November Sunset

Blueberries

The blueberries are almost ready.

This photo is from last year, but the same holds true right here and now.  Last year we had a bumper crop.  I gave them away, and still have bags in the freezer.  There does not look like as many on the bushes this year.  I'm kinda glad.

Sunset in Natchez, Mississippi, U. S. A.

Sunset in Natchez, Mississippi, U. S. A.

Along the Mississippi River

December 2014

River.Rail.Rust.Rubbish

Old railroad bridge over Elk River, near Prospect, Giles County, Tennessee, U. S. A.

Sharing with Rubbish Tuesday

It's cold in Alabama

The weather man down the road from us reported 5 degrees on their farm this morning.
Thought a sunflower might make us feel better.
This lady was 12+ feet tall and that sunflower is almost 2 feet in diameter.

St. Mary Basilica, Natchez

Needed the tripod for this one, but it is still pretty.

St. Mary Basilica, Natchez, Mississippi, U. S. A.

Remember that there will not be a Barn Collective linkup today, but it will return next Sunday, December 28.

Sharing with Inspired Sunday

Happy Holidays!

Glowing

These flowers were glowing at me from the field next to the house at dusk one October evening.

All my spidey friends

Thought this still appropriate for the day after Halloween.
Some of my human friends are saying "I thought she hated spiders . . . .?"
Sharing with Saturday's Critters

And BTW, no one correctly identified what my re-purposed jack-o-lantern was from a couple days ago.  It was the sand filter from our swimming pool pump which had to be replaced this year.

Pokeweed review

My annual shots of the poke weed plant that comes up down at the garden.

I always remind my husband to leave one stalk because I think it's a looker.

These were taken one evening in late August just seconds apart and the only change was that I stepped to the west a couple feet and pointed the camera more to the south to get the garage out of the shot.  Just a couple of feet can change the lighting quite a bit.

Late summer weeknight

School has started and vacationers are home on this weeknight in late August.

Joe Wheeler State Park Lodge

Rogersville, Alabama, U. S. A.

The Shoals

Vintage transportation

Bicycle rickshaw parked next to a church which was next to this historic marker.

Franklin, Tennessee, U. S. A.

(all iPhone5 shots)

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Rubbish by Roan

Corn is lush, corn is scary

This year's crop in fields surrounding my place is feed corn.

What was lush and green a couple of months ago is now dry, brown and ready to harvest . . . and scary looking . . . to me anyway.

I dread when they harvest because of the dust.
Ah-choo.

Two's company

Photo ops still few and far between, and mostly limited to the home grounds.

I'm grateful we have a good sized property and no neighbors to amuse with my squatting, bending, and sitting on the ground.

I did a little Googling and I'm calling these "blue-winged wasps".  They have a scientific name, but that's much to hard for my retired, keep-it-simple mind.  They feed on grubs and do not usually sting.

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Good Fences @ The*Run*Around*Ranch

On the lake

We took the boat out one evening while our son was home for a couple of weeks before he went back to campus. The temperature and humidity were not bad or this woman would have stayed at home. They didn't catch anything and there weren't many photo ops either. The wildlife was pretty scarce. Getting a sharp image in a bobbing boat is certainly a challenge, but I did manage to get a fairly decent shot of a heron of some kind.

Sunlit

More from the garden.

Some kitties do like water

Vintage boat show

Joe Wheeler State Park

Rogersville, Alabama

Chris Craft

Vintage boat show

Joe Wheeler State Park

Rogersville, Alabama

Cluttered skies

We've had a lot of rain and high winds this spring in north Alabama.  The skies looked dramatic like this at some point each day for several days straight.  This week the clouds are back again and we've had a little more rain.
It does make for photo ops.

Busy in b and w

Thuh Field