new roof

I visited Dad yesterday & noted the slow progress being made in roofing Sacred Heart Church. The weather has been wet & dreary so it is prudent not to be up on that very high roof under these conditions.

flower power

My friend, Cheryl, takes amazing photographs. Her favorite subject is flowers, although she has been busy taking photos of aprons too. The photo shown is a Magnolia, a beautiful flower that grows on the Magnolia tree in the South. She finally created a website to display her photographs and she recently added a tulip gallery that is truly stunning. The amazing thing is that she takes these photos with her point and shoot camera on the macro setting. Good lighting is essential, but these photos were taken in her home without a lot of fancy equipment. I do need to spend some serious time with her; unfortunately(?) she lives in Mississippi. (That means there has to be a road trip sometime in the future, although I doubt Christie will be interested in this one.) Anyway here is the link so you can enjoy her photos too: www.corinthrose.com. Enjoy the tour!

billboards

This photo was sent to me by my friend, Nancy, who lives in Arizona. We met when we lived in Camden, Arkansas & have kept in touch ever since. Not sure of the intent of this billboard which certainly makes it photo worthy! Thanks for sending it, Nancy!

Abby & Travis in KC

This is a photo of Abby & Travis on their recent first wedding anniversary. They celebrated the event at Kansas City Speedway. They are pictured in front of Greg Biffle's picture. He is Travis' favorite Nascar driver. Looks like they had fun! Thanks for the photo, Abby!

Happy Birthday, Rex!

Rex is Don's oldest brother & lives in South Carolina. Which means we don't get to see him very often. We did get to see him in August for Amber's wedding (he's helping transport bouquets in this photo); then he & Don spent time together in Sturgis. Hope you're celebrating, Rex!

kntting project

Since I've been buying yarn lately I thought I should show evidence that I actually know how to knit. I always like having an easy project I can pick up now & then; a scarf is the perfect project for me. I am knitting this scarf on size 3 needles with sock yarn. I tried a pattern that was quite lacy but if I made a mistake (and I kept making them) I couldn't figure out how to rip back & keep the right number of stitches on my needle. So Salli at my LYS gave me this easy pattern: knit 3 rows then purl one row; repeat. I cast on 30 stitches; I want a long,skinny scarf. It creates a nice pattern that I think also complements the yarn. I've only got about a foot knitted so far so I have a lot of knitting to do.

sunflowers

A couple of years ago I was driving back to Lincoln down Highway 6 when I noticed this field of sunflowers. In fact I can still remember the location of that field but I've never seen sunflowers there again. Anyway, I have learned that when I see an opportunity to take photographs of something I find interesting I'd better not let the opportunity go by. Some opportunities only come once. A life lesson learned from a camera.