August 19, 2011

This and That

Ticket and I had some personal space/girl time away from the thugs boys and walked around our area yesterday.

She’s so different when all alone with me. Introspective in some ways. I wonder if she is relaxing in the differentness of the mood, or wondering why they aren’t here. Regardless, I know she is enjoying herself for all the uninterrupted meandering she does.

She does a lot of flitting about and smelling here and there so it is difficult to get a good photo of her unless she is focused on something.

Yesterday I got a lot of these:




So I focused myself on the flowers that were screaming to be photographed.

Wild Sweet Peas



There were pink ones



And white ones



Not sure what this one is…I used to know the name but my memory of it has gone blank!



These are wild snapdragons, sometimes called Monkey Flowers



I’ve never know the name of this one…maybe you do?



I have a HUGE Wild Pink Rose bush behind the house, in the early summer the smell is absolutely intoxicating. Here’s what they looked like a month or so ago:


and here’s the rose hips yesterday. I’ll be harvesting them after they go through one frost. Or when their stems are brown…whichever comes first. I know a couple of people that make jams and jellies out of them but I find it too bland, but they make a helluva great cuppa tea!



Queen Anne’s Lace

 


Last evening I visited with Kelsie…we had a couple cups of tea and chatted. Nice visit. As I was leaving I spied these boots!!


LOVE THESE BOOTS!! But alas, they belong to this little girl, and I don’t need a 6 year old girl pissed at me. So I didn't steal them.



That’s the perfectly delightful Brianne, Kelsie’s gorgeous daughter. She just learned to ride her 2 wheeler! Congrats Brianne...that's a huge accomplishment!

I had some extended family camping not far from here and they drove into Hope to visit with me for bit. Met them at our beautiful park downtown and took a few photos that I'll put up tomorrow, but here's one of Ticket that Wendy took with her phone.



K, I need a nice cuppa Red Rose. Hope you are enjoying today, it was super sunny and warm with a much loved gentle breeze. Perfect!


7 Comments:

Unknown said...

Love the blog girl!!!
Jo

Diana said...

Love your pictures! you are amazing with a camera :)

Donna said...

Always love reading your blog and seeing your gorgeous photos. Ticket is looking great. Nice to have some girl time i see.

Colleen said...

Awww,thanks for the comments ladies! Very much appreciated.

Madge said...

Love your images... I've picked wild sweet peas and queen anne's lace again and again this summer for free bouquets...

Nancy @ A Rural Journal said...

The yellow flowers are Tansy. FYI.

Ticket is really a big girl. I imagine she is as big as Buck. Such a beautiful girl. :)

Colleen said...

Good to know that, thanks Nancy!

Thank you Madge! These flowers are so incredibly abundant around here. It's rare to not see any!

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