From the archives

I can't help but wonder if any of these will enlarge....I tried to get the top photo on the previous post to enlarge last night as well as this morn and had to just give up on it. I have no idea what is going on and wondered did anyone else have trouble when uploading more than one photo.

I was looking through my older images and realized I forgot my kitties' first birthday...my daughter ask me what I would have done for them. I told her maybe take their 1st yr. photo, or maybe cut up a piece of lunchmeat just special for them. She seems to think they are spoiled enough.

Anyway, I did pause on their pictures but think I have posted a good portion of the good ones I have of them. So I kept looking and came across these three. And I looked at that top photo, and seen all the clouds and wonder what I was thinking cause I didn't take any showing off the sky!

Looking forward....

These are supposed to enlarge when clicked, but with the trouble I had with my other blog, I can only hope.

This top photo is scanned from a slide of early 1994, so it had to be the fall of 1993. It is one of my favorite barns in our area. I bet I have 50-100 pictures of it. No one is ever near it when I am there...if I ever see anyone there I am going to ask permission to look inside. The other side had storm damage this spring, not too terrible, but they are repairing it for which I am thankful.
This leaf was actually taken just a few weeks ago....on one of my cloud chasing trips. Seeing it sort of made me long for fall.
And this is from another slide--1998 this time. Isn't that tree gorgeous! I think fall is my favorite season. Just something about all the colors and things sort of slowing down. Kind of sad in some ways...yet it makes me look forward to staying inside and maybe sewing a little or settling down with a good book. Or something I have done since getting the internet a few years ago is to look up old diaries, journals, letters, and photos from the early settlement of this country. Reading and seeing some of those early times sure makes one appreciate the ease with which we heat, keep clean, cook, travel, etc.

For SWF--the sun going down

These photos are supposed to enlarge when clicked.

These really are best viewed when enlarged...you don't appreciate the sun until they are enlarged.
Sorry to post so many photos, but it was hard enough to cut the number down to these.
This is from Tuesday evening's ramble out to the strip pit area...I had to post that very first photo cause you can definitely see one of the many dragonflies that were out that evening.
The rest just show the setting of the sun....
as the clouds slowly cover it up...
followed by a couple or three of after the event.

To join SWF, please go to the Sky Watch Friday Blog. I know I am posting this even earlier than normal, but I am figuring I am going to have to reload some of the photos till they will enlarge. Almost every night I have reload at least one, especially if I have more than three photos. Also, I have started getting a lot of spammers commenting, so I am starting to moderate my posts again. I really hope that that will stop them but who knows.