Full Flower Moon

The full flower moon was shining brightly early this morning. It lit up all the growing flora and fauna for the dawn of another warm day in late spring.

The Best Motivational Video Ever !

Late Iris

These are my late blooming Irises. You can see that they are just starting to proliferate with many buds ready to burst out. I love their earthy colors and their location.

Sun God?

No it's not a sun god. Just me standing in the early morning shadow of the windmill. It looked kind of divine at the moment.

First Roses

These are my first roses of the season just in time for Mother's Day. They are sooo.. fragrant that their smell fills the room. I'm looking forward to many more before the summer is over.

Vietnam 35 Years Ago

Vietnam 35 Years Ago. Let's don't forget and don't keep repeating our mistakes. The photos at this website emphasizes some of the "horror".

The Ohio is cresting just below flood stage. However, as can seen by how far out in the water the utility pole is, it really is up. And, like always when the river rises there is much debris going downstream.

5 inches of Rain

The snowball bushes are dragging the ground after over 5 inches of rain in two days. We were about 8 inches behind for the year, but I don't like to catch up all at once. However, we were lucky compared to the rains and flooding in Tennessee.

Mayday

The first of May brings forth imagery of many memories. I remember the Russian Mayday parades with tanks and missles and the Gary Powers U-2 incident which occurred on Mayday. It also brings up memories of Beltane bonfires that I have made and mostly images of Maypole dances. My wife remembers dancing around the Maypole when she was young, but she said that unlike the video above, most of the time it ended in tangled messes.
Mayday informally signals the beginning of summer and usually the weather cooperates.