Christmas Dogs - Lady Luck and Lucky Love

No one is awake yet, except me and the dogs.  Can't wait for Lady to see what Lucky got for her under the Christmas tree.  (Shhhhh, don't tell, but it's one of those tennis ball throwing arms!)

New member of the family- Nina at home

Not sure if we're going to call her Nina:
Lilly, Lucy, Nicki, Suri, Lady, Princess, SweetPotato, Sandy, Sasha. who knows. We're still trying different names.

From my Mom: Time Release Flowers

Life of flowers from VOROBYOFF PRODUCTION on Vimeo.

Mom, thank you for sending me this link! I think I'm going to watch this all thru the rainy days of fall, cold snowy days of winter and blustery blowy days in this spring until the first crocuses and daffodils peak out thru the snow and mud. Only about 180 more days right?

July Daylily Blooms

Daylily

Big Storms in Twinsburg and Solon

The big storm passed over us to the North.

Daffodils and Lucky

Four Turkeys in Cuyahoga Valley

I was driving on Seasons Road, just outside of Cuyahoga Valley National Park and spied these 4 turkeys!

Evidence of deer!

Sunny Snow Train

It was cold on the way to work yesterday, but oh so sunny. Just had to capture this image of the train blowing up all the snow.

Cold January Morning for the Chickens

Video of our chickens on a cold Saturday Morning!

Winter Scenes

It's been a winter wonderland here lately. The skiing is helping me to not feel the cabin fever.

Wintery Day at Hudson Springs Park

I snapped this when I was walking the dog at Hudson Springs Park in Hudson, Ohio. You can just feel how cold it was. The snow was squeaking!

Planting the Christmas Tree

Thanks to my son and his girlfriend, our Christmas tree is happily in the ground. It's planted about 20 feet in front of and left of the beehives.

I love having our Christmas trees scattered throughout the yard. It gives me a sense of continuity -- good memories of the past and a promise of the future.

December... Brrr

Dec 9 before the snowstorm


Dec 13 after the snowstorm, this is before "winter" officially starts!


Doors in front of my office


After skiing on Sunday... little Methodist church in Peninsula.

Sunny Day for the Google Truck

Here's how our house was captured on Google Maps. But what I really love is the view from our house as captured on Google Maps. Country Living!!

Hibiscus Blooming in November

So glad we pulled these inside from the deck last week! Yesterday was the first snow, but today I got two wonderful one day blooms from my hibiscus plants. It's like a little bit of Hawaii here in northeast Ohio

Cardinal and Blue Jay Going After Lucky's Dog Food

Lucky didn't finish his dog food last night. This morning I heard a giant racket outside and when I went to the door to see who/what was making all the noise, 5 blue jays flew away.

So got the camera. And hid behind the door. The battery almost went dead as I was holding my breath waiting for them to steal more of Lucky's left over dog food from his meal last night.

I caught two birds, in two separate photos... but with the power of computer editing, I was able to put them both in the same shot. First thing my husband says is "Wow, those two birds don't like each other!" Can't fool him!!

Remembering those Lazy Hazy Days of Summer 2010

Well, I don't know how LAZY those days actually were, but now that we only have leaves on the ground and just a few still on the trees, I'm clearing the photos off my phone and feeling like reminising about warm days of summer.

Sisters weekend at Somerset PA. Happy Birthday Nancy!
Mums in Keith's vegetable garden did a "pretty" good job of keeping out the critters!

Fountain with the Hibiscus on the deck:
Hotel California in my very own backyard:

Love that Lily pond:

I Love Fall in Ohio

The colors, the sky, the snap in the air. I LOVE LOVE LOVE fall in Ohio.