Random Photo Thread: The Sequel

[PrincessFiona60]

Great pictures, Rick!

 

[Cooking Goddess]

Great pictures as always, Rick. I like the camper...and the second set of doors on the truck. If Himself and I were camping, I could always pick up my pillows and sleep in the truck when he lets loose with his snoring. ~ And aren't those barn quilts something? We get to see quite a few when we visit our kids, since our daughter's condo (AKA our Bed and Breakfast Inn) is right on the edge of Amish Country.

...my wife wants to put something over it to protect the wood from scratching. As far as I'm concerned, it's made to be used and if it scratches, it will just add character.

I'm on your side of this discussion, ixamnis, even though that doesn't amount to much. We bought our first (and only purchased) dining table set when our kids were a mere 18 months old. I wanted a real wood top. Himself wanted Formica. "Wood will scratch". Well, yeah, but it's one of the ingredients of memories.

We ended up with Formica...and after the first scratch, the table has worn some type of protective table covering ever since. *sigh* Wish I had argued my point more strongly. You could always start with no cushion...and add it if the top gets scratched too much.

 

[GotGarlic]

I haven't checked here in a while, and I'm loving all the pictures of the sunsets, kids and projects!

Our house faces our 2,000 ft. South Mountain, and when the sun sets over the Pacific, it turns South Mountain pink. I've tried to capture the moment without luck, so here's a picture of my pretty succulent garden on the front porch.

Nice. My succulent garden is getting drowned today with all the rain. This is from last weekend.

 

[ixamnis]

I'm on your side of this discussion, ixamnis, even though that doesn't amount to much. We bought our first (and only purchased) dining table set when our kids were a mere 18 months old. I wanted a real wood top. Himself wanted Formica. "Wood will scratch". Well, yeah, but it's one of the ingredients of memories.

We ended up with Formica...and after the first scratch, the table has worn some type of protective table covering ever since. *sigh* Wish I had argued my point more strongly. You could always start with no cushion...and add it if the top gets scratched too much.

Honestly, if the wood got scratched "too much," I could always sand it down and refinish it, as well.

 

[Cheryl J]

Nice camping set up you've got there, Rick - and I LOVED the pics of the barn quilts!

Pretty succulent garden, GG.

 

[Farmer Jon]

Some photos from last week's camping trip to Iowa. My wife wanted to search out some of the barn quilts of Grundy County. Using the map from their website and the GPS in the F-150, we found 22 there, plus a few more the next couple of days in areas outside of Grundy County.

What they are is quilt patterns painted on barns - I'd never heard of them until Kendra started talking about wanting to see them. The idea began in Ohio, and has been repeated in several farming regions through the midwest.

Our first stop was in NE Nebraska at Willow Creek State Rec Area:

Then a few of the barns:

If you went from Pierce to Iowa you were within 20 miles of my place.

 

[Addie]

Those bars are beautiful. Sounds like a great camping trip. Would love to be able to do the same. I love the pictures you post. You are one great photographer.

 

[RPCookin]

If you went from Pierce to Iowa you were within 20 miles of my place.

Actually we cut back west a bit when we left because we planned to stop at the Ashfall Fossil Beds, but it turned out they were closed on Monday. At that point we just drove north to Hwy 20 and east to Eldora, Iowa.

 

[Dawgluver]

From my cousin's backyard. Aren't they adorable? She used a really good camera.

 

[Kayelle]

From my cousin's backyard. Aren't they adorable? She used a really good camera.
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WOW.......that's a photo worthy of Nat. Geographic Dawg........just amazing to be sure!! "whoo youuu"????!!!

 

[GotGarlic]

From my cousin's backyard. Aren't they adorable? She used a really good camera.
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Incredible photo. They are most definitely adorable [emoji813]

 

[dragnlaw]

fantastic Dawg!

 

[Dawgluver]

Thanks! I take no credit, other than we are related. To the photographer, not to the baby owls.

 

[PrincessFiona60]

From my cousin's backyard. Aren't they adorable? She used a really good camera.
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OMIGOSH! They are beautiful. I would love to see something like that. Thanks for sharing.

 

[taxlady]

Yes Dawg, they are adorable.

 

[Cooking Goddess]

Your cousin's neighbors are so cute, Dawg! They look like small owls, too. I wonder if they're screech owls. They sure look like they could be:

We've heard a screech owl in our woods this spring. We haven't been lucky enough to see it, though. In spite of their name, their call really sounds more like a warble, or maybe the call of a small primate. Not screechy.

 

[RPCookin]

From my cousin's backyard. Aren't they adorable? She used a really good camera.
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Great photo!

 

[Farmer Jon]

We had the field of rye by my house cut the other day. The boys enjoyed running around in it. A year ago Jasper would have broke out all over. Its makes me so happy most all his allergies are gone.

 

[Addie]

We had the field of rye by my house cut the other day. The boys enjoyed running around in it. A year ago Jasper would have broke out all over. Its makes me so happy most all his allergies are gone. View attachment 26977View attachment 26978

That's great about his allergies. I love hearing good news about children. It always places a smile in my heart.

 

[cjmmytunes]

Farmer Jon, it's good that Jake can get out and play without worrying about itching, sneezing, and all the other allergy-like things that happen. I'm sure he'll be playing outside a lot more.