CLOUDS

lat night was thursday and lar goes to the fire house for meetings and training..he called around 8 or so and said go outside and look at the clouds and also take some pictures...so out i went and this is what i saw..funny the clouds that were bright were in the east and not the west where the sun sets..not non the less that were different..

on wed we recieved over 2 inches of rain in about a hr and helf...things in the area were sure flooded and our lawn is still very wet in spots...

way too much in a short time didn't have time to soak in ...but this is what the weather has been like all over..

PHEASANT FAMILY

some of you know that for the last several years we have had a male pheasant come to our bird feeder..he also has brought a couple of hens along with him...this spring he had only one with him most of the time...he appeared that they were falling in love and carrying on right in front of our eyes..

then for some reason  they weren't coming around..i could hear him once in awhile so i knew he was still around..

yesterday around 10 give or take a minute or two lar said come look  '"PHILPOT" (that's what we called him) and 'PHILAMENIA"  are out in the back year near the pear tree..so i went to look then they started coming up from the hedge row...by the time they were in the yard there must have been a dozen or more little pheasant's running around...

so now we know the rest of the story they have been busy raising their family...

it is fun watching them and are glad they made an appearance...

SUMMER TIME

so what do people do in the summer ..go to family renuions and this is what we did this past weekend..the 'TRACY FAMILY..it is held local as most of the family still live in the homer/Cortland area ..oh there are some thru the USA but most still live in Cortland county..


this year it was probally the smallest group that gathered but we all know how summer goes..lots of plans and it is hard to fit everything into them..it was fun and good seeing the cousins and siblings..


so far our summer has been uneventful just trying to get things done before  we go away in sept...heading to the eastern shore of the cheaspeake for a fews days visiting some old Xerox friends and lar hopes to eat crabs one of the seafood he can...then we plan on heading to the newmarket battle field ..somethings lar has wanted to do every time we pass it on I-81 heading south but January is not the time to visit a battle field ..who knows about the weather...so what better time than sept...we also have other stops we would like to make along the way..we have several friends along the way we hope to see/visit but no real plan yet..just put that together as we go along..


then  it will be back home to start getting ready for hunting season and next January southern trip..not sure exactly what we will be dong after January we have a 2 week build scheduled in dade city then 2 weeks in Alabama near gulf shores but those 2 week will be R&R from there no really plans except to go to round rock and meet the new great grand nephew/niece then to hopefully meet up with some friends near Houston, tx not sure of date -place-where -ect


way tooooo much to do and see but life is good