Wildflowers~!

More wildflowers from seed I threw down.

Poppy in full bloom

My idea of planting flowers is to throw down a bag of wildflower seeds. Here's one of my wildflowers. I think it's a poppy~!

So Green This Year

Here's a look at part of my back yard from the south west. I sure love this yard.

Day before they fledged.....

Here are four baby bluebirds one day before they left the nest.

He Emerges~!

Here's my Monarch butterfly after the worm slept in his chrysalis for 10 days. Isn't he/she/it beautiful?

Louie gets a first-ever Fur Cut~!

What an incredible difference~! Take special note of his PAWS~!~!





After

Chomp Chomp Chomp~!

Click to see it full size .... Here's my future Monarch butterfly dining on my milkweed plant in my front yard garden. Here's a video of him eating~! Enjoy~!
And here's one of the butterfly he became later.

Peacocks on Log Cabin

I pulled off Farwell Bridge Road, next to the Pecatonica River, while on my way home one night from work. What I saw surprised me: four peacocks roosting on the roof of a cabin just off FBR. I called to them (OK, Ok, yes, I talk to animals) and they were mostly fearless. One came very close. It's too bad it wasn't sunny.....

Monarch Butterfly Caterpillar

Here's a picture of a monarch butterly caterpillar who decided to make my front yard garden, which has several milkweek plants, his home. I am hoping he will spin a cocoon and come out a beautiful butterly. Watch for updates and more information about my Monarch.

For more information, this is a really good site: http://www.monarchbutterflyusa.com/Caterpillar.htm

For fun, here's another pic:

Class Reunion

Click on Pic~!

My high school class of 1973 held its reunion July 19 at Eilert's in Freeport and we had a blast, evidenced by Jackie (first row, left) who could not contain her mirth. Left to right, back row: Fritz K., Barb M., Nancy C., Wayne A., Steve J., Jim B., Mark G., Dalon T., Danny K., (front row); Kenny M., Jackie S., Bonnie C., me, and Kathy B. Missing from the photo is Bill Reeter who somehow managed to slip away without saying goodbye~! Later in the evening Class of '74 leader Kevin Lamm shamed the class of '73 by pointing out at their 30th they had nearly 50 classmates show up. Hmmmmm..... We'll have to try to do better for the 40th.~!

Play me~! Lazy Louie.....(sorry it's sideways...)

Here's what it looked like when Freeport flooded, in June.

ALMOST PERFECT!!!

July 7, 2008

Inside The Shell -- Flirting with perfection
Submitted by beek on Mon, 2008-07-07 21:35.
Posted in Featured Blog | Modesto Bee Staff | Sports/Athletics | beek's blog »
Visalia 4, Modesto 2. Game 88 of 140

GAME IN A GRAF – Oaks’ righty Wes Roemer took a perfect game into the seventh inning before giving up two runs, but that was all the Nuts would get as they had to settle for a split of the four-game series.


Keith Weiser pitched well, but allowed three runs in the sixth inning. Daniel Mayora broke up Roemer’s gem with a one-out triple in the seventh,



and Mike Paulk followed with an RBI double. Cole Garner’s two-out single scored Paulk, but those were the only three hits Modesto would collect.

Finally ... a WIN

Eat some dirt
Oaks bang out the hits against Lake Elsinore Storm
BY ANDREW BETTENCOURT • ABETTENC@VISALIA.GANNETT.COM • JULY 3, 2008

Wes Roemer (4-7) turned in his third straight quality start, limiting the Storm to five hits and three runs in seven innings. Roemer has a 2.75 earned run average over his last five starts.

http://www.visaliatimesdelta.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20080703/SPORTS/807030325


Visalia's Wes Roemer tosses a pitch against the Bakersfield Blaze Friday at Recreation Park. Roemer went six innings and allowed just one run, unearned, in picking up a no-decision. The Blaze beat the Oaks 2-1. (MICHAEL ALVARE
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Oaks lose pitcher's duel to Blaze

BY ANDREW BETTENCOURT • ABETTENC@VISALIA.GANNETT.COM • JUNE 28, 2008
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Some good news was the starting outing turned in by Wes Roemer.

With Valdez out of the rotation, the Oaks are in almost in dire need of a dominant pitcher — especially if the offensive woes continue. Roemer, a 2007 first-round supplemental pick of the Diamondbacks out of Cal State Fullerton, could be a staff-ace candidate.

Roemer gave up just six hits and an unearned run in six innings. Over his last four starts, Roemer has shaved almost a full run off his ERA — going from 5.51 to 4.63 since June 3.

Prom, 2008

Jon and Tyler, Prom, 2008

Storm over Chicago

I thought this was so cool I borrowed it. This was shot and posted on the Chicago Tribune's Web site by a subscriber. Cool huh?

Lake Summerset is WET

Spring storms are hammering the area. I captured this photo while videoing a possible tornado. Later I captured photos of the aftermath: Flooding along Yellow Creek at Bolton Road and a video of the fierce clouds at Lake Summerset, some of which later assuredly spawned tornadoes just east of the lake.

Gore and politics

http://politics1.com/

EDITORIAL: DRAFT AL GORE FOR VICE PRESIDENT. AMERICA WINS WITH OBAMA-GORE.

Senator Barack Obama needs a Vice Presidential runningmate who will calm older, union, Jewish, blue collar and white voters who voted for Hillary Clinton ... voters who still admire the Clintons ... voters concerned about Obama's experience in foreign policy. ...Email the Obama campaign: Let them know you support Al Gore for VP. For our party. To strengthen our nation. To heal our world.
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My lilacs

Each spring nature paints her beautiful picture of lavender in my back yard. I made a lovely centerpiece for my coffee table.

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