Dry Days.....Wet Days

June and July have given us dry days...

that bring the bugs out...

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and wet days that keep us in...

and Magnolia blossoms wet...

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Saturday was a wet day for us...



so when Alivia came down to visit...
out came her favorite book...and
behind it she hid!




just ignoring me and...
even trying not to smile for the camera...




but actually, I later got what I wanted....
one of her...deeply engrossed in her book!



Later she was off to draw...but what would it be...



After giving it some serious thought...


she made up her mind...and created some art...
that's how I enjoyed yesterday.


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Today...being a dry day...
Herhusband walked down the drive to
retrieve the trailer from the barn...



while I waited at the gazebo...

which yesterday...being a wet day...

the swing wore a raincoat ready for rain.

So after Herhusband left to help grandson

Dustin move some things...

I went into the field...with camera...

pass the windmill...

and pass the bench in the field....

to the hillside just beyond the wire fence,

where the blackberries are....

it is quite steep here in places...

with ragged old trees...

and areas of plants with tall white blooms.

It's thick with tall straight trees...

and dense with low growing fern...

On a walk here last week I discovered...

a Hawk feather...a small snail...

then an even smaller snail...

and an old empty shell...

on the ground just beneath.

Also on that walk I placed something...

at the base of this middle tree to see

how it might change in a week's time.

This was it a week ago...a little green walnut

on a stack of rocks...even had a smiley face.

Today it looked like this...

green turned to gray... the leaf pulled away...

and the pebble fell off...

but he's still smiling.

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In a week I will return to see what I find.

On my way home this Box Turtle crossed my path..

with dark leathery skin...

and glowing pink eyes...which I just learned means

it's a male...females have yellowish brown irises.!

I found this slight heart shaped rock near him...

so I thought I'd take it home...

Eventually...I reached an entrance to field...

walked pass the pear tree...

then pass the Magnolia tree which has

a dry bloom today.

Oh, remember Alivia's artwork yesterday?

Well, she drew appropriate pictures...

One dry day.....One wet day!

Note which one includes a smile

and which one a frown!

Alivia's Birthday

This little girl is having a birthday Saturday.....

only.....she is a big girl now....

Alivia spent most of yesterday with Gramma...




climbing up into the Honeysuckle Bush...




and then back down...when she decided to




take a few photos of her own....

-a glass butterfly-.....

-a fallen leaf-....

and....

-a brown mushroom-.

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Then it was back to climbing again.....

this time on the swing.....

under the Walnut Tree.....

carefully crossing to the end.....

then she was off again...

this time running to the field....

faster than me!

Slowly circling the apple tree.....

then jumping in the air.....

just to pick a little green apple.....

then she darted off again...leaping in the air...

racing me home.....

where we quietly painted some masterpieces!




That's how I usually spend my days with Alivia!

"Happy 6th Birthday Alivia!"

" Love, Gramma & Grampa "