In the wind again!

The photo above is just a sample of what we saw Sunday....click to make it bigger till you can see it better. We counted 7 butterflies in it...

Then there were these butterflies...I have just started seeing them this year. I don't ever recall seeing them before, but maybe I did and just don't remember. The width of the yellow bands almost makes me think it is two different kinds, but maybe it just signifies male and female. I am thinking they are the Giant Swallowtail, so if you know for sure one way or the other, please chime in in the comments.

Then there is the little guy below...
We saw just a few of them...not sure what kind it is. Probably a Frittillary but I am not sure which one. It was much smaller than the swallowtails and the monarchs.

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I have clothes hanging on the line, Roger is working on the old garage....actually he is getting ready to make doors for it. He is going to make them to look like barn doors. He is having to do some other work first.

I went down to sew some this morn, and discovered I had cut some pieces of my project the wrong way...so I am having to 'fix' my problem before I can really get down to sewing. I was tired when I cut the pieces and I know better than to do anything that requires thinking when I have that worn out feeling. I know what I done, and it was dumb, dumb, dumb! But mom always said if you hadn't made mistakes, you hadn't ever done anything....so will try to look at this as a learning experience.

I don't mind that tired feeling if I have actually been working, but I hate that just going shopping totally wears me out. I hate shopping because of that...the only time I enjoy it is when I go Christmas shopping. And even then I still suffer that totally worn out feeling, but I still enjoy shopping for gifts.

P.S. I forgot to add that it was harder than heck to get any decent photograghs of the butterflies...the wind was blowing the entire time I was there.

Vermillion County Courthouse

We stopped in Newport today...I wanted to take a photo of our courthouse...after seeing Noble County Courthouse, this one was a little boring. In fact, of all the courthouses I have seen around here, ours is probably the most boring to look at from the outside. It has been years since I have been inside...
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I saw red, red leaves today...as well as the other day just a house or two away from Sarah. The humidity has been down some the past few days. I am feeling fall drawing near every morn or every evening that I set outside in the swings. This year, I suppose it will be bittersweet, with both girls moving.

My older daughter has about a month of training left....she is doing well in it. Both the physical and the book learning. I wish I could remember the details of some of her physical training...I don't think I could have did it when young. The other days was this: 12 stations of calisthenics...1 min of cal then run a lap to following station....another involved an Indian run....along with all the other calisthenics. She has been pushing herself for the past 3 years and it has paid off.

Old Blue Eyes again

I spent most of the past two days down at Sarah's...she had a yard sale today to get rid of some stuff till they wouldn't have to move it to Indianapolis. I managed to snap a couple pictures of Miss Busy Britches....you just have to click on them to get the full effect of those blue eyes.
Actually I snapped more but these are the best two....it is so hard to catch her still long enough to get a good photo.

I have been sitting here almost giggling to myself...thinking of the way she runs. Sarah's sister-in-law was there today and she noticed it. She puts her arms straight and sort of back a little bit and bends forward and runs...just sort of all out for her. Her head leading the way... I wish I had a video to show. It makes us all giggle.

She has two Noah's in her life, and she loves them both. She has the Noah who is the son of one of Sarah's childhood friend, but she also has a neighbor across the street named Noah. He is either a couple weeks older or younger than Lorelei. Well, neighbor Noah had been gone on vacation last week and they got home yesterday evening sometime after I left.

I would have loved to witness the reunion...Sarah was doing something outside and heard Lorelei getting excited...and she turned around and there she was at the fence, reaching through for him. I can only imagine the excitement...I was there today and Noah's dad came walking over with him....when Lorelei saw him she just started giggling. It makes everyone laugh to see and hear her.