DowagerLadyUrsula

Who let the dogs in? Who? Who? "Hey you guys! You left the door open!" : ) Comments Welcome

Burlington Northern / Metra Commuter / Aurora line. Chicago to Aurora and all stops in between. From one of my first cell phone cameras. And that's the great Harry Warren and "The Atchison, Topeka and The Sante Fe" : ) Comments Welcome

A cute name and colors but at the end of the day it's still a spider, an orb weaver, Araneus marmoreus. Harmless to people and mostly hidden in woodsy settings. Adult pumpkin spiders are active from the middle of summer until the first frost. They breed and lay hundreds of eggs in the fall in cocoons that will hatch in the spring. The young molt several times and emerge as adults in the summer. The cycle then repeats. And a very familiar children's song : ) Comments Welcome

Very rewarding to get healthy, fresh eggs and once in a while a chick or two. We think they are our chickens but he knows they are his : ) Comments Welcome

"Do not anticipate trouble, or worry about what may never happen. Keep in the sunlight" Benjamin Franklin. First year raspberries! Horn Concerto No. 3 by Mozart : ) Comments Welcome

I went to Home Depot to buy something little and Wow! Christmas is coming . . . ready or not! "Feliz Navidad" from The Grinch (and Jose Feliciano) : ) Comments Welcome

My garden pleasures accompanied by the cacophony of the "robber barons" of the backyard bird world! The blue jays! Its just not summer without them :) :) Comment Welcome

Metaphorically and climatologically the Winds of Change definitely are upon us. Midnight the Cat doesn't like it either, wants to be picked up. But . . . on the up side . . . most of our leaves (zillions) have gone to someone else's yard : ) : )

The neighbor's gigantic Norway Maple sways in the wind. The birds say Winter is coming. They are probably right. Piano is George Winston's "Colors" : ) Comments Welcome

The neighbor's cat sneaks in to roll in the sun in my catnip. He knows I'm watching and he knows he is trespassing! Music is whatever I was playing . . . Mozart, "Don Giovanni" I think : ) Comments Welcome

Clear sunny skies on our way to Key West and cloudy with swells :/ on the way home. Never forget you're on a big ocean. Had a grand time. An old favourite by an old favourite, "Changes In Latitudes, Changes In Attitudes" The one and only, Jimmy Buffett : ) Comments Welcome

Sunset over Lake Michigan at the St Joseph pier and lights. A Coast Guard boat goes out and a Great Lakes Tanker lies out at dredging. Background vocal is from Lee Murdock's albumn "Voices Across The Water" and the selection is "Red Iron Ore/Wreck Of The Edmund Fitzgerald" : ) Comments Welcome

My granddaughter's recent "short program" (whatever that means) and I am so proud of her. She loves to skate and she is a strong skater. I love her to pieces : ) Comments Welcome

By the end of summer this Tiger Swallowtail is tired and worn . . . but still vibrant. Purple Coneflowers are a vital favorite of gardens and prairies. Music is from Tchaikovsky's Andante Cantabile : ) Comments Welcome

A lovely Norway Maple and a slow Metra commuter train from Aurora into Chicago. And an old favourite, "Sentimental Journey" from the albumn, "Armed Forces Sweethearts" : ) Comments Welcome

How did this garden slug (a terrestrial, shell-less mollusc) get on this styrofoam cooler in the basement? I "hate" styrofoam but an RX delivery came in it and I don't know what to do with it. And this slug . . . not cute and cuddly but a complex, living creature. And at the end of the video it pulls in quickly . . . obviously aware of me, too. Amazing. "Lake Music" from the album, Eolian Minstrel : ) Comments Welcome

Tractors & Military & Bikes! Soybeans are ripe and the Evil City String Band plays "Cotton Eyed Joe" : ) Comments Welcome

The Fox River as seen from the St Charles riverboat on a lazy, sunny Sunday afternoon. Song is "Deeper Blue" by Kohala on the albumn "Mele O Hawai'i" : ) Comments Welcome

We almost went in the basement for this one! Caught some lightning, too. And of course . . . the magnificent Lena Horne and "Stormy Weather" : ) Comments Welcome

The August full moon was heading west over my backyard just as the sun was coming up. On full screen you can see star-like Saturn just off of the moon's right shoulder. And cricket song heralding the coming of Autumn : ) Comments Welcome

A summer's day. My neighbor helps me with the watering. John Denver sings "Back Home Again". East or West home is best : ) Comments Welcome

Great neighbors, summer days. Music from Henry Mancini, "Baby Elephant Walk" : ) Comments Welcome

Chicago? Fuhgettaboutit! Fatty's in DeKalb (home of Northern Illinois University) has been voted numerous times the Best Place to Watch Sporting Events, Best Patio/Beer Garden, Best Burger and is regarded as one of the best places to eat in DeKalb. Gorgeous old interior and my personal favorite is their wonderful potatoe skins. Great big potatoes, grated cheddar cheese and crispy bacon crumbled on top. Sour cream if you like. I eat 2 and take 2 home. Bob Dylan's unforgettable " How Does It Feel?" : ) Comments Welcome

Driving from Warm Springs to Portland and down from Mt Hood on Hwy 26. The beautiful Pacific Northwest. The Mt Hood National Forest bathed in sunlight. Surely, "The Sunnyside of the Street" as recorded in 1947 by Peggy Lee, Benny Goodman and his orchestra : ) Comments Welcome

The 21 victims of the Uvalde, Texas school shooting: Makenna Lee Elrod, age 10 Layla Salazar, age 11 Maranda Mathis, age 11 Nevaeh Bravo, age 10 Jose Manuel Flores Jr., age 10 Xavier Lopez, age 10 Tess Marie Mata, age 10 Rojelio Torres, age 10 Eliahna “Ellie” Amyah Garcia, age 9 Eliahna A. Torres, age 10 Annabell Guadalupe Rodriguez, age 10 Jackie Cazares, age 9 Uziyah Garcia Jayce Carmelo Luevanos, age 10 Maite Yuleana Rodriguez, age 10 Jailah Nicole Silguero, age 10 Irma Garcia, age 48 Eva Mireles, age 44 Amerie Jo Garza, age 10 Alexandria “Lexi” Aniyah Rubio, age 10 Alithia Ramirez, age 10 19 families lost little ones and 2 families lost their Moms. Al Green's "How Can You Mend A Broken Heart"