Watching the 4th of July Fireworks

 Happy Independence Day!

Yeah, we are pretty far away, but with a pair of binoculars, it is still superb.

I ordered a Silk Screen Printing Set

but got this delivered to our house instead.

THAT won me a grand prize of a lengthy phone call to Amazon to try and sort it out.

Grandad's Trumpet Vine

A long time ago, we took some cuttings of the trumpet vine from my FIL's backyard to try to carry on the Trumpet Vine Legacy.

For a bunch of years now, it seemed to have died, and this year, it put out a few blooms. Not covering the whole bush/tree, but something that keeps you hopeful that it might still have some fight left in it.

Who's ready for MORE wildflowers?

Ugh Satellite TV Problems

 What can you do if you live out in the country where cable doesn't reach. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

Tomato Flowers!

These were planted using those grape tomatoes the hubs gets from Wmart to snack on. He was skeptical they would produce fruit, but here's hoping with fingers crossed!

Detritus Mushrooms

Look at these beauties growing on some rotting wood.

Walking Treasures

Little Wild Hoof Prints make me happy when I come across them when I am walking outside.

Bird Feathers, on the other hand, and especially ones this big, can be rather sad if found in a clump with others.

Bak Chang Galore

Finally bought some Bak Chang for the Bak Chang Festival. :) Google it.

Oooo How They've Grown!

Look at them baby figs go!

Rabbits on the Path

It's nice to come across little Bunny Rabbits when I am walking outside. These two were trying to be stoic and acted like statues for a short while, but as I approached, they panicked and it was "Run Away!" :)

A few days later, I came across this Chill Dude.

The New TV

 We replaced our old Samsung TV - it had that dreaded "my internal bits are falling off, and so now you have soooo many bright circles all over your screen that it messes with any sort of viewing" - and had to keep track of our new settings. LOL.

More Flora

We have some busy bees around here, and still keeping a close eye on the baby fruit and berries!

Another Garden Figurine Refreshed

This time it was the cowgirl who had faded all to white.

I found some pics of her online in all her former glory and tried to paint her as true to the way she was as possible.

Them Baby Figs One Week Later

The Silkster

 

Texas Lilacs

The beautiful blooms are out again. And I am sure before long we will have soooo many bees a-buzzin :)

From

This TV show has ruined Que Sera Sera for me FOREVER. 

And, I have never once watched the opening credits, nor do I think I ever will. 

I started watching it out of curiosity more than anything, and it is not anything I usually choose to watch. It has that car wreck pull though. I can't stop "side-watching" it. 

Yeah. I usually have it on 1/4 the of the screen, to one side of the computer monitor while I am busy doing other er, productive things on the other 3/4 of the screen....so having my eyes averted and focused on other things most of the time is the way I "watch" this show.  

Dang. 

It's been on for several years now, but I've only started watching it. 

Eyes averted, 1/4 only screen real estate, skipping through the opening theme - that's the way I watch it, ain't no shame in it.

Enough about Baby Flora, here's some baby Fauna!

Spotted a teensy weensy Praying Mantis!

Speaking of Flourishing Babies...

The Fig also had some reprieve from those *&^% grasshoppers, resulting in little figgy babies!

Look at this Pretty Little Specimen

The Hazard on the Steps

Unfortunately, this is one of the cat's favorite places to sleep and lounge. *SIGH*

Remember those Blackberry Flowers we talked about?

OooOoooOOooOO

The Boys Got Me Flowers for Mothers' Day

I don't want to jinx it,

but the *whisper* lack of grasshoppers */end whisper* has given the chance to some of the plants to ACTUALLY GROW and go through some other phases of their lives other than just fledgling infancy.

We live in a hot arid area

Hence the abundance of cacti and yuccas

A Sunset Walk

The Weed That Wants To Be More

To be fair, it IS quite pretty.

The Blackberries are alive!

We have been having a reprieve from all the locust-y grasshoppers, and so the Blackberries have had a chance to start to grow! Let's see how they do in a bit, aye?

Photo Dump?

Flowers galore

More Garden Figurines Brought Back to Life

Remember when I freshened up the Garden Gnomes with a new coat of paint?

Well, I gave the Cat and Dog figurines in the Iris flowerbed some attention as well.  I didn't color their bodies, but did give them some Bright Bandanas.

Spider Plants are Marvelous, aren't they?