Today's Flowers # 100 - Red, White and Blue

My friend Luiz from Brazil does the Today's Flowers Meme, check it out. Come and join with your flower photos. Sunday at 2 GMT is the post time.

Today is the forth of July celebration in the states so I'm sharing some Red

White

and Blue flowers.

Don't they just explode on the screen? Have a happy and safe fourth.

Sky Watch Season # 4 Episode # 51

Sky Watch Friday This is the place. Please check out the site and link in if you wish to participate. There were a lot of people with beautiful Sky photos last week. You can link in from my side bar or at the start of this post. You can link at 3:00 PM EDT on Thursdays. SWF is run by Klaus, Wren, Sandy, Sylvia and myself. We reach the fifth season next week, bring a neat photo for that post.

Back to Tappan Lake for a reflection photo that I liked. Sky, flower, lake and boating, how could you go wrong.

See what others have to show above.

Header Competition # 38 - "Home is Where the Heart is"

The header theme this week by Tom and is "Home is Where the Heart Is".  Mac, Darla, Gail's Man and I have a little contest to show a new theme header each week. 

Martha and Tom are on a break. Come back as soon as you are able my friends.

Home is a special place and the Buckeye Tree is a tribute to my home state of Ohio. It does grow some each year and is the focal point of the front yard.

This was from a get together at my son's house and with home goes family.

Yes, they can be crazy if you let them.

I finally choose a look at the house with things blooming up here in the North.

If anyone is interesting in participating please contact me for we need some people to join us.

My World Tuesday Season # 2 Episode # 38

This is my posting for the My World Meme. It is hosted by Klaus, Sandy, Wren,  Sylvia and myself. Won't you join in, I want to see where you live and thrive. Click to visit other sites.

I made a trip to the J. Arthur Fen Nature Preserve. A Fen is similar to a bog but has a stream running through the area. The road to the fen isn't great and it is a little hard to find but worth the trip. WARNING - Wear protective clothing and spray with Deet. I picked up two ticks and had several attacks by mosquitoes.

You walk down a grass road, past a meadow and then come out into the fen and onto a boardwalk. 

This Red Winged Blackbird was a little way out by the stream but I loved the display it made with its shoulder applets.

There were a lot of Dragonflies in the area and this male Common White Dragonfly showed his stuff.. 

As I went into a wooded part of the boardwalk a little Red Squirrel decided to visit. I think he is beautiful with great markings, I love the black belly stripe.

This was a neat place to visit and was only 10 minutes from Kent.

Today's Flowers # 99

My friend Luiz from Brazil does the Today's Flowers Meme, check it out. Come and join with your flower photos. Sunday at 2 GMT is the post time.

My wife bought a basket of Petunias and a small purple flower for the deck.

The Purple and White/Yellow Petunias are a neat mixture. 

The small flower has a violet shape but on a headed grouped stem. 

You can see a lot of great flowers above.

Camera Critters # 116 - Grosbeak

Camera Critters by Misty Dawn, go here to see who's participating.

The Rose Breasted Grosbeak came to the feeder. It wasn't very co-operative.

It did get a bite to eat.

It then did a great pose for the food.

See a lot of other neat critters above.