Thursday's Things in a Row

I had to sneak into the other part of my office building to get these photos.

Today is high school graduation and the parents have been busy setting up our meeting room and exhibit hall for the drug free all night graduation party. The decorations for the event are really cute!

I think the kids are gonna have some serious fun tonight!

Rows of tables, rows of chairs!

 Rows of stars hang in the air!

 Outside the door,

the wild rose sports pink flowers in a row.

For more fun and interesting Things in a Row, be sure to go on over and visit Pat.

A Brief Encounter

She waited alone at the end of the feeder.

He arrived in a timely fashion.

After a meal, he bought her a drink and one thing led to another.

Gasp!

(Close your eyes! Don't look!)

He was pretty darn proud of himself!

At the end of the evening...she was alone once again!

Last week I was in the right spot at the right time when these Killdeer birds decided to gift me with their courting and mating ritual.

I lay flat on on my tummy on the cement slab just off the grass area at my office to capture these shots.

I had to extend the zoom on my camera as far as it would go and keep a steady hand.

I was pleased with the results!

This pair has nested across the street in the junk yard. I saw them this morning running across the road. It will be interesting to see if they bring any babies to visit the lawn in the coming weeks.

Least We Never Forget

There are those that give of their loved ones unselfishly so that we may enjoy the freedoms we have!

Never Forget!

Always Remember!

Thank You!

To those who serve...

Past, Present and Future! 

The Snakes are Out

Outside our door that is!

The darn slithery things are all over the place right now!

This one took up residence under our back porch steps.

Megs almost stepped on it the other evening!

She doesn't scream (like her mom does) or run from them (like her mom does).

What does she do...

She calmly walks into the house to get the camera to take a photo of it, that's what she does!

She hates spiders with a passion, but a snake she is not afraid of.

Brave child of mine!

The weather conditions must have been just right over the winter and early spring because the snakes are out and about in abundance in our valley!

They can come and go as they please, just stay away from my yard because if I "almost" step on one I'm likely to have a heart attack!

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!