Photos That Dont Fit Elsewhere !

Shining in the grass this morning... a last gift of beauty... Wing of a Black Saddlebags Skimmer Dragonfly (f) (Tramea lacerata)

Doesn't dust in the air do beautiful things... "X" for the Alphabet group !!

Thankful for so much and so many....... One Note at Top Left

Natures Lenses

I hasten to add the Turkey was NOT one of the wild ones who comes to feed here !

Thanksgiving Day table setting. All the leaves and all but one of the seed heads come from this 2 acres. EXPLORED !

.... Right in the heart of America .... Turkey/Roast Potatos/4 Vegetables/Chestnuts/Cranberries/Homemade special family recipe Stuffing/Christmas Pudding/Mince Pies and Cream. EXPLORED ! Also awarded by Marvin & Rosemary Matthews their "Picture Overall Choice" for January 2015 Thankyou so much........ ~~*BLESSINGS*~~ www.ipernity.com/doc/rosie1st2000/20759303

“A wedding anniversary is the celebration of love, trust, partnership, tolerance and tenacity. The order varies for any given year.” ~ Paul Sweeny From that day.... In Edinburgh , Scotland. The Ring is a gold Celtic Knot The Lace Garter I made from Lace saved from my Mum's workbox and Chinese silk and the pearls sewn on to enclose the Blue Ribbon for Luck The Flowers are yellow silk Roses and Cream Lilies and I made my Corsage and Jay's Buttonhole The Earrings are antique Victorian and are Garnet (for my red hair!) Topaz , as yellow is for Happiness and green Peridot , as green is my favourite colour The Choker Necklace is antique green glass beads "Lace" for the Poetography Group EXPLORED !

I am not one for having my photo taken. Far more comfortable on the other side of the camera ! But.. today is my 60th Birthday I thought to go for a more "classic" look... but you know... I think I have earned the right to denim and my favourite Tee Shirt (yin /yang Wolves) and a silk wrap ! I have done the black business suit and stilettos... time for "me" now ! I have earned the wrinkles too ! So... here we are.. Pamela Anne.. at 60. This has felt like a landmark day.... 40 didnt.. 50 didnt... 60 sure as heck does ! Also.. a deep and abiding THANKYOU to all my friends here for the kind words and wonderful Good Wishes . It means alot

The tornados had already happened north of us... this was the remnants of the shelf cloud coming over and it spawned torrential rain and hail Thankfully the hail was light here... other places had tennis ball sized hail.

We had a storm go through and one of our old hollow Black Jack Oak trees came down. It took power lines and made a heck of a mess. Spent a day and half playing Lumberjacks and this became the end result. This wood incidentally .. even when dead... is as hard as Ebony I also kept some sections to make into planters !

We had a storm go through and one of our old hollow Black Jack Oak trees came down. It took power lines and made a heck of a mess. Spent a day and half playing Lumberjacks and this became the end result. This wood incidentally .. even when dead... is as hard as Ebony I also kept some sections to make into planters !

We had a storm go through and one of our old hollow Black Jack Oak trees came down. It took power lines and made a heck of a mess. Spent a day and half playing Lumberjacks and this became the end result. This wood incidentally .. even when dead... is as hard as Ebony I also kept some sections to make into planters ! EXPLORED !

That picture is the Pond I normally MOW. Now.. in the centre .. it is at least 10 feet deep . The pond will eventually be dry again. The craters and underflow rip outs that are going on right now with this flooding on my land, cant be seen . The fabric of the land wont repair itself where the flood has ripped out land. There is undermining everywhere where underflows are that didnt exist , ripped the land out.,, alot of damage on the South boundary. We also have quicksand in places. It very hard to describe what is happening here. Just imagine a tidal wave you cant see cept maybe the top foot of it.. the rest is underground. Imagine how it takes the land away. All the 30 year records are a bust.. they are talking about once in 100 years right now. We are on sandstone... and have had so many years of extreme drought. In many ways.. we are lucky as our Home is dry and safe... but this... just rips my heart out ... all the work I have put into this place. Right now.. I cant even let my dogs play in the Pond because of the holes in the land. Mother Nature isnt happy. The irony is some parts of the State are still in deep drought. There is more severe weather to come this next week too EXPLORED !

This was taken 2 days after the last photo. One gloriously beautiful day. A day to admire the Turtle who had taken up residence.... the Darters... the blue Damsels... and so much more. Where I am standing should be dry land by at least several feet. A day to look in silence at the damage to the land on my south boundary... Now... its raining again.. and the scarey days will be Saturday and Sunday with more violent storms due. But this day... this was a day to BREATHEEEEEE EXPLORED !

And very much like the pic last year I know !! . I like things the way I like things !!

Just trying right now to breathe.. and put one foot in front of the other... we have to get through this nightmare of a result. Just want to say too.. we have a very good support system here in our friendships.... that is going to save us... and feed us and give us the will to get past this and rise above it and come out the other side. Below is excepts from Rudyard Kipling's poem "If" ".... If you can meet with Triumph and Disaster And treat those two impostors just the same:..." ".... Or watch the things you gave your life to, broken, And stoop and build'em up with worn-out tools;..." "... If you can force your heart and nerve and sinew To serve your turn long after they are gone, And so hold on when there is nothing in you Except the Will which says to them: 'Hold on! ' ..." EXPLORED !