Foggy Morning

This morning was chilly and there was a line of fog along the creek south of us. There's just a hint of fall in the air. It turned out to be a beautiful day, not too cool and very sunny.

Rainy Sunday

We had some heavy rain today from several thunderstorms that passed through. The first storm was rather severe but we were lucky and had no damage. (Some places near by had large hail and high winds.)

This is a photo of the approach of the second storm.

Oh, darn!

I TRIED to work at school today, I really did! But the janitors were cleaning the library and then the network went down so... I gave up and decided to work from home. This is what my desk looks like today. Looks like I'm VERY BUSY! (Looks can be deceiving. I do have a messy desk, however.)

Barking up a tree

Bear cornered a squirrel in a hollow tree trunk. He spent most of the afternoon barking at the tree while the squirrel laughed at him from the safety of the hole.

Today I went in to get started on my work at school. I guess my summer vacation is now over - and my to-do list here at home just won't get done! Summers seem to be getting shorter every year.

Going mobile

I just spent 45 minutes linking my iPod touch to my blog so I can post
from my iPod. Does this work? This is a test post.

Blogging the Day Away

Thanks to June's suggestion, I'll be posting periodic updates on the absolutely fantastic happenings around our house today. Stay tuned...

6:30 am Slept in for a whole hour this morning. I'm about to have my usual bowl of oatmeal.






























7:00 Ready for my first cup of coffee




























My day is just TOO exciting...

9:30 am Thinking about caulking the new bathtub. Hmm. Sounds like work.
































12:45 Nap time. No pictures here.
4:00 No, I actually didn't sleep all this time. I GOT THE TUB CAULKED! I'm happy I got that done but it's not really worthy of a photo.

Another thing I did was water outside plants. Here are photos, first of a baby watermelon (so cute when they're little!):

Next, a large seed pod of a Green Dragon plant:



Next, watering a bush:


Watering a sedum:



Next, watering a Dwarf Alberta Spruce:



and cantaloupes:


I took some time to admire Prairie Area #1. Newly planted this spring, I'm having some difficulty telling the weeds from the prairie plants but Blazing Star is visible in this area.


This is Prairie Area #2. There's more to see here. The pink plant is Swamp Milkweed.

Lots of these:


I think this is Hoary Vervain:



This grass doesn't seem to be on the list of seeds that I got so I have NO IDEA what it is:


And finally, we have Partridge Pea:


A final photo from this afternoon - I checked the mailbox:


I'll be back with end-of-the day posts at the end of the day!

8:15 pm It's not quite the end of the day but close enough. I learned more about using Blogger - it has some quirks I'm still figuring out. I had fun doing this and look forward to reading blogs of others who participated. Thanks for the suggestion, June!

The sun is setting. And so, to bed.