We found these pretty wildflowers growing all over the side of the road on our recent road trip. Anyone out there know what these are?

Gobble Gobble

 My nephew-in-law, Jerry, is a hunter and I thought of him when I saw these two beauties on Saturday afternoon.

Take Me Home Country Roads

Country road in Smith county.

Tree and barn in Gordonsville, TN.

Land adjacent to the barn covered in yellow flowers.

"Spring is nature's way of saying, "Let's party!" ~ Robin Williams

I took a picture of this barn last year around this time. A few days ago I went back and used my wide angle lens. This is one of my favorite barns in Gordonsville! Me and T want to wish our brother-in-law, Don Foy, a Very happy 52nd birthday today! Love ya', dude!

The fields in Smith County have been filled with these beautiful yellow flowers. I love the green and yellow colors together! Also want to say congratulations to my niece, Sarah, who graduated from high school yesterday with honors. We're so proud of you Sarah poo! Happy Anniversary to my sister, Kay and her hubby Neil. They are celebrating their 40th wedding anniversary today. Love you guys!

Field of yellow. 

We have a couple of bluebirds and tree swallows nesting in birdhouses in our backyard. The bluebirds eggs have hatched and we've heard the babies peeping from inside the box. The tree swallows had been busy building their nest and we noticed that we hadn't seen the female around in a couple of days. I saw the male perched on our deck railing and he would fly up to the opening of the box then fly off. When Terry got home from work yesterday, I asked him to put the ladder up to the box and look inside. I had a bad feeling that something had happened to the female and unfortunately I was right. Terry found the female tree swallow dead on her nest inside the box. She had been attacked, pecked on top of the head by what we think was a house sparrow. I did some research and house sparrows are known to attack tree swallow and bluebird nests. Their MO is to trap one of the birds inside the birdhouse, then attack them and take the birdhouse for themselves. Terry told me he had noticed a sparrow coming out of the birdhouse over the weekend and I had noticed one around the box as well. It made us both sad as the nest had been built, but she hadn't laid any eggs yet. I cried as he removed the little nest. I'm sensitive that way. The male keeps coming around. I'm not sure if birds grieve or not, but he definitely knows that something has happened to his mate. I just hope our bluebird family will be alright. We didn't think we would have any tree swallows this year until today when I heard that familiar chattering sound. I looked out the back door and sure enough there were four flying around, checking out the box. As of late this afternoon a pair have been in and out of the box and we hope that they can successfully nest and brood their young. Nature can be cruel at times.

Flynn's Creek

I took both of these pictures on March 16th at Flynn's Creek boat ramp during our road trip down to Gainesboro, TN.

Terry snapped this beautiful shot today in the Rob Draper Memorial cemetery in Jackson county. We took a road trip down to Gainesboro, TN to place a flag on my mom and dad's grave. On the way home we dropped by to see our Aunt Joy who is 98 years young. She got on Facebook for the very first time. Had an enjoyable visit with her. Hope everyone is having a great weekend!

Fencepost and Field

Green, green grass of home!

Photo Stitching

I took two pictures of this scene when we were out on our last road trip. I stitched the two shots together with Windows Live Photo gallery to make this pretty panorama. I'm happy with the way it turned out :0) Click on the photo to see the actual size.

I love church steeples! This picture was taken at a Baptist church somewhere in Dekalb County, Tennessee. Beautiful!

"Here's the church, and here's the steeple
Open the door and see all the people.
Here's the parson going upstairs,
And here he is saying his prayers."

The rolling hills of Middle Tennessee. I love living in this great state!

Old rural cemetery somewhere in Dekalb County, Tennessee. Some of the headstones were so old you couldn't read them. Check out the little angel statue to the left of the headstone in the foreground.

I Heart Tennessee

Barn and silo.

Caney Fork river and surrounding farmland.

Trees

Terry took this picture.

I took this shot. This was such a cool looking tree!

Lone cedar tree in the middle of a big field with shadow.

"If trees could scream, would we be so cavalier about cutting them down? We might, if they screamed all the time, for no good reason." ~ Jack Handey  

We found this pretty creek on our road trip.

It was so clear you could see the bottom.

I've always had an interest in old headstones. While me and Terry were out on our road trip this past weekend, we stopped in a cemetery that contained a lot of old headstones. Some were so old you couldn't even read the inscriptions.

This is the oldest one we found from 1799.

I found this one to be quite interesting. There's a hand with a finger pointing up toward what looks like a Bible.

A Creek Somewhere in Dekalb County

Terry took this shot with the wide angle lens. We're standing on a bridge somewhere in rural Dekalb county. That's me crouched down getting a shot of the beautiful countryside :0)

Deer in a field somewhere in Smith County Tennessee. Sept. 9, 2012

"I ask people why they have deer heads on their walls. They always say because it's such a beautiful animal. There you go. I think my mother is attractive, but I have photographs of her. "
~ Ellen DeGeneres