Collages

Just put together some collages for my nephew

Senior Pictures

I'm so excited to be taking my nephew's senior pictures.  Here are a few I took yesterday.

We need to get some of his sports and outdoors ones taken.

Summer Blooms

These are some of my perennials planted around our property.
They make me happy just looking at them.

                                 I think this is prairie primrose.

                                       Tiger Lily, of course.

                                             Hens and chicks.

                                            Golden Sundrop

                       Asiatic lily of some kind - love the pink color.

                                  Some kind of perennial grass.

                        Garden Angel - keeping the snakes away!

If you look closely at the last one, you can see some weeds in there too - oops!

I'll bet the Garden of Eden was beautiful.  Flowers, fruit trees, rivers, no weeds, no bugs, oh, but I forgot - there was a snake!

Rubber boots and little boys

I love taking photos of feet and shoes.  My boys wear these rubber boots all the time.  They are easy to slip on and off, and as wet as our yard is these days, they keep their feet dry.  I think they look hilarious in their shorts and boots, but they are little boys and they do not care about fashion.

I would like to say they get their "weirdness" from their dad, but you all know me too well and you've all seen my nutty side. I guess they inherited that from me! 

WATERMELON AGUAS FRESCAS

I have no idea what these words mean - except watermelon.  I got this recipe from Tasty Kitchen.  It looked like one of those drinks you get on a tropical island or a Caribbean cruise, so I had to try it. 
It was fantastic!
It was so simple!
It made me happy!

Blend/pulse 2 cups watermelon
Add in 1/4 cups lime juice
10 drops Stevia ( I used 2 packets of Sun Crystals, which is a stevia product)
Glass filled with ice

It makes about 2 glasses full.  Now I just need one of those little umbrellas to put in the glass, oh and a tropical island. . .

Enjoy! 

I figure this is 1 WW point and a serving of fruit!

GOD'S PROMISE

Rainbows.  They are in fairy tales, enchanted princess tales, and Wizard of Oz tales.  However, my favorite rainbow story goes right to the Sorce - the Bible.  Genesis 6:8 says "Noah found grace in the eyes of the Lord".  Noah pleased God, so he and his family were saved.  Then in Genesis 9:13, God tells Noah "I have set my rainbow in the cloud as a covenant between Me and the earth".  Wow-most people think of rainbows as just light reflection, but I think of God and the beginning of the world.   I love the story of Noah (hence my son's name), and I love rainbows.  I used to love drawing them on my pictures.  I used to think I could find a pot of gold at the end of a rainbow.  Now I just enjoy seeing their beauty and thinking of all of God's promises and know that He ALWAYS keeps His promises.  It is something I can "bank on".

This morning has been all about thunder storms and rain showers.  I looked out the back door and it was raining, then I looked out the front door and the sun was shining and this rainbow was in the sky.

THE JOYS AND STRESSES OF FISHING

Well, in honor of Father's Day (and the fact that there is not much else to do in central Wisconsin)we went fishing for Father's Day.  I use it as a time to brush up on my photography.  I play with the aperture and the shutter speeds, the angles, the flash fill, etc.  Here are a few shots from our afternoon.

 They actually did catch some fish, but those photos were not as "fun" to play with as these ones were.