New Year's Eve Moon

Out with 2011...

Welcome 2012! =)

August 2nd 2011

Happy New Year

God Bless!!!

Lake Wappapello Sunset

April 26th 2011

Sky Watch Friday - Hwy 67 North Sunset

Experimenting w/ filters & different settings for sunsets...

this one turned out pixelated,

but I love the colors! =)

67 North & O Hwy between Hendrickson & York Village, Mo

October 14th 2011

Sky Watch Friday

this or that thursday - setting sun on broseley

I like posting sunsets on a dark background

& I like decorating for New Year's w/ a dark background, too,

(which also includes neon colors)

so this week will be lots & lots of sunsets! =)

Hwy 51 Broseley, Missouri
September 29th 2011

this or that thursday

Sunset Bonfire at the Farm

Mom & I had a nice fire goin' that night burnin' brush!

December 3rd 2011

Barn Charm ♥65♥

Hwy 143 near Sam A Baker State Park
December 18th 2011

Happy New Year To All You Barn Charmers Out There
& Thank You Very Much For Participating Each Week...
Here's To Another Year!!! =)

UPDATE:  We awoke to snow on the ground this morning in Southeast Missourah! =)

UPDATE #2:  The snow was already gone before noon 
& it's 50 degrees!  Yesss! =)

Let It Snow in Black & White - Merry Christmas! =)

God Bless You All & May 2012 Bring You Every Happiness!

Camera Critters - Wild Boar at Bluff View

I took a drive last weekend to see how the clean up
(from the spring floods) was going at Bluff View near Piedmont, Missouri.
I'll show more pics later, but the clean up is looking great!
These guys kind of startled me when I spotted them
across the river & I couldn't tell what they were at first.
There was 7 of them & they'd run into the brush for a few minutes,
then back to the beach again...
that last shot is zoomed in all the way & blurry,
but I had to show it...
See the one black boar that's pregnant?

Camera Critters

Put a Fence in Front of It - Friday's Fences

Mom's Hay Barn
May 5th 2011

Not exactly an ideal scene this close to Christmas,
but I don't have any good snow shots! =)

If you have some fences to show
swing by Friday's Fences!
If you don't,
get out & get to shootin'...
but remember to put a fence in front of it! =)

Barn Charm ♥64♥

Quick post tonight... I have a leaky toilet & my uncle is on his way over to fix it, right now...

Took a country drive yesterday & spotted this old barn near Piedmont, Missouri...

I've posted this same one before,
but not decked out in Christmas wreaths! =)

I love it when people decorate their barns,
it shows how much they love them!

I see quite a few Barn Charm posts already this evening

& I sincerely appreciate every single one,

esp this close to Christmas!

God Bless & I Hope You All Have A Wonderful, Happy & Merry Christmas!!!

Scenic Sunday - Current River

Current River at Clubhouse Road west of Ellsinore, Missouri
October 8th 2011

Scenic Sunday

Friday's Fences

O Hwy north of Poplar Bluff, Missouri

October 14th 2011

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Friday's Fences

Barn Charm ♥63♥

I have no idea where this barn is located,
but it's somewhere here in Southeast Missouri.
March 19th 2011

Mom's Barn Collage

This is the final 6 for mom's collage,

but I've been searching for a frame & can't find one...

Still working on it, though!

I want that top center one to be the biggest in the frame,

so, it's gonna have to be custom framed or individually framed!

Christmas Tree Bokeh

I have been trying & trying & trying

to get some good Christmas tree bokeh

& it just isn't turning out good.

I got more serious about it last night

& was able to get these.

I like the twinkly/star light effect on the last two.

They're too dark, though.

I'll keep trying!

The Bonnie 5 is where I got directions.

Still working on mom's collage
& isn't going to be anything like the collage I posted,
totally different, much nicer... in my opinion, anyway! LoL! =)

this or that thursday - old 67

Old Hwy 67 just south of Black River Bridge

North of Poplar Bluff, Missouri

October 14th 2011

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this or that thursday

The Creative Exchange - One Of Many

One of many, seriously, MANY horseshoes 

mom has displayed all over the farm!

I haven't been to the store, yet,

to see if what I have in my head is even possible,

but I'll definitely post whatever I come up with for mom's present.

Thanks again to everyone for all of your wonderful ideas!

The Creative Exchange

Barn Charm 62

Near Ellsinore, Missouri
July 4th 2011

I haven't made any decisions, yet,
but I sincerely appreciate everyone's help on the barn collage
for mom for Christmas,
& although I love the idea, canvas is just too expensive for me, right now...
maybe next Christmas on that idea! =0
Definitely some wonderful & helpful ideas that I will be checking out!
Thanks again! =)

Just a reminder...
The Florin Street Band
Christmas song "My Favorite Time of Year"
(the video at the top of my blog)
is available for purchase as of today on Amazon.

Barn Charm

Help Needed w/ Christmas Present for MoM!

My mom told me yesterday that she would like to have

a collage of my barn pics made for her for Christmas,

so I've been going thru them all day today

& these are the ones I've picked out... so far!

I think it's ok, but I'm not sold on it
& I'm not as creative as a lot of my blogs friends out there.

What do you think

& how do you think I can make this beautiful?

What can I have it printed on?

I would like to have it printed larger than just an 8X10 picture frame...

she wants to have it framed & hung on the wall
& I want to have it printed w/ a 'Lustre Finish'.

Help! =)

Camera Critters - Alley Flutterby

Captured at Alley Spring - Summer 2011
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Camera Critters

Photo Art Friday & Friday's Fences - Starry Sky

I know this isn't done correctly,

but ya gotta start somewhere

when experimenting... right?! =)