This is America.

Yep. There is a contest over on another blog (The Pioneer woman) for Americana/patriotic photos.

So I was looking in my archives for something,

Turns out all of my photos were taken in the USA. :)

He he. But anyhow. These were some of my favorites.

I do like this place I live.

I train my cat.

Some people train their cats to do useless and trivial things.

I don't.

Piper may not know how to fetch, or go to the bathroom in the toilet.

But what he does know is how to give a mean foot massage.

Starting with light pressure,




relaxing the big toe.



readjusting the bones.

yep, actually I didn't train him. He was born with this gift.

or maybe I am making things up.

:)

p.s. The other evening the sun was just lovely.

I had to sit in it and eat potato chips and salami sandwiches. It was very lovely. I recommend it.
I also took a million and one pictures of these horses. OK. Actually more like 30.

Itasca -Again! :)

So, this past weekend, I got to go to Itasca again.

I know, I am one lucky duck.

It was lots of fun...

We walked,

We were silly (I told them to stand by the sign, and some* were confused at which sign I was meaning)
*No names mentioned to protect privacy.


We canoed, And ate a picnic on an island. It was kinda awkward though because the island was covered in poison ivy, and the only spot without it was at a slant. It was fun though. :)

We jumped.

and walked some more.

We saw the headwaters of the mighty Mississippi.

and we climbed.

It was a very fun and kinda exhausting day. :)

Yep.

After the rain..

Yesterday was pretty wild as far as weather goes, We had Heavy rain, Hail, Strong winds and every so often heavy rain with the sun shining. And sometimes just the sun shining.

It was kinda fun. Bipolar weather.
In the evening it stopped raining and looked just beautiful- Sun shining and a few fluffy clouds.

So I decided to go take some pictures.

Our Corn, I am looking forward to when it produces. :)

Hanging on for dear life.

Daisy fields...

It was a charming sunset. I wish I could have caught it on camera better, but I didn't really take time to work on it. ah well, I like it anyhow.

The End.