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Ken got home early from work today and is now ensconced on the couch watching the race. Tony Stewart is running away with it and since he’s my least favorite driver, I’m puttering around in here.

I finally got around to taking some pictures off my camera yesterday and resizing them for the web. Some are of Babette and Beaudreax, but most are my usual flowers, birds and butterflies.

 This is Beaudreax. He is a lab mix who belongs to Eddie and Yvonne and who is ball crazy — in this photo, he has TWO balls in his mouth 🙂 He’s a typical lab temperament-wise, so that makes him a pretty easy dog to live with. He’s been a really good boy while they’ve been here; doing everything I’ve asked him to do.

This is Babette – she’s a Rottweiler and is getting some age on her which is making her a bit cranky. She’s a sweet girl though who also loves to chase the ball, but she’s lots slower than Beaudreax, so we have to make sure she gets her fair share of chases. They get ball time every day rain or shine.

These are what I call grape hyacinths. They grow wild in my yard and come up every spring. There are a bunch of them around the base of a big oak tree which makes a pretty sight in the yard.

I love their color and hardiness.

Monarch butterflies fly south to Mexico for the winter, then fly north in the spring. We don’t usually see many as we are a bit west of their normal path, but these strays stopped by for a drink and rest the other day. They are very cool butterflies!

I also had one other butterfly that I don’t know what kind it is. I’ll have to do some research on this one — perhaps send the picture to the bug guys at Clemson to see if they can identify it for me. I’ve titled the photo Black Beauty as it is a striking butterfly and my photo of it doesn’t do it justice.

I’ve been trying to get some good pictures of the moon. I don’t know why I’m so enamored of the moon lately, but it just seems so beautiful at times and then when I’m looking at it, it’s early morning when it’s quiet and cool and my day has just begun. I snapped this photo which I think I like.

Have a good rest of the weekend!

Love to all,

Margaret