A Ramble

There is an abundance of rustic roads

in Wisconsin

 

 

I am about 20 minutes from the border

 so I ramble up there often

 

The scenery changes immediately as

soon as you cross the border

 

That's not to say that my little corner of

Illinois isn't beautiful, it is

 

There is just much less development in Wisconsin

 

and the people are a bit quirky with

a joyful sense of humor

 

I love it!

Summer

This is the beautiful grove where I held our Picnic

Unfortunately it was cold cold cold... Brrrrrr!!

65 deg

You can see one little patch of blue in the distance.

We were wearing sweatshirts with hoods. 

Not to say we didn't have a good time but...

Where is Summer?

Hello

Hello 

I've been out of touch all week due to entertaining 

business associates from out of town.

15 people, 4 days, day and night. I am fried!

I'll be hosting a picnic tomorrow and Sunday I sleep.

The high temperature tomorrow is supposed to be 69 deg.

I thought I would be safe planning a picnic the last week of July

Good Grief

Anyway, I thought I'd post a picture of her majesty and let you know I will be back next week.

The commute

 

 

Through the windshield

 



 

Ain't that pretty

except the part with the bird poop

Natures Way

I took this picture 

a couple of years ago.

The Barn is on one of Wisconsin's Rustic Roads.

A couple of weeks ago I was up there again.

Looks like Mother Nature is taking her space back.

Slowly but surely, nail by nail board by board.

Note Card Party ~ Turns

 

These birds are somewhat comical but the soft colors in these

shots make me think they would make nice note cards

 

 

 

Linking to Vee's

Note Card Party

The kitty

You can't see me...



Have a Seat

I went to the post office I downtown Lake Bluff IL Friday

 and this was the scene in front of City Hall.

 

 

It appears there was a chair painting contest.

What Fun!

 

This is a small Lakefront community

that is so beautiful.

The houses are very classic cottage style homes

of every shape and size. 

 

Photo Challange ~ Birds

Here are a couple of examples of what not to do

when taking photos of birds.

 

Although this one turned out very pretty

It was not the intended result.

Sometimes good things just happen.

 

 

This shot was taken with my IPhone with the zoom full blast.

Is it any wonder it turned out blurry?

But... I like the watercolor look!

 

This bird perched on a tree in back of my house

and I grabbed my 70 x 300 lens, zoom full blast

no tripod.

 

Not as blurry but definitely not as crisp as I would like.

 

 

Lesson learned: Full blast is a no-no.

Tripod a must!

 

Linking to Donna's

Personal Photo Challenge

 

 

P.S. I was finally able to access my blog through Internet Explorer.

Google Chrome won't let me in, more about that journey in a later post.

 

 

 

 

 

My Blog

I have been locked out of my blog all week, finally got in on my IPad tonight.
I will catch up with y'all this weekend. I can read your stuff but I can't reply. Bummer!

History

Look at the detail in this old place!

I drive by here frequently and wonder about its history.

There are renters living there so I can't just camp out front 

and take pictures.

This was taken from the driveway next door to a small strip mall.

The property is for sale and zoned commercial 

so the house is gonna go.

Too bad.

Sweetness

A little basket of sweetness!!

Kitty fast asleep

No flash mom!

MOM!!!

Bunny-be-gone

Oh well...

There goes the Petunia's

A corn update

They say knee high by the 4th of July 

and the sweet corn is waist high.

This is the feed corn out my back window. 

Pretty much the proper height.

I used my super power make it all bigger and closer lens

I really need to practice with that thing. 

Click on the link below to see how it looked a month ago. 

Corn