Treasured Memories Thursday

I found this great photo when going through the stuff I got at my Aunt's.  It's from 1960.

Left to right:  My sister, Judie (13 yrs. old), my Aunt Kay, me ( lovely in red & pink?! at 12), cousin  Mary Jane, my Mom & brother Tom ( he's 5ish--not sure when during the year this was taken).  Probably taken at holiday time--we are wearing sweaters & I don't think we saw Mary Jane all that often--she lived in Trenton, NJ and at that time that seemed  pretty far away!

Saw a Bear Last Night!

Mohawk Bison--some new photos

 Some of the  bison have been moved to the field that is directly across the road from the end of our driveway!  So I'm carrying my camera all the time now!  Thought I'd share a few photos so you can see how the babies are growing!

 Yesterday I watched this one large one rubbing his head on the ground in the dirt--guess that's the way they scratch!  Or get rid of bugs!  I've seen our cats do something similar.....

 When he picked his head up, it created a large cloud of dust!  ( It's very dry here!)

 I'll will be sharing more of these photos as time goes by!

Macro Monday

Self Seeder!

 This is Bee Balm and it hasn't grown in my garden in 3 or 4 years, but this year it popped up again. 

 We get lots of things growing that self seed or seeds are carried on the wind & show up!

A close up of one bloom.

Treasured Memories Thursday

Last week I picked up lots of boxes at my brother's that I had packed up last month when we emptied my Aunt's apartment.  Spent the morning today going through 2 of them.  It took awhile because I had to stop & read cards or look at photos!  It's amazing ( and wonderful for us) what she had kept.  So I decided to start  a treasured memory day once a week.

This is a photo taken around 1930: from the far right--my Mom, her mother, Hazel, holding my aunt Barbara

( she died at the age of 5), my Aunt Kay ( in the dark cloche) ; a few unnamed people and then my grandfather, Peter P. Carney.  The back of the photo says"  First delivery of milk by air--Pittsburgh Airport about 1930"

A Quick Post

 Was just going to go outside & it started to pour!  We haven't had any rain in awhile so this is a blessing--I was going out to water my veggies!  It seems that everyday a new flower is blooming in the yard...here's a pretty yellow lily.  The black spot on the bottom petal is actually a perfectly round hole--obviously some bug liked the taste!