Nana's yard presents the water lilly and the baby garter snake. We've had problems with neighborhood children coming into our yard to catch snakes (when we aren't around). Now they want to hang us for breeding snakes (huh?) and putting the world in danger? Ha! Okay then.

Wayne's World, theator room

more flowers

So here are some pond flowers and a more flowers around my yard. I really am amazed at the variety and beauty of flowers. I am so very grateful for them!

Freckles

I really love freckles on children, and on flowers. Isn't this lilly pretty? It faces down, so is very unique. Did I mention I love freckles?

The ones that made it

So, I did lose some of the babies on our porch, but two survived and are getting ready to fly the coup. Ugly, ugly nest, but the markings on these Swallows are quite pretty! I hope you don't get bored with my pictures!

Grandmothers quilt

My sister Cyndee is holding a project in her hands that I have been working on for a good two years... some of that just thinking how in the world to even start it! My Mom's mom pieced this quilt many years ago (I know, because she died when I was still a girl). I found out that Cyndee had it for over 30 years! She didn't have time to finish it-- so she decided that I could do it for her! Oh well, Cyndee now knows that her sister Pam loves her! This took me so long that there can be no question of that! Someone had washed it (a mystery as to who) and it had fallen apart! So I restitched it, and then found fabric for the back, and then had a very talented lady I know machine quilt it. Then I bound it, and this weekend gave it to my sister. I think she liked it!

The baby swallow

Today I went out on my front porch, where way up by the rafters, swallows have made their mud nest. Anyhow, one tiny baby had fallen out and down 10 feet onto the concrete... and was still alive! I picked it up, took some pictures, then got my ladder and standing on the top (something you aren't supposed to do) I put it back into it's nest. Now could be, I shouldn't have. Sometimes mama birds scoot out sick babies, or babies that will not survive because of physical limitations. But I couldn't just hold onto it until it died, that felt too inhumane. So what would you have done?