millertime

Sure wish I was outside....but I gotta work to pay the bills. I just realized that my 1-year "blogaversary" rolled by on July 5th. I've seen other bloggers talk about theirs, and I thought, "Oh yea, wonder when mine is.", and here it came and went already. So here's a few dozen random photos to celebrate, from the gardener who'll literally take a picture of anything... Japanese maple leaves ("Tsukushigata")....
....daylily "Siloam June Bug"...
...another japanese maple ("Ukigumo")...
...sedum "Kamstchaticum"....
....weather at dusk, taken over my shoulder while driving (told you I'm a loon!)....

....barberry "Crimson Carousel"....
......a pretty dianthus of some sort...
...sandhill cranes.....
....white columbine (reminds me of "The Flying Nun" for some reason)....

.....sunset...I must take hundreds of these pictures-I just can't help myself (loon!)....

.....another cutesy little ditty (again because I cannot help myself)....
...some flowers are pretty even before they open! Helianthus "Lorraine Sunshine"...
....big ole' sucker! (no really, some sort of sucker/carp)...underwater pictures are harder to take very well, especially from the deck 8' above the surface....
.....purple and yellow barberries co-habitate beautifully IMO....
.....this area needs serious work, next year I'll do a makeover and add better drainage so cacti can grow well, instead of barely/not at all....

....I really like old barns and other farm buildings! Too bad they are left to just fall down in a lot of cases, but I'm sure they aren't cheap to fix up!
....spiders...love or hate them, they elicit a strong response regardless...
....bulbs are so cool....I go broke every fall...man, addictions are expensive! ;-)
......gotta love that macro.....


.....and lupines....

....wild mushrooms...
.....yellow ladyslipper...
....peony with free bonus ants!
....do spiders do this on purpose to collect water?


You gotta figure if I have a yard full of "collectibles" (junk), that I'd have a house full, too....

...oh yea....
...clouds are cool....I wanna be a meteorologist....next life, maybe.....
.....I like this little "spur" on the lupine flower. Like a high-strung model, I suppose-pretty, but watch for the knife!
....fun annual....


.......remember when beer ads were on nearly every barn/silo around? I even remember the old "Burma-Shave" signs along the highway....

......bug are having a party-need a pinata'....
....Sammy Hagar on TV...man I'm jones-ing for a concert! Maybe if I didn't blow all my cash on plants....
.....chickadees....
.....love these oddball outbuildings....


....and there we have it! Happy Anniversary to me! Now back to your regularly scheduled blog!