Garden Oddities

It's weird how things grow sometimes.

I took these pictures on June 14th of our tree swallows coming around for one last visit before migrating.

Hope to see them next year!

This picture was taken in Richmond Cemetery near the Flynn's Lick community of Jackson County.

Fried Okra

I fried up our first batch of garden Okra for dinner last night and it was so yummy! It's really starting to crank with the hot weather we've been having.

Postcards from Cordell Hull Lake

Scenes from Cordell Hull Lake in Granville, Tennessee

Mimosa growing on the bank.

June 19, 2012

Yesterday morning me and sister Jane met in Gainesboro, TN to spend some time with our 97 year old Aunt Joy. Joy is the oldest sister of our mom who passed away in April and is our only living aunt. She treated us to a wonderful lunch at a place called Bethany's Cafe. The food was great and the view from the restaurant was awesome.

They had a variety of pretty flowers around the house.

This is a view of the Cumberland River from the back of the cafe.

View of Gainesboro from the front of the cafe. I'm sure the view is even prettier in the fall when all the leaves are off the trees.

After lunch I asked one of the owners of Bethany's if he would take a picture of us. He gladly obliged. To the left is my sister Jane,  my Aunt Joy, and me.

Sister Jane walking Aunt Joy out to the truck after having our picture taken. It was a hot day, so Jane brought an umbrella to shield Aunt Joy from the sun. Afterwards we drove back to Joy's house for a slice of her delicious homemade Lemon Ice Box pie. We had a nice visit and hope to do it again real soon!

I looked out our back door this morning and found a deer in our backyard. I grabbed my camera with zoom lens and quietly made my way out to try and get a picture. He looked up at me and froze and I snapped this picture. I love deer, but really hope they don't discover our garden. Soon after I  got this picture, he headed off toward the hedge row and into the field.
 

I had another nice surprise this morning. After getting some pictures of the deer, I spotted our Tree Swallows who had come back for a visit. They left the bird house over two weeks ago. They sat on the garden arbor long enough for me to get several shots of them. All in all a great morning for photography :0)

June 12 Sunset

A friend of ours fed our cats and collected our mail while we were
at the beach last week. We called her to check on things and she
told us that we had lost one of our Tulip Poplar trees in a storm
that came through on Sunday, June 5th. There was a Bluebird
family nesting in a birdhouse in this same tree. You can probably
see it in this picture.

June 2nd Sunset

Love those gorgeous shades of pink, purple and red!