our Sunday drive...

today we went south west of town...

and there is water everywhere...

with more to come tonight and tomorrow...

all in the country is not always just nature at it's best...

some of our ravines contain cast offs...

and of course there are animals...

cows and goats here...

and this is the way to the river...

along these roads are ravines and creeks...

a small pond...

in all it's glory...

a pile of old tires along the road...

the road twists and turns and follows the natural line through the woods...

roots exposed from erosion...

and the woods are full of spring blooms...

new growth...

swollen streams and fallen limbs and trees...

another ravine...

an old vintage car rusts silently in the over growth...

an open gate...

an old silo and horse trailer where a home no longer stands...

long forgotten...

hints of blue carpet...

this is already high...

and the coming rains will see it rise more...

while the under growth is well on it's way...

the canopy is just beginning to appear...

prairie life is not always flat and boring...

especially around the rivers...

where gorges and valleys have been carved out by rushing waters of earlier springs...

centuries have cut through the prairie soil and rock to make some really unique places...

and home to deer, coyote, racoon, squirrel, skunk, fox and others...

a place where the plow has not changed the view...

 I hope you enjoyed our prairie come to life...

God's handiwork...

we started out with a half inch of rain...

then partly sunny skies and it's now back to rain clouds...

but while the sun kept trying to peek through...

we went for a walk around the yard...

and admired everything God's hands have touched...

and just sat in the glory of His world...

that He  allows us to tend to...

and His creations are so inspiring...

and we discovered that the old white bird bath chair had collapsed...

the cold frames awaiting bloomers...

and the chair has been retired...

and a new one took it's place...

and we have shade...

and sun spots...

and just pretty everywhere...

and the clouds just floated softly by...

as we found new growth...

and bright colors...

larger leaves...

a barren field...

onion chives spreading...

shady limbs...

and there are plenty little violet faces...

safe from the mower...

along the edges of the day lilies...

and we finally decided to leave this here for now...

and moved this from the back to retire it from regular use to hold pots later...

it was my grandfather's...

and probably older than I am...

and it's rather tall...

and we have an onion sprouting...

and new growth on the ever greens...

and sometime this weekend...

the grapevine awoke...

Happy Easter to you...

DH and I took a drive back along the river and I will posting those photos later...

the woods are blooming...

and it is so beautiful....

until later...