Window

I wonder what we would see if we were looking through this window at what the new year will bring.  I would not want to know...I had rather take it as it comes.  I wish a Happy & Healthy New year for everyone.

Bridge across the Wabash

 From a day much like today...in 2010

From a misty day

 An old barn, a bit past its prime.

Farmers Institute Academy

This is a two photo day....the one below explains the above.

 

A shot of January 2010

 I  am beginning to wonder if we are going to get any snow this year.  It has been in the 60's today.  Tomorrow when you see this, temps are supposed to drop to the 40's and be more normal.

As seen the morning of December 21

 This is just a very small portion of the photo.  I just liked cropping it like this.  

Frost

 Seen on our grill....it looks like it is growing white stubble.

Merry Christmas

 Wishing everyone a Merry Christmas!

Barn in sepia

 I was messing with this photo and not really liking anything I did with it till my daughter suggested sepia.  I liked it much better this way.

How about a drive?

 I miss the days of rambling around...getting lost and not really knowing where we are.  Though here, I do know about where we are.  I could probably get on google maps and find it.

Hidden treasure

You might wonder what the treasure is here....it is what  is inside that I consider the treasure:

An old John Deere!  I wish the photo was of better quality.  It is a cropped version.
 

At work on a different church

 This is a different church from the previous one.  If you want, click to expand the view.  Notice where the ladder is situated.  I am thinking someone is not very comfortable in high places.

Little church

 I am not sure whether this church is in Indiana or Illinois....I have come across it this one single time.  I need to go see if I can find it again.

Departed

 This barn WAS over in Illinois...it is no longer there.  I did not think it was that bad.  Imagine how crazy I thought I was when I could not go right to it.  I got on google maps and looked and looked, and got on street view, and thankfully those photos were still there and it was where I had been looking.  Just gone now! 

A little bit late...

I wish I had come across this sooner.  It would have been perfect for Halloween.  As it is, it gave me a smile.
 

Homegrown gourds

 I decided I wanted some gourds one year...I got gourds!

House

 Not what I think of as a typical stone house, but I still like it.  

Old #49

 And he's sporting a nose ring...at least I am assuming it is a he.

Who would have thought...

 Who would ever have thought blackberry leaves could be so beautiful?

It's been a while...

 It seems like such a long time since there has been such color....but in reality it will be lot longer before we see it again.

What was it...

 I have posted pics o this building before...maybe even this one.  It is long gone.  You cannot even tell it was ever there.  But I always wonder what it was used for.

Illinois sunset

 

It is always a good time for a sunset...whether old or new.  

Tis the season...

 I saw this in Nashville, Indiana a few years ago...it makes me smile every time I see it.

What kind?

 I forget where I took this...is is from the archives.  I probably knew at one time what they were, but I have forgotten.

A Monarch

 A Monarch butterfly rom 2009....

A church

 This is a view of the inside of the little church at Billie Creek Village near Rockville, Indiana.  It is a scan of a photo taken probably over 25 years ago.

Hummingbird moth

 It has been a long time since I saw a hummingbird moth;  even longer since I have seen one not in flight.

Flower with visitor

 

From sunnier days....

Ramshackle

 This big old barn has seen better days...I would love to see inside and see where all the doors lead.

Beebalm

 All I ever see is the purple/lilac beebalm.  I would love to have some of the red.

Ready for some sychronized swimming

 Another scene from the past...I always love seeing a bunch of turtles on a log.

Getting a makeover

 I wish I knew exactly where this was at...I would like to have seen it when it was finished.  I do know it is northwest of us, but how far I do not know.

What is it....

 I think I knew at one time, but don't recall what this/these are...

In flght

 

This is another from the archives....it has been cropped quite a bit.   I could not think of a good title...

another view...

 This is another view of the church that was in the background of Thursday's post.

Brr-rr=rrrrr

 

When you look the word 'cold' up in a dictionary, you might find this.

Scene from the past...

 iI have been looking at old photos, and actually finding some that have never been published.  This is one of them.  Taken not too far from us, over in Illinois.

Shake it all about...

Every time I come across this photo, The Hokey Pokey starts going through my mind...Put your left wing in, put your left wing out.  
 

A lone beauty

 This was taken on November 11, so it is doubtful that there are any leaves left.  Still,  I would not mind traveling down that road again.

Remains

 

Not your best example of frost, but it is about all that is left of the leaves near our house.

Preparation

  Someone seems to be preparing for some cold weather.

Ready for a fall drive

 I should have posted this a few days ago...but still it is ever the inviting view.

Red Barn

This barn has had a makeover, I think.  But for the life of me I don't remember what it looked like before.
 

Gnarly

 Saw this right beside the road a few days ago...

King Tut

 

I bet the title surprised you....well, this is King Tut thread for quilting.  It is almost the only thing I use when machine quilting.  There are so many lovely variegated colors!  Superior Threads makes it.  

Cluster of leaves

 

 

It is kind of funny that plants come from such tiny seeds.  And this is nothing compared to some.

Blowing in the wind...

 I need to go back and get some seed to put in my flowerbeds to see if they will come up here.