She Be Chillin'!

Sweet Jessie cat chillin' on the front porch on this gorgeous June afternoon. Hard to believe that Independence Day will be here in less than a week!

Baby Squash

One of the best sights in the garden, the first squash. Actually this isn't the first squash. We picked two yesterday and I'm sure this one will be ready tomorrow.

Garden Macro

Curly cucumber vine.

Squash flower.

Photo Booth Fun on a Friday Night

Some fun shots I took this past Friday with the Photo Booth app on my iPad mini. Our cat, Bullet, looks like a koala bear in this shot :0)

It was off to long time friend Danny's hair salon for hubby Terry's haircut. Sister Jane was in the chair when we got there.

Sister Jane and Danny in X-Ray mode.

Jane in the Kaleidoscope mode. Cool shot!

Me taking a trip through the Light Tunnel.

Hubby Terry in the Light Tunnel.

Danny in the Light Tunnel.

Me and sister, Jane.

The gang looking pretty normal in this shot. From left to right, me, sister Jane, Danny and hubby Terry in the back. All in all a very enjoyable Friday night.

Color Splash

I've been experimenting with a fun photo app on iPad called "ColorSplash." Happy TGIF everyone!

Comfy Kitty

Bullet is loving his cat tree more and more each day. He spends most of his time napping on the top tier of the tree. Cats have such a hard life :0)

Memory of the Beach

I got this pretty sea turtle sun catcher on our beach trip last month.

Garden 2013

We planted our garden several weeks ago. With all the rain and heat, it's already taking off. We hope to have plenty of cherry tomatoes, beefsteak tomatoes, cucumbers, squash and okra.

Flag Day

The Fourth of July was traditionally celebrated as America's birthday, but the idea of an annual day specifically celebrating the Flag is believed to have first originated in 1885. BJ Cigrand, a schoolteacher, arranged for the pupils in theFredonia, Wisconsin Public School, District 6, to observe June 14 (the 108thanniversary of the official adoption of The Stars and Stripes) as 'Flag Birthday'.In numerous magazines and newspaper articles and public addresses over the followingyears, Cigrand continued to enthusiastically advocate the observance of June 14 as 'Flag Birthday', or 'Flag Day'. Happy Flag Day everyone. I hope you got to fly the red, white and blue proudly today!

 

 

Up A Tree

Bullet enjoying a cat nap on his new cat tree. This thing is almost as tall as me. It's carpeted with plush material with many rope covered scratching posts and three platforms at varying heights. We got this two days ago and Bullet wouldn't have anything to do with it. I was starting to get bummed thinking he would never use it. Never say never. Yesterday, he started seriously checking it out. I found him asleep on it this morning and he's napping on it as I make this post. We have it by our back door so he can keep an eye on the goings on in the back yard. He loves watching the birds. Ah, the life of a cat!

Hope you found time for a cat nap on this hot, steamy afternoon.

Take Me Home Country Roads

Country road in Smith county.

Lilies

 

Garden 2013 is well underway. This is our first cucumber flower of the season. We're hoping for a better garden this year than we had last year. So far, so good!

Marsh Walk-Myrtle Beach State Park

After a couple of setbacks, our Tree Swallow couple has finally been successful. I found the half of this tiny egg shell on the step under the birdhouse this morning. When mama flew out, I quickly peeked inside the house and saw three tiny babies. She would've had four, but something got to one of the eggs early on. Here's hoping that a few weeks from now the babies will fledge successfully.

Live Oaks

Live Oaks (aka gnarly trees) at Myrtle Beach State Park. Terry took these photos with the wide angle lens.

One of my favorites! Nice job, T!

View of Myrtle Beach State Park pier through gnarly tree.

Gratuitous shot of me on the pier :0)