July 31, 2020

July 31


Hazel 😍😍
Snagged this gal for a couple of hours this morning 

July 30, 2020

July 30

Biked over to the sunflower selfie field
this evening :) :)



July 29, 2020

July 29

Got to have these girls for a chunk of the day
and they were quite cooperative subjects :)

July 28, 2020

July 28

I land up doing quite a bit of car washing
on our driveway after all the touring I do
on gravel roads ...
and today was 'water park' day 😉😉

July 27, 2020

July 26, 2020

July 26

Finally got to go watch some test and tune racing ...
and yes, I do have a favorite there :)

July 25, 2020

July 25

Visited the Sunflower Selfie field with these girls

Oh Hazel :) :)


Will & I went for a little walk to get a slushie
and had to stop to give 'Michael Jordan' a little
refreshment to cool off :)

July 24, 2020

July 24

Part of my cat deterrent strategy
on our veranda chairs 

Sometimes Grandma just has to look the other way ...
and yes, their mother was here

July 23, 2020

July 23

Zoe was all ready to head out
on a Mom/Daughter date

July 22, 2020

July 22 ... Mom's birthday

We got to see our mom, in person,
in her new home ... Emerson Care Home

She was a bit of a tough customer in the smile dept today

Took a bike ride to get a picture of just how high the corn is outside our village
Long shadows

Cleaning bee and honey residue off the camper ...
ran into a swarm of them on our camping trip


July 21, 2020

July 21

Cleaning up a couple ash trees at Wes & Verna's

The yard always looks so nice in that first day after mowing

July 20, 2020

July 20

Morning dew

Almost a full tub of  'fattah hahn'  😩😩

July 19, 2020

July 19

Morning visitors in our camper
before we pack up
and head home

Yeah!  The garden is beginning to produce!
Lots and lots of green tomatoes!
Some honeydew




And mushrooms all over the lawn!
Cantaloupe 

July 18, 2020

July 18

Carla & I took the girls on a short bike/hike on a little piece
of The Great Trail near LOW today :)

Testing a couple of my Christmas gifts ...
the stool & a new rod 

July 17, 2020

July 17

Enjoying lunch out on the lake :)
Cheyenne pulled out her first tooth today!
At age 4!!

Today I won the 'little fish' award


Thea decided our supper was better tonight
so joined Conrad & I for fish fry in our clam :)

July 16, 2020

July 16

Our prairie landscape these days :)

Yippee!  Campfire with family and friends!

July 15, 2020

July 15

Hard to see on here, but there was a group of baby ducks swimming along the shore
close to where we were fishing, and when I zoomed in on my computer, I counted about 30!!

Henry & Marianne fishing close to us

One of Conrad's 'too big to keep' fish this morning

July 14, 2020

July 14

The giraffe out on LOW got a paint job!

Conrad's catch of the day :)

Found a sheltered sunny spot to stop for lunch ...
it was mighty breezy out there today

July 13, 2020

July 13

Playing around a bit with camera settings again

Getting ready for supper and skeeters

July 12, 2020

July 12


These girls found us at our camper early this morning :)
Hmm, not what we normally come across out on the lake

😀😀😀

Fishing and swimming on this hot day