Friday Fotos: Finger Drama Continued

 

Hi dear readers. Just a quick post to share all is going splendidly on the busted finger front. Had a follow-up this morning with the nice Ortho Doc in Waycross. He said it's all looking good. Healing at record speed.

And, more blessings today. God has answered our prayer for rain! Thank you Lord for blessings on top of blessings.

Thanks for stopping by. Hope y'all have a glorious Spirit filled day.

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Ride Safe,

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Welcome to Friday Fotos!

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Thank you everyone for the kind words yesterday. Y'all are the best.

I took a stroll around the property. I have a new FujiFilm XP camera (water proof & shock proof) I had to try out. It's supposedly just like the other yellow one I accidentally dropped in the woods when the land clearing was going on. The chipper chewed it to itsy bitsy bits. So, these are the images that stood out the most. Enjoy!

First attempt. Maggie moved. She was looking so cute too, all curled up and snuggly. Little stinker.

Of course, I had to snap a pic of our "pretend" veg garden. Yeah, ok, it's 90% flowers. I admit it. The veg's are on the corners. We're mostly carnivore's anyway. That's how we've both lost 45 pounds. I'm down to 160 from 205 now! Woot woot! 🥳💃

The Windmill

Down by the road (above)

Royal Purple Petunias (below)

Yellow Petunia's (above)

White Petunia's next to my old chair (below)

Petunia's in an old repainted wheelbarrow (above)

Petunia's next to the gate keypad (below)

The Catalpa tree bloomed this year. (above)

Confederate Jasmine (below)

And, last but not least:

Steve is changing the oil and filter then performing general maintenance on his motorbike (2018 Honda NC750X). I think his is prettier than mine. 😎

Then, lastly, my nearly constant companions. Maggie in the foreground, Sam next to her (white) and Jack next to the junk pile. I circled him because in the bright sunlight he nearly disappeared! I didn't notice that at the time.

I hope y'all enjoyed the tour. We've got places to go and people to annoy. 🤭 Prayers that the rest of your day is pleasant, profitable, edifying and full of the joy we receive from the Holy Spirit. Every day is a gift from God. I hope I always remember to enjoy it. 😇🙏

Ride Safe, 

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🌻 It's a short post this week. We've been busy mowing, cutting and removing old trees, burning leaves, and planting the flowers purchased from County Farm Plants in Baxley. 

🌻 Steve noticed that Maggie photobombed the photo. I'm not surprised as she's almost always near at least one of us. 

🌻 The finished product. The trellis in the middle is the Solar Butterfly Lights I bought on Amazon. They don't look like much here but are lovely at night (short video at YouTube). 

🌻 Thanks for stopping by! I may not have time to post this weekend or I might do the Sunday Stealing. We'll see. Let me say hope the rest of your day and weekend are wonderful. Sending love and prayers. Catchya on the flip flop. 😊

Ride Safe

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March is definitely coming in like a lion. It has been SO WINDY lately that's what my hair must look like. 👀😂 Today we are meeting with other Church ladies at the County Farm Plant Company in Baxley to begin the process of Spring plantings. The gals have not been there before so I'm super excited to show them the ropes. It's acres and acres of plants, statues, fountains, and all types of ✨ sparkley's ✨ to spend our money on. Steve and I plan is to mostly stock up on flower seedlings with maybe a few veg's; the gals say they want mostly vegetables. It's all good. The time spent together will be wonderful. It's fun being with my Church family.

On Tuesday we drove over to Laura S. Walker State Park near Waycross to walk one of the nature trails. For my FaceBook friends apologies that this is a repeat. Thanks for hanging in there.😉

The piney woods are beginning to look like Spring. The trees are budding. There are wildflowers blooming, butterflies and moths flitting from place to place, and all manner of creatures coming alive with anticipation. The State built a nice, wide boardwalk over Big Creek and the part of the Okefenokee Swamp that intrudes on it. 

Steve led the way.

Shhh. It's the wild Sparky in her habitat. 😅

Red Maple Seeds laying in a mushroom

Yellow Jasmine

Ty Ty

Palmetto

He's so cute.

