Photo Dump: Day 2

 Back at it again. Today's photo journey holds a smidge more excitement than yesterdays. This is entirely due to the fact that I found frogs and was able to photograph them. Well honestly, the best pictures are the ones LaVaughn took. She doesn't like frogs, so she wouldn't hold them for me, so I held them for her. I honestly love the pictures and think they look fantastic!

Not going to drag this out anymore than I have to, enjoy!


Beautiful Max and his adorable face and ears.

I don't normally like to share photos of the animals anymore.

He's just too cute not to share, though.

Lovely little white flowery weed.

Purpleleaf Sand Cherry in full bloom.

I'm seriously in love with this tree, I wish its sister tree hadn't died.

More green leaf macro.

I think LaVaughn took this of the cucumber fence.

And I think she took this too.

And this one.

Beautiful purple iris.

The center of the iris is so beautiful.

Very exotic looking flower.

Some type of pretty white whildflower.


Here's the first frog that I found. Way to bright, but I was in a rush and one-handed.

Here's the amazing picture LaVaughn got of the second frog!

Amazing macro shot of this adorable little spring peeper.

Photo Dump: Day 1

 This post is going to contain mostly pictures, as the titles suggests. Nothing has really been going on this week, it's been pretty mellow and quiet, which is nice. I always tend to grab my camera when I go down to bed the chickens, so naturally I have oodles of pictures to share. 

The weather has been really nice and mild this week, clear skies in the evenings with a cool breeze make for the perfect photo weather. Sometimes the lighting hits just right on certain pics. It's hard to explain, but there's a certain feeling I get, a sense of accomplishment when a picture turns out just how I want or expect it to. Out of the hundreds of pictures I take in a month, there's usually only a couple that give me the feels.

I'm not gonna drag this out anymore than I have to, enjoy!


More cantaloupe plants for the ever growing garden.

Orange bell pepper plants.

Green bell pepper plants.

More zucchini, naturally.

My obsession continues.

They're just so beautiful.

Dandelion seedheads are best when photographed with a macro lens.

More micro lens, as some would call it.

Last one.

Love macro shots of green leaves.

Pretty little green leaf during golden hour.

I think LaVaughn took this.

And I'm pretty sure she took this one.

This one as well -- see, she likes them too!

And she also took this one.

Ants attacking the iris bulbs.

Annoying little bastards, ants.

 I found a tiny little spider with neon green legs.

He was pretty chill.

More ants on the iris bulbs.

I refer to these ants as "bullet ants" due to their size, even though they're not really that big.

One more of Mr. Neon legs.

Love the beautiful white Azalea blooms.

And a nice somber macro shot of a Bleeding Heart.

Weekend Rundown

 Work started a day early last week, so we were away from home for almost 4 days which is never fun. The end of last week and the beginning of this week have all been so off for some reason. I don't know why, something just isn't aligned properly.

Thank god I didn't have to go in Walmart this week. Last week was a nightmare, running in and out of stores like my life depended on it. I just had to run in Buchheit's and Frank's Produce in Perryville, then it was off to grocery pickup in Fredericktown, yay!

I didn't managed to find some amazing looking green bell pepper plants at Rozier's in Perryville, then I found some zucchini, cantaloupe and orange bell peppers at Frank's. Since we only have 3 surviving okra plants due to the horrid rainfall and cold temps, I have to try and find some okra plants somewhere. They had some at Rural King last week, but we didn't need them then. Worse case scenario, I'll try to get some more seeds since no one has any okra plants anywhere.

The weekend was long, but went by fast, which I'm always grateful for. They had 'Cruising on the Square' in Perryville Saturday, which is so stupid. Obviously no one was wearing masks, but that should be a given. And to top that off, they're having Mayfest and the Azalea Festival this coming weekend... lunacy! I know people miss having fun and going out to festivals and so on, but come on. There's going to be hundreds of people from all around coming to both of these events. Super-spreader much?

I'm sorry for any of my conservative readers, I know this doesn't sit well with most. Not saying all, but from where I'm from your view on wearing a mask or not rests on your political views. It's sad that health doesn't come before your president of choice.

That's enough of that, don't wanna burn too many bridges. It's Monday and it's cold and rainy out. I've been out of the house for the first half of the day, but it's so good to be home. I haven't taken many pictures at all lately, so I'm going to share photos from my cameral roll on my phone. I know that's very taboo for me, but I can't really post without at least sharing some form of pictures. Enjoy!


The gorgeous green bell peppers I found at Rozier's.

I also picked up food for my baby brother Saturday and this is how they spelled my name. The lady at the drive thru was like "I'm scared to ask what your name is because we have some creative spelling going on." It was a laugh.

Miss Layla.

These the cutest little old lady chihuahua.

Our baby chicks from late last week. All trying to snuggle in LaVaughn's hands.

They're seriously the best.

Max is happy that we're home. Snapped this perfectly cute pic earlier today.

Garden update:

The lettuce is coming in nicely.

As are the onions. I apologize for the crappy pics.

Close-up of the lettuce.

Our potatoes seriously look amazing.

They look the best out of anything.

Our baby chicks. The black one is Boppo, the one we had to assist hatch. I don't know why, but that's what we started calling him.

I also don't know why these pics are sideways - stupid phone. They're adorable and perfect, though.