Sunday Sunset

 

The planes and the Chimney Swifts were out, too.

"Far away there in the sunshine are my highest aspirations. I may not reach them, but I can look up and see their beauty, believe in them, and try to follow where they lead."

                     Louise May Alcott

Look Through My window

 I found this suncatcher really cheap awhile ago and hung it on the kitchen window. Since the sunflowers are now in bloom, I thought I would post it.

The Scorpion

 On the street we go to watch the sunset, this strange truck has been parked for weeks. I have never seen a truck like it. Weird.

And even weirder is this...

It's name is Scorpion! Never would I EVER sit in this truck!

For The Birds

 Today we happened to pass by this in someone's front yard.

We turned around to take a closer look.

It was an old dead tree with many holes that someone put roofs on and turned into birdhouses! What a great idea!

It had lots of different holes and nooks and crannies. Almost made me wish that we had a big old dead tree in our yard. The following pic shows just a few of the spaces the birds can use.

They had this little flag hanging beside it.

College Bound

 Our oldest granddaughter, Ane Marie, left for college last week. Here she is saying goodbye to her kitty.

This is in her dorm. First year students are required to stay in the dorm, and are not allowed their cars! She got about 45,000 steps a day just during orientation!

About five flights of steps just to get to her dorm!

Behind

 You could think this may be a pretty painting hanging somewhere on a wall.

But no! It is the tire cover on the back of a car we were behind.

And so is this.

Spare tire covers have gotten so pretty lately!! I love finding them and snapping them.

Sunday Sunset

 

The Run

 Our granddaughter Dara ran her first cross country competition of the school year on Tuesday, against another school. She won the entire race! Of course I have to brag.

Here she is with one of her prizes.

Her name was even in the paper today!

* Photos were taken by Dara's Mom Melissa, except for the newspaper one.

A View From A Car

 We passed this a couple blocks away today.

We haven't had a strong storm lately, so I don't know what could have happened.

Of course people were curious.

If I ever see these people outside, I will ask them about it.

The Carnival

 Earlier this summer, we took the girls to the local Carnival. Well, we took the two youngest. Anne Marie is old enough now that she drove her own car there and met us. I loved this handsome Dragon that met us.

The girls were pretty excited.

But it was the last night of the carnival, and all the lines were dreadfully long! So they only had time to go on two rides and play one game. Next time, I'll know better and pick a different night.

The only deserted stand was this lemonade one. No one was buying. I thought the lemon shaped stand was so cute!!

On the other hand, the slushies, funnel cakes and donuts had dozens in line.

Even the dogs were exhausted from standing in long lines.

The first ride they chose was this giant ferris wheel.

You had to sit in a locked-up cage! One of the girls loved it, and the other one was so scared that she almost threw up. So maybe it was a good thing after all that the lines were too long to buy funnel cakes.

"Sweet dreams are made of cotton candy."