storm chasers...

when the storm won't come to you...

you go after the storm...

stick your tongue out at it...

call it names...

and hopefully, you can make it mad enough to follow you home...

we didn't get the dumping they got south of us...

but we did get a tenth...

and a tenth is a tenth is a tenth...

I am not sure what happened to the other dove, but this one has been alone for a few mornings now...

I hope she is just nesting...

there is some green...

a few leaves down...

not many...

and this is my best attempt at a humming bird...

crazy things this morning...

buzzing me all over the place...

everything seems excited with the rain...

you know where I was when it rained...

yep...

laying down and even fell asleep out there...

nothing but a slow, steady drizzle...

no high winds or hail like the southern part had...

which is ok with me...

don't think the trees, crops or bushes could take much wind as dry as they are...

would just snap off, I think...

going to watch some HGTV this morning and maybe take a nap...

got to get ready for the weekend!

WANTED: Thunderstorms

brown eyed susans growing in the rail road tie that lines the back of the property..

not planted by us...

baby willow doing well without being watered...

weeds...

thistle...

soybeans...

no beans...

more weeds...

Bebe and Daphne, holding down the deck...

growing...

ornery...

the boys have changed her name...

it was Bleubell...

then Princess Bleubell...

now, hopefully for the last time...

Princess Snuggles...

bad night last night...

I swear I will not eat another tomato...

for awhile...

been over doing...

pinched nerve thingy, too...

puking until 4am...

on the upswing now, but the front bedroom is going to wait...

have a good one!

morning shadows...

it was a great morning, even though it was humid...

everyone just laid around on the deck...

spent a lot of time outside today...

got 2 super hot days coming...

heading back into the front bedroom...

the chaos room...

hope we make it back out by supper...

flooding again in Kentucky...

wish they could send some of that rain back up here...

wells are dry...

trees are stressing bad now...

Father, send us some rain...

please...

its official...

the USDA has declared 98 of 102 counties in Illinois a disaster due to drought...

farmers can now officially file claims for crop loss and can use other areas for emergency grazing for cattle and livestock...

they have been plowing fields south of here already...

the price of food and gas just went up...

yard buddies...

after supper last night, we headed for the deck, but it was too hot...

so we ventured out into the yard...

its been 6 weeks now since it was mowed...

Craig and Mr Wiggles...

Bebe...

Daphne joining in...

all gathered to wait...

to see if these would turn dark for us...

but they clouds went through and the sun came back out...

and not a drop again...

there's another chance this weekend...

come on fall!