Tiny dancer....

 Tell me what you would title this shot...I see a dancer.

 Another from the archives...I must be longing for a good snow the way I keep finding photos to share.

Tufted titmouse

 I am strolling through the archives these days...this is one that has never been published before.

2010 photo

 Another photo from a few years ago...we always loved to get out and ramble around when it was snowing.

Walking....

 Would you walk in weather like this?  This photo shows just how it was that day.  

I know I am crazy....

but I like this blurred photo.

I hope everyone had a good holiday and got to spend it with your loved ones.  We just got home today...I will try to return visits tonight and tomorrow.  

Merry Christmas

 I wanted to wish everyone a Merry Christmas.  I thought some of you might enjoy my Bubbie Cat.  He will be 14 yrs. old in July.  

Drive-by

 This one is from the archives...from back in the day when Roger could still drive.  There is no way I could snap a photo of this while driving there.  I cannot even do any good on road where I am the only one on the road if I have to shoot to my left while driving.  Over near Arthur, Illinois where this is taken, the road always has  a few cars coming and going.  Not bumper to bumper, but I sure cannot dwaddle along.  And there is no place to pull over.

Anyway, this is one of the barns I consider a favorite.  I always tell Roger if someone was outside, I would be so tempted to stop and ask for a look inside, and to ask about the history.  and maybe for once I could get a decent photo.

Fall decorations...

 I like the fall deorations, but the shot was more about the door.  

Amish

 Taken over in Illinois a few years ago...I think this was at an Amish school..

Blowing in the wind

 Around here, there is almost always at least a slight breeze.....

From the road

 

Taken in 2009, it was taken as we traveled somewhere.  I know we were traveling because none of the photos are of familiar places.

From he archives...

Roger used to make fishing jigs/lures.  I use these to put a plastic tubeworm on.  He also made some that had a weed-guards.  I prefer the ones with weed-guards.  The above is a cropped portion of the photo below.

From a courthouse...

 We stopped to see this courthouse in Albion, Indiana.  

Do you see it?

 Another cute critter....as well as beautiful dogwood leaves.

Cute critter...

 Squirrels are just so cute...I think I was lucky to get this shot.  There is the only single photo of it.  If I had had the chance, I am sure I would have taken more.

From Terre Haute

 We were coming up 1st Street in Terre Haute the other day when Roger said, "What was that?"

Since we have seen eagles from that street more than once, I was in high hopes it was one of them.  I went around the block and stopped without pulling out on 1st...when I zoomed in with my camera, this is what I saw.   A Turkey Vulture.   We have a lot of these guys around here.

From warmer days

 Winter has only begun and I am done posting summer pics....

Tiny bubbles....

 I don't remember what I/we were making way back then....but at first glance now, they make me think of frog's eggs.

Covered bridge

 These were taken exactly 11 years ago...

From December, 2009

 I love when barns have Christmas wreaths....or any form of Christmas decorations.

Heading for parts unknown

 

Swans from a few years ago...there are some passing through now but I have not been able to be out to photograph them.  Or maybe I should say have not been able to attempt to photograph them.  

Another decoration...

 There was no way to photograph this without that pull in the background.  I just love this tree...I think she got it in St. Charles, MO...in Old Town.

Christmas decoration

I was not planning on using any of the shots from my daughter's house but cannot resist.  Also, I have posted the photo below at my other blog, but thought some that visit here might get a laugh out of it, too.

This is one tired puppy...can you imagine sleeping with you head hanging down like that?

From the road

 We see this barn every time we go to Arthur...there is no place to pull off to take a photo.  And the road is kind of curvy...this is from when Roger could drive.  I like it because it includes the farmer and gives an idea of how big it is.

Hoosier Homestead Farm

 A Hoosier Homestead Farm is one that has belonged to the same family for a hundred years.  This is one we have seen in our rambling around the area.

Revisit summer...

 After the wintry day today, this looks very inviting.

Green caterpillar...

 I think this will become a Polyphemus moth...

Illinois barn....

 A barn from Illinois after harvest.

Meet Copper

 I have not shown our new Grandpup....our daughter has had him about a month.  He and his siblings were left in a box beside a busy road.  In Tennessee.  A rescue place in North Carolina took the dogs.  Our daughter met them at Dayton, Ohio to get him.  I have shown most of these pics on my other blog want to show them here anyway.

His name does not come from his color, but the first night she had him, he howled when left put in the crate for the night like Copper from The Fox and the Hound.

 

Kestrel: 1 Hawk: 0

 Every time I run across this photo I think 'take that!'....and picture some of the old cartoons.  I cropped it for the following:

I wish it were better in focus, but still am glad to have caught even this.  I am not good with hawk IDs...so could not identify the other hawk.  

Hydrangea

 This is one flower/plant I just love but have never had one.  I always have to photograph those belonging to someone else.

Up around the bend...

 From the archives...not from this year.

From Tennessee

 a fall view from 2007

From my favorite place on tis earth....

 I am thankful for so much...and I  am so thankful to have grown up in the mountains of East Tennessee.

Happy Thanksgiving!

Day closing down....

 From this past summer...

Tea for One

 Another shot from the flea market we went to while dogsitting for our daughter.

You can predict the weather

 We see this sign at various places...

Hubcap wall...

 This is a wall of an old barn in Tennesee...I suggest you click to expand the view.

Barn--pt 2

 I thought to show you another view of the barn...

From the archives...

 We came across this barn the same day that as the lichen from previous post.

I just have to show you the views...

I will show a couple more views tomorrow.  These were taken in 2011...I wonder it it is still standing.