We finished the walk downing our thermos full of New England Hazelnut Creme coffee. It's a reward to myself for not complaining about the long walk. 😁

Before heading off to Waycross to go shopping, we drove across US Hwy 1 to see if there's any wildlife moving around in the Okefenokee Swamp. There wasn't. Since neither of us wanted to spend $18 a person to go inside the park, we turned and burned the short distance to town. $36 for a couple of hours of sightseeing is a little too rich for my blood. 

In all the years I've lived here I don't know that I've ever noticed this historical marker at the Okefenokee. Vereen Bell was a Georgia boy, a writer, and a World War II hero. Y'all can read more about him here if so desired. 

So off we go into a new month and March be like ... 

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Thanks for stopping by. I hope the rest of your day is lovely with fair winds and smooth pavement.

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Welcome to Friday Fotos. This will be a short post today. It's been a quiet week other than meeting with friends on Wednesday. (I know, I didn't snap any photos. My bad.) We've mostly been doing the usual grocery and shopping errands. When home we're cleaning and doing yardwork around the property. Once Summer sets in here I stay inside in the A/C. I can't take the severe heat nor humidity. 

Today must be Backward Day because I've posted the photos of events backwards and don't feel like fixing it. 😆😆

Right now it's a rush to get everything in Apple Pie order before the heat sets in! 🥵 We managed to get another dying Pear tree down and chopped up. Because I had mowed for hours earlier my energy level gave out halfway through the cleanup. Steve decided it's best we both stop and leave the picking up and burning for another day. That's OK. The tree's not going anywhere. 😏

Earlier, while Steve was out buying more supplies, I finished mulching leaves and pine straw that had collected all over the land. 

Afterwards I did one of my daily prayer circle walks around the perimeter. I'm always checking the fence and gates as I pray to make sure there's no openings, holes or collapses because Maggie (the little escape artist brat) will not get out and go exploring. She likes to help, of course, following along checking with me. 👀😅 Anyway, I spotted a new bird egg that was left in the debris pushed off to the side. It wasn't there earlier when I was mowing. Steve said it's an Eastern Screech Owl's egg. 🦉 I've been hearing them call early of the morning. Now I know where at least one pair are nesting! I love our wild birds. All the predatory birds nest earlier than the song birds or water fowl so that their young will have something to eat. Another one of God's ways of protecting all His creation. Super cool.

It's Friday! Whatchy'all got planned? I think I'm going to relax the rest of the day and weekend. Monday is soon enough for more of this hard work Tomfoolery. 🤪 Maybe I'll work on more of my genealogy mysteries. That's always fun. 'Supposed to rain anyway. It'll be a good day to "do nothing". 

Thanks for stopping by. I hope your day is easy, uneventful, prosperous and super blessed that flows only from His Holy Throne. 

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Sparky and The Brat (Maggie) relaxing.

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🌻 As the temperatures slowly rise in preparation for Spring in the Southeast the dormant wildflowers have been making themselves known. First, we are decided to prepare the soil for planting a bag of Burpee wildflowers for Butterflies and Hummingbirds. 

🌻 The next day we took a drive through neighboring Wayne County.

🌻 A well groomed dirt road in Wayne County. I wish our County roads looked this good.

🌻 One of our harbingers of Spring is the Wild Mustard that grows along the dirt roads all over the Southeast.

🌻 What are they? I don't know. They are low growing and make the fields a lovely lilac hue when growing en masse.

🌻 An old barn near Screven, Georgia

🌻 Me standing next to one of our metal steeds. It was still chilly until after Noon. Then it became warm, balmy, and the air sweet.

🌻  Yesterday, we worked on removing one more old Pear tree. Two down, two to go! 😅 Unfortunately, we didn't finish cutting or removing the old Pear yet. Steve's back gave out, bless his heart. He had to go rest. 

🌻 Meanwhile, Maggie had to "help" our outside activities by chasing away whatever was hiding under an old burned out stump. She's such a hoot.

🌻 That's it. I hope y'all have a wonderful rest of the day and weekend.  💌🏍️