You Capture~Water

Been a pretty crazy summer so far. Kids went to Scottsluff for three weeks. They got home Saturday. Stephen and I took a road trip of our own. His Gma died a couple of weeks ago and we made a road trip to her funeral. This weeks "Water" photos are from our trip to North Dakota. We saw alot of flooding on our way. Very sad.

Here is my contribution to this week's You Capture from Beth over at...Beth Fletcher@ishouldbefoldingthelaundry.com




Missouri River flooding in Sioux City, Iowa. This use to be the off ramp for the Nebraska exit.


We had to take a detour...for obvious reasons.


Storm passing over us when we went to Scottsbluff to get the boys.


After the rain. I love this one!


Beautiful Western Nebraska sunset after a rain storm. Makes my heart smile!

You Capture~Flowers

I think flowers make the best photo subjects. I could photograph them all day long and never get bored!!!

Here is my contribution to this week's You Capture from Beth over at...Beth Fletcher@ishouldbefoldingthelaundry.com




Sunflowers...need I say more???


My lilac bushes...wish they would stay like this.


My mother-in-law's pretty flowers. I don't know what they are I just know they are pretty!


For my Aunt Kathy...we miss her every day.


This is one of the very first photos I took of flowers. It's my favorite!

Update:

Grandma Lizzie (Elizabeth) earned her wings today. She is now partying with Jesus in Heaven with her beloved Albert. We will miss her dearly but we know she is no longer suffering. Oh to be there to witness her dancing and praising Jesus! We love you Grandma!!!!

This past week......

1. I have shipped the kids 450 miles away. They will return in three weeks. They are on the farm again this summer taking care of cows, chickens, sheep, and horses. I have only talked to them once since Friday morning. That was about a five minute conversation. They were too busy to chat long. They will call when they get lonely.

2. I am trying desperately to change the color of my thumbs. You see, they are very black. I kill everything I plant.....everything. We planted Petunias this week in the side yard. I am working on growing some cosmos and marigolds in the house to I can transplant them later. We got a tiller and since our good friend Scott came over last weekend and pruned our trees, we may actually be able to grow some grass this year. We tried and did get it to grow last year, then we had the Father's Day flood....wiped everything out. :(

3. We go the ok, finally, from the landlord to get new carpet. I cannot tell you how excited I am . The current carpet is as old as I am...you think I am kidding don't you. Haha..no sadly I am not. Ok well maybe a little but it is from at least 1990...it may be older but we are not sure. So we went and picked it out this week and hopefully it will be going in before th end of summer. Oh, and they are going to put in a shower in the upstairs bathroom!!! Our current shower is literally a hole in the wall carved out and stuck with one of those 30" wide showers. The floor is broken and if you are not careful, you will fall in the drain. Ewwwww. I also picked out paint for the bathroom but I am currently fighting with the wallpaper. Wallpaper was all the rage in the 70's (which is when this stuff was put on) but not it just causes rage!!!

On a sad note....Stephen's Grandma Lizzie is dying. She had a stroke back in December and had another one a couple weeks ago. She is 82, almost 83. She is 4' 11" of orneriness and sweet all in one. She is the Godliest woman I know and she knows exactly where she is going. Oh to be there when she arrives in Heaven...what a sight that will be! If you are of the praying kind,, just say an extra prayer for her family and they go through this transition in her life.

Grandma :)