Happy Thursday!
I took a road trip up to Edgewood, Iowa to visit a long time friend of mine. Turned out that on this day he was in Dubuque for other reasons. 🙂
Found this old guy at Greeley, Iowa. It won’t be long till it no longer stands.
Enjoy your day and be careful.
Happy Monday!
I can say happy Monday because I am retired! 🙂
Yesterday afternoon I had some errands to run so I took my camera with me and then did a little ride through the countryside to see if I could find some photo opportunities.
This image happened by accident. I saw a large hawk perched on a tall tree limb and I stopped well short to set up my camera and long lens. I got in position, rolled down the window and as soon as the lens came out of the window opening he took off. I was disappointed but as I lowered my gaze I saw this deer just staring at me. 🙂
I decided to go by the Buffalo ranch to see if any of them wanted their picture taken. They weren’t very cooperative and even though he had his back to me I was determined to get a shot of him.
I hadn’t been out in the country for a long time and I was amazed as to just how much snow they have had. There were drifts higher than the top of my vehicle. The snow is crusted over with a layer of ice and it was just as cold as it looks in this image.
Enjoy your day and be careful.
Happy Thursday!
Looking out the kitchen window this morning while I was making breakfast I saw this icicle that had formed. Looks like a little dog to me. 🙂
Enjoy your day and be careful.
Happy Saturday!
We had a fair amount of ice this week in Eastern Iowa. The sun came out yesterday and made everything look so beautiful.
Jeanne and I took a ride through the country to look at the landscapes and I came home with some images on my memory card.
Although beautiful with the sun glistening off the ice it was only 1 above zero and the wind was blowing pretty good giving us a wind chill of around -15 degrees. I didn’t stay out very long.
The good news is that we didn’t see many farm animals out in the cold. Most were in some type of shelter. There wasn’t much wildlife at all but we did see a large bald eagle. Unfortunately by the time I got the car stopped and the camera up to my eye he had decided to leave the area.
Finally, yesterday was my birthday. The best birthday present I have ever received was given to me by my two children. They spent an hour and half with me and even bought my breakfast. They are such amazing young people and I am very proud of them. I took this with my iPhone so I’m not totally happy with the quality of the image but the image itself is priceless to me. It is now my new desktop image.
Enjoy your day and be careful.
Happy Friday!
Yesterday I celebrated my one year anniversary of being retired.
I have enjoyed retirement more than I could have ever imagined. It doesn’t seem like it’s been a whole year but the calendar does not lie. There were some things about retirement that turned out to be more difficult than I would have thought but on the whole I highly recommend it. 🙂
We have a fair amount of ice here in my little corner of the world and I captured this image of our bench in the back yard. Too cold to sit there today.
Enjoy your day and be careful.
Happy Birthday to my Amazing Son, Mark.
I am so blessed to have two wonderful children.
Happy Monday!
Angie brought the grand kids over yesterday as Ben was on call and working. We had about 7 inches of fresh snow and you know what that means when you have kids. 🙂
The only one who didn’t get to enjoy the sledding was Addie. She stayed inside and after I took these images I went back in and spent some quality time with her.
Austin had his share of mishaps but never quit smiling. He would get back up and carry his sled back up the hill and do it all over again.
Josh had his form perfected after his first few runs and he set the longest slide of the group.
Angie didn’t slide but she was taking pictures of the kids. This is the same hill that her and Mark slid down when they were young. Spent hours watching them come down that hill. 🙂
Got a nice pose from Gabby.
Enjoy your day and be careful.
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