Wow!

I swear this lamb's ear was not there yesterday when I was out looking around my garden. It couldn't have been this big for me to miss, anyway.

Spring!

Not sure
Originally uploaded by junogle.

Lookie what I found when I came home today!

From my mom

My mom started making some decorative windsocks recently. Here's what she left at home for me today:

And here's what she said about it:

Yellow is for a ray of sunshine that you are, daffodils in the spring, your yellow mums in the Fall, for a smiley face, laughter. It is a color that makes me think of you.

Here's a closeup of the beads:

Thanks, mom. I think you're pretty special, too.

Catching up

Wind farm
Originally uploaded by junogle.

I've been a little remiss in keep up with the year in pictures project, but I have been taking photos. So here's a few I've taken lately.

Jan. 28: The wind farm, above, is located in Lincoln and Ellsworth counties in central Kansas. I was driving home from Salina, where the night before I'd gone to see Second City with a friend.


Jan. 31: Buster tries to avoid detection after making a mess with his favorite toy: the newspaper.


Feb.1: And here, just outside the town where I live, is a whole train of brand-new shiny coal cars headed west.