SOMETHING NEW.....SORT OF

So I was blog hoping or cruising or whatever it's called and I came across this blogger who has decided to post a photo a day, for 365 days, along with some ruminations...(easier than trying a new Julia Childs recipe every day for 365 days) so....hmmm seems interesting (the photos not the recipes since I am perhaps the least adept cook in the family)so I thought I'd try the photo bit....with a few thoughts...

Here's my first digital photo...an outside plant now inside...the weather has turned cold, the summer flowers are shriveled and deceased....people are cleaning up their gardens preparing the beds for winter...we moved the porch furniture to one side, brought in the porch table, moved the big round log holder to the porch and filled it with wood for the fireplace...

THE ELONGATED STUMP...or the end of the big tree

Yikes! The big tree is gone and more of the trunk stump is standing then I expected. It looks weird. Any suggestions for possible camouflague techniques? The Marren's said the good news is the tree is gone and they don't have to worry about giant limbs falling on their house during violent storms. The bad news is that they still don't have a lake view from their second floor northside windows.

I think the only people that worried about giant limbs falling on the houses were Marge Marren and me. Crushing our house when no one was inside might have been a good thing (then we would have to build a BRAND NEW house!!!) but if people were inside - that would have been a VERY bad thing...and on the bright side....LOTS OF SUN will be in the back yard. Update on the porch - the permits have been obtained, the builder, architect and carpenters were there yesterday...construction is set to start sometime before winter sets in...Wisconsin time...

More Family Members

Here's a picture of Elliot and his new cousin William Sullivan Kreuz

IEA....two boogs

Upload, download, photos take FOREVER

What is the issue here? Why is it taking FOREVER to upload photos to this blog? I'll be collecting my Social Security checks before the upload process is complete.
Why do other people have THOUSANDS of photos on their blogs? Flicker slide shows, video clips, sound and music!!!!

BOO!

This is Paddy. He was coloring Easter eggs wearing a very large red t-shirt. After a while he pulled it up over his head...silence...then he said "BOO!"....which was either "boo" or maybe peekaboo...in any case, it was very funny.

FORT MYERS BEACH, FL Feb. 2009