Dilemma

I'm debating what to do with my blog.

I was messing around with G**gle one day and found pictures from my blog...just out there. 

I'm quite upset by that.  I really didn't think they'd just be public property.  And I don't know what to do about it.  I think I can keep the blog from being found by search engines but that totally shuts me off from the world. 

I just don't want my photos out there.

I kinda don't want to stop blogging either.  It's my way of having a little diary of what's going on.

Dilemma.

It may be dry...

but we have frogs!

I've been watering trees and flowers and that's where the froggies are hanging out.  I think it's a smart plan.  It's about dry as a desert everywhere else.

This guy froze in place and I was able to get a close up picture.  Wasn't that considerate?

And on another dry(ing) subject....dish drying to be exact.  This is the towel I embroidered for myself.  An cross stitching duckie.  Cute?  Yes?

Sorry about the wrinkles but I've been using it. 

Harvest 2013

Harvest has been going on for awhile now but I just went last evening for my first ride of the season.

I took a few pictures.

It's wheat.  And has a number for a name right now.  It's something that is being developed and so this is seed increase.  Next year it will have a name.  And the company that owns this seed usually names their wheat seed with Norwegian/Scandinavian names...so we'll see what they come up with this time.

3rd DS rents this land and the owner is a cattleman.  In the distance you can see a few of his hay bales that have been stacked and are waiting to be moved closer to his operation.

I've always wanted to get a picture of the motion of the reel and this is the best that I've ever done.

Actually I tried doing a video but it didn't turn out so hot.  Maybe another time I'll try again.

The weather has been cool the last couple days and the grain got tough when the sun started going down for the day and so they had to call it quits.  Of course you have to line up the equipment at the end of the day!

1st DS, 3DS and DH each own a combine.  That's what we call heavy metal!  ;)

This is a North Dakota harvest sunset.  Pretty.  Yes?

Embroidery!

3rd DS has gotten engaged and there was a bridal shower for his fiancé last Saturday. 

The shower was planned quickly since the hostess was her sister who is due to deliver her second baby any day now.  And so I had a couple weeks to do some quick embroidery.

This is the last of the towels....the one that didn't get to go to MN for the shower cuz I didn't get it done in time. 

It was fun to do.  I hadn't embroidered for such a long time.  I have an extra towel left over....I might just do that one for myself!

Goodbye, Claus

It's a sad day at our house today. Claus was getting thinner and thinner even before we moved.  He had almost stopped eating.  There were numerous tests. One was even sent to Texas A&M.  But there wasn't anything physically wrong.  Just his emotional/mental issues come back to play havoc in his life.

Claus' story can be found here.  Claus was a sweet natured cat.  Meek.  Gentle.  Fun loving.  He loved to watch bird videos on YouTube.  Last winter, he used to sit on my lap in the evenings and I'd play a video or 2 on my laptop for him. 

But his emotional demons came back to haunt him. What caused that to happen? I have no idea. The move to the new house made the situation worse.  He rarely ate and was living under the bed.  Teddy even disconnected from him in the last days.  The vet said animals can emit an odor to keep other animals from being near them.

He was unhappy and so very thin.  And he was peeing on the floor again.

I agonized over what to do.  I got the opinions of my family and DH. In the end, I made the appointment.  I got him in first thing this morning. 

If there is a kitty heaven, I hope he is happier there than he was here in this life. 

Maybe he is watching bird videos on YouTube....  I hope so.

Moving time is close at hand.

The house is very close to being finished.

 

Both inside and outside.

There is a lot of landscaping yet to do but that can be done while we live there.

And so we are moving on the 15th!  I'm not going to be posting or reading or commenting anywhere until probably quite awhile after that date.  I'll catch you later! 

Bees 'n Lilacs

It took longer than usual but the lilacs are finally blooming.  

Things are a little different this year though.  

In years gone by there have been butterflies, butterflies, butterflies.  But this year I have only seen two.

But!  There are bees!!  Just look at this.  And listen to this.  That is not a lawnmower or a chainsaw in the background but the bees buzzing away.

 

  

Isn't that amazing?