Wouldn't you love to know the history?

This is from back in May, a place we came across that I just loved. And would love to know more about. You can tell that it is well loved. Everything was so neat and tidy all about the place.
I don't understand the chains hanging down between the porch pillars/posts. I am really curious about that.

Evening sunlight

I liked the way the evening sunlight hit this--not sure what it is. I am wondering if it is sawgrass. I have tried to find a good image of it and no luck so far. Feel free to tell me what it really is in the comments if you know. It was growing at the edge of a cattail pond/big puddle. I am not sure what the correct term is...not really big enough to be called a pond, but bigger than a puddle. I am sure if and when the frequent rains stop, that they will be dry, but for right now seem to hold just enough water to keep things going.

I am enjoying a semi-lazy day...do have some things I need to do but had rather just sit and do nothing. Roger fixed a pork roast on the grill while I cooked breakfast, so after a bit, we will have it along with whatever else I decide to fix.

Roger's buddy taught him a way to fix pork roasts. Of course there are no measurements...but he coats the outside with black pepper, sage, and garlic. Then cooks it on low heat on the grill till it is done. The outside is usually sort of crispy, and the inside tender and juicy, and is delicious. I have not decided which pork roast is best for fixing this way...we don't fix them that often and I forget which was good and which was just so-so.

I had best get moving, and try to do something constructive. Little Miss Lorelei keeps me busy through the week. She is such a funny little girl...she looks for Shelby when we ask her 'Where's Shelby?" and she almost always smiles at her, and sometimes laughs. There seems to be no certain thing that makes her laugh.

And either Wednesday or Thursday, I had given her her mid-day bottle and had put her up to burp her. She started snuggling down into me...hard to explain it but it is just something she does. Then she laughed a little bit. Well, I keep a hand mirror sitting there so I turned it to where she could see herself and she really started laughing. I called for her Grandpa to come see and hear. He started talking to her and then there were these big belly laughs....I had him get me the phone and I quick called Sarah so she could here. I laughed till I cried....

Then Friday both her mom and dad came to pick her up early, and Jeremy was singing the song Lorelei by Styx to her, and using a crazy voice to sing in, and she was totally captivated. Her grin could not have been any bigger. He is such a good daddy to her.

Camera Critters

Another weekend and I actually thought of camera critters, so thought I would join. If you want to see more animals or to participate, click on the badge above.

As we were coming home from Illinois yesterday evening, we made just a very slight detour through the strip pit area.
I had my camera with me, and stopped to take a few pictures. I even got my first half decent picture of a dragonfly.
The milkweeds had lots of activity going on...the monarch caterpillars were really active on a couple of them. I should have counted how many there were but didn't think about it at the time. Plus there were the other creatures.

And I know I have posted pictures of the Dickcissel before, but I cannot resist these from last night. They just seem to be one of the happiest little birds.
They sit and sing their heart out. Even if they become frightened and fly, they only fly a few feet and promptly start singing again.

I am far behind on blog visits...night before last we had a storm move through. Even though the storm did not seem that bad, we had a power outage for just a minute. When that happened I went ahead and unplugged the computers....even though everything is on a surge protector, I just do not fully trust it.

Then yesterday morn, I got up, plugged everything back in, and tried to sign on before Lorelei got here. It just wasn't happening on my computer. I finally got on Rogers and got signed on, but never did here. To make a long story short, some how or other, the settings on the router had gotten changed. I half way had it figured out, but didn't want to chance doing what I thought should be done till I talked to my brother Neal. And to do that, I had to wait till Lorelei went home.

Hopefully, I will get a visit in to everyone by the time this day is over. I do have tons of stuff to do, though so visiting will be just a few here and a few there.