MOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!!

One day last week, (the day Jay & Shelly were coming to visit) I happened to glance out the window and did a double take. Our yard was filled with cows! I called the owner's....nobody home....I called their dad, our back-up number....no answer....I called Bob's cell and said "Our yard is filled with cows and nobody's home!!" and he said DON'T LET THEM EAT THE FLOWERS (right honey, that proved to be easier said than done!!) I grabbed a pot and a spoon and tore out the door banging and yelling and they all started to slowly move CLOSER to me, I think they thought I was calling them for dinner!!! I jumped in the car, headed towards them blowing the horn (even that was a little scary, since they were bigger than my car) that got them away from the flowers (Whew!!) and caused them to wander around the other side of the pond and congregate around the barn. I finally got in touch with the owner's on a cell phone and it was quite amazing how those cows all marched home when Jeff showed up with a bag of grain on his shoulder and started calling them....... just another exciting day in the country!

Shelly's Shots

Jay, Shelly & Brooklyn stopped in yesterday and Shelly took some really neat pictures. This is me with Jay and Brook on the bridge. The rest are pictures she took of Brooklyn while they were doing a little exploring.

Slideshows

I have been making slideshows lately and thanks to advice from Shelly I am finally able to post a couple. I did one for Bob on our anniversary and I did one of Sis & I in New York City. I have posted an abreviated version of each. Hope you enjoy!

Jeri...the painter???????????

In the last week, I have painted mom's porch, and hopefully the paint will stay on the walls this time. Sis and I painted the porch a few years ago and I said, I don't think we need to sand the walls....well yea, we should have sanded those walls! This time I sanded and scraped and sanded some more. So far, so good. I got the paint to go on the walls good, time will tell if it stays there! AND I have finally gotten my closet painted and it looks pretty darn good if I do say so myself! This is a picture of Suzie the Floozie. Since Bob has never appreciated her beauty, I decided she will now reside in my closet. I am sooo happy with the way it turned out...

Bob also thought I did a good job and suggested I do the bathroom next. Stay tuned......

Pictures I've Been Meaning to Post

Waaay back to Mother's Day. I spent the night at mom's and my "nephew" Eddie snuggled up on the couch with me. Mother's Day ~4 Generations ~ Morgan, me, mom, Ron and Mina (Eddie got right in there and posed for the picture also) Bloomin' beautiful!! ~ the Amaryllis

The Orchid Cactus

The kittens are getting cuter and cuter and will soon be ready to find new homes.

On the other hand, these guys have turned into geeky, gawky, goslings!!

In The News!!!

This is what Bob has been up to lately. This is a picture I took of the newspaper article (which contained the pictures I took) in today's local paper.

Creeping...Flying..... Swimming.... CRITTERS

Finally...an Oriole stopped in this Spring. We always had several at the lake, but this is the first one to visit us here.

Feeding the fish....this "cute" little guy has lots of relatives in the pond.

It seems that I'm always chasing geese off the pond...still we somehow ended up with a whole family. Cute? Yes, but now when I take a walk around the pond, I sing a little song (to the tune of Tiptoe Through The Tulips), that I call Tiptoe Through The Goose Poop!!!

Our koi...the perfect pets. Here they are sunning themselves along the edge of the pond.....until I scared them away.

Up close & personel with Mr. Turtle

This morning the Goose Family provided me with a little entertainment. They mosied up close to the house, so Toe-toes decided she would check them out...it didn't take long for her to realize that was not such a great idea.

Sisters in the Big City

Sis & I just got back from a trip to New York City! We saw lots of people, places, and things....Central Park, The Dakota, St. Patrick's Cathedral, Rockefeller Plaza, Harlem, Ellis Island, The Statue of Liberty, Empire State Building, etc, etc, etc!!! We went to a Broadway show (A Chorus Line) and bought purses in China Town!!! It was a great time! We went on a tour bus with Air Bear Travel and it was fantastic...no worries about TRAFFIC or PARKING or ANYTHING.... the only way to see New York. Our hotel Times Square

The Lovely Lady

and of course, The Empire State Building I am soooo scared of heights, but I handled this with no problem.... the upper level of Carnegie Hall, however, scared the crap out of me!!! Go figure!!!!!!