and then, hidden behind a wooden fence.

Since I left home many, many, many years ago...I've lived in some very remote places and most of those places have been devoid of grass, trees (in abundance), flowers and that elusive pool.

Not that the pool matters, just thought I'd throw that in there.

More often than not in the last 25 years, most of the homes I have lived in have been surrounded by lush green hay fields.

Nothing wrong with that. It actually made "mowing the grass" easy, as every 30 days or so a swather would make a pass through the field and cut the "grass".

But once in a while, we would live in a place that already had grass, trees, flowers etc. because someone prior to us had taken the time and done all of the hard work of planting, grooming and growing.

I always enjoyed working in those yards and keeping the labors of the prior residents alive and growing.

Fast forward to now...

We have lived in our current home for sometime now.

Last summer we planted six trees, but that is the extent of our landscaping.

I live in a pretty valley surrounded by mountains, hills and lots of green alfalfa fields,

but sometimes,

I just miss the simple pleasures of a little landscaping, big leafy trees and the burst of color that flowers provide!

(all photos from the web)

Derailed

It's Official...

While the tracks are being repaired,

I've gone fishing! 

Friday Funny

A little chicken humor...

Monday Humor

Just a little funny to lighten the mood on a Monday.

I've been plenty busy the last few weeks.

Lots of work responsibilities on my plate at the current moment!

A little fun mixed in as well.

A good laugh now and then makes the day just a tad bit better!