I found it...

have you ever lost something????

well, Craig and I started out here this morning before DH even got backed out of the drive for the supply run...

they say if you lose something, the best place to find it is is where you last saw it...

so we started clearing this out...

cutting back and taking our time...

the drought has not been good to things this year...

and you're wondering what I lost...

what did I find out here this morning?

I found my passion again...

my passion in gardening...

and in my photography...

2 things that I had missed so much...

and really didn't realize they were gone...

life's like that, you know...

you can either look at things like this...

or like this...

amazing things are happening all around us...

look at this...

the shadow of a jet stream...

amazing, wonderful things...

like miracles and life...

without the pretty, and the fun of new things...

I had lost my passion for blogging, too...

even thought of giving it up...

its better not to have everything perfect all the time..

so you can appreciate things when they happen...

and seasons come and seasons go...

and this drought, too, shall pass...

until then, look closer...

search for the beauty in simple things...

and there you will find it...

right where you left it...

it was there all the time...

I just had to find the right angle...

;)

can you see it now?

I do...

on a lazy afternoon...

DH and I went to get an icy and then drove around a bit...

the old high school is completely gone and the land has been leveled...

soon the new high school will be opening its doors...

now you can see all the way to the football field score board...

no water has come over the dam in a long while...

cows are huddled under the shade trees that line their pasture...

along a creek bed...

waiting for the icy...

details of the buildings on the square..

very victorian...

it was a nice drive...

we had the windows down and it never did get too hot...

we missed all the rain that went through last night...

figures, huh?

today's the Kroger/ Walmart run day...

need to stock up on supplies again...

we are back to the mid 90s again...

was really nice to have a day in the 80s...

have a great day...

workin' 'em hard today...

even with the drought, we have a bumper crop of these...

looks so much like fall..

worked this bed this morning...

we have clouds coming out of the north...

clearing things out and cutting back...

was only going to do the lilies, but the iris were brown on the ends, so cut them back, too...

with the early spring, and being so dry, we are about 4 weeks or better ahead of schedule...

a pile of things to do...

just waiting...

there isn't the lush greenery we usually have about now...

but there is some green...

it is much cooler today...

and the work went fast...

use this old milk crate for the garden hand tools...

grape vine made it so far...

no new growth...

DH worked on the other side, mowing off the ferns...

and Craig and I worked over here together...

I can't believe not one neighbor was out enjoying the morning...

it was nice sitting here smelling the gas from the mower...

just hearing it run was awesome...

there are just some summer noises you miss...

had an article in the paper today about the grass...

is it dormant or dead?

we won't know until we get some rain...

the trees have been shedding leaves like crazy already...

we took a walk down the street to the corn field and the weeds along it...

these are all along the road way...

they will be picking corn in about 3 weeks...

the ears are dropping...

neighbor's yard...

there is beauty in the weeds...

Mr Wiggles loves to roll in the dust...

and Tory follows us on walks...

DH walked to the end of the lot to check on his willow tree...

its green with new growth...

go figure...

well, while trying to get this posted, Boofy, the calico had a seizure...

she has never had one before, and she is in and its cool in here, so not the heat...

but she has been out every day in it...

loves being outside...

so we are going to watch her and see what happens...

the guys are eating lunch and then we are going to find something else to do...