Here, There & Everywhere

Saturday, April 14, 2018

We left home at 5:40 AM. As we’ve done in the past, we stopped at McDonald’s at I75 to get breakfast. It took forever to get our food. We’ve never had a problem with this place before.

When we got right outside of Nashville we hit quite a rainstorm and had to slow down to 35 MPH. It was unfortunate since traffic was light. According to the radar map we would be driving in rain for a while.

It sure was a dreary day but it’s easier on the eyes than having the sun shining brightly.

We stopped at a rest area just east of St. Louis and ate lunch. Ham salad and chicken salad from Honey Baked Ham. Yum!

Since Missouri built a new bridge, we don’t get close enough for me to take pictures of the Arch. So instead, I take pictures of the new bridge.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

We arrived at the Drury Inn in St. Joe at 6:50 PM. It was 39 degrees with light rain. The forecast for the next day was iffy. After getting settled in, Tommy went to Bandana’s BBQ for our dinner. Their BBQ meat (we get chicken and pork) salads are really yummy!

 

Spring in the South brings blooms (even weeds are pretty), birds and beautiful colors.

I was invited to go to my friend’s house to shoot her bluebirds. Linda has a great setup and I was excited to get these photos:

More bird pictures and a carpenter bee. I’m loving my new lens and Spring!

We went up to Balsam Grove for a few days so Tommy could start on replacing deck boards. Spring hadn’t quite gotten there.

Over the past week or so, I’ve been outside with my camera and new lens. It is quite relaxing just sitting waiting for the birds to appear.

Bubba and I spent some time enjoying the beautiful weather.

 

The family came over for our “sometimes annual” Tripoley game. Having the family together to play games Tripoley are some of my favorite memories growing up. This year we had Katie join us. She had come down to Atlanta for a dental hygienist conference and then came out and spent the night. 

When I see enough bird activity and the weather is nice enough I go sit outside with my camera. I was pretty lucky this day. Still waiting on the bluebirds.

We had a couple of days of fairly decent weather, enough that Tommy was able to get out and till the garden.

For my 40th anniversary and my birthday, I ordered a new lens for my camera. It’s a beast, but it’s great!

Spring really is popping out here. Bubba and I walked around outside–me with my camera and him with his desire to roll around in the grass.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Tommy and I sat out in the back yard waiting for bluebirds to show up. As we were sitting and enjoying the warm sunshine, I looked up and saw this airplane with its contrails. It looked like the plane is transparent–pretty spooky.

 

Happy 40th Anniversary to us! For our anniversary I made a book for Tommy which includes pages and pages of pictures of barns, churches and grain elevators. The pictures all were taken by us on our travels. As we sat and looked through it, it made us anxious to get out on the road again.

We celebrated with dinner at Rumi’s Kitchen. I love their sour cherry rice!

More photos from our yard in early Spring.