Hot Springs and Outdoor Wednesday

This past weekend we went to Hot Springs, AR to go to the Races.  It was Rebel Stakes weekend and that is my favorite weekend to go. Secret Circle took home the purse and I hit the late Daily Double with her!

Sunday we went downtown and spent the morning, had lunch, then drove around and came home.  I took a lot of pictures with my new camera and got some nice shots of dogwood and redbud blooming.

I think this is oleander. You can see the buds if you look really close.

This is where one of the springs is open and you can stick your hand in.
It comes out of the ground at 143 degrees!

Dogwood

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This is Spring Break week so its quiet around here! I think I'll take off tomorrow and spend it with the grandkids!

Enjoy your spring - Hope you dont get in the floods this year!

SG

Outdoor Wednesday

This week I have been spending with the grandchildren. Their mother, my oldest daughter, went back to school, not studying, but teaching, andhas no one to keep the kids now that they are school age.
On Monday, we went out to the Inn at the Mill and looked  around and took some pictures.  It's a beautiful place, although no longer "in the country" as growth and progress knocks on its door.  Christopher wanted to look at the old wheel and the grindstones, which are all still in place. 

We took a few pictures.  Then a couple of days later, it rained, thank goodness, and the heat wave has abated.
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The big wheel.

Waterfall from the spring into the pond.  This mill was owned by the Johnson family.  When it operated as a mill, the spring fed the wheel  to keep it turning.


Inside the lobby area which is the old mill part.

Christopher and Olivia check out one of the Remingtons.

And check out the Indian out front. 
If you are ever in the Northwest Arkansas area this is a great place to stay and has an excellent resturant on the hill above it.

Enjoy ! And thanks for the rain!!!

SG

Another snow day....

Well, we are having another snow day here in Arkansas.  This time it is from 10 to 24 inches.  I have never seen that much snow at one time. I'm just so over snow!



This is the pot on my porch, and it's under the porch roof!



This snow is so deep, its up to the bottom of the seat of my garden bench and it's still snowing. 

This is my lawn chair and the lawnmower on my patio...

And the trees...

These people were trying to get up the street, and it took them about an hour to go 2 blocks!

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Enjoy!

SG

Fall, Thanksgiving and Outdoor Wednesday

The trees are almost bare now.  Last Saturday the grandkids came over and we played in the leaves.  They also filled a leaf bag and my 30 gallonyard waste can full of leaves.  Then they collected a dollar each and played in the rest of them.

The Big C buried his sister




When I told them I was going to have

to cut this little oak tree down,

they decided to try to take it down

 with their bare hands!

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Happy Thanksgiving to all.  The day after Thanksgiving, Alex's grandson Nathan graduates from boot camp over at Ft. Sill, Oklahoma.  Congratulations to him!


If you are traveling this weekend, be careful and safe, and take a moment to count your blessings, number one being an American!


SG

Outdoor Wednesday - Fall trees

It's a strange fall this year.  Sunday we took a drive and the trees were just not in sync!  We have been having cool nights and warm, sunny days, which are supposed to be ideal for the trees.

So I took some pictures of the maple trees in my front yard which are doing pretty good this year with the colors.  Hope you enjoy them!

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See you later!

SG

Outdoor Wednesday

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Some shots from Monument Valley 

It was rainy...

This dog was sitting outside a McDonalds close to the turnoff to Four Corners Monument, very politely waiting in the rain for someone to buy him a hamburger.  He had very nice manners.

Thats it until I have more pictures or next week, whichever comes first!  By the way, I dont have a background from Cutest Blog on the Block anymore, but I can't seem to get rid of that advertisement!  It's driving me crazy!  Anyone know how to do that?

SG

Outdoor Wednesday - What's blooming in my yard today

Well, it's May and here is what's blooming in my yard -

I still have some iris in bloom

My purple clemantis by the front porch has bloomed out.  The last time I posted a picture of this trellis, it was in 13 1/2 inches of snow! You can see some of my purple Dutch Iris still blooming behind this and past it the daylillies.

And the peonies are coming out. They will need to be tied up soon, they will be so heavy!

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I have planted the wading pool gardens, I put some more dirt in them, and planted tomatoes, lettuce, arugual, 3 kinds of squash and a cucumber.  And the requisite marigolds to keep out the squash bugs!  Later I'll post pictures of them as they grow and hopefully produce!

The Cotton Patch is still just dirt, but I'll try to get it posted next week! 

 Have a great week and a great Outdoor Wednesday All!

SG

Outdoor Wednesday and whats blooming now....

It's spring..I am sneezing, my eyes are watering and things like this are popping out all over:

I'm glad I live somewhre that I can find wildflowers without going very far!

And this is blooming in my yard this week:

My mother planted a lot of irises in the 70's and they are still around today for me to enjoy.

The yellow and purple regular iris are out now.  Later the purple dutch iris will come on, I love those little things.  These iris always remind me of my mother.

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HAPPY WEDNESDAY!

Love,

SG

Outdoor Wednesday

This is what is blooming in my neck of the woods these days. The dogwoods and redbuds are in full bloom right now, Old Main lawn is lovely and so is Washington Street.

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Enjoy!

Dogwoods  ....  and

Redbuds!

Don't you just love Spring!

SG