Camera Fun

My iris are doing well this year.

The March rains really helped

getting the plants tall and lush.

They do so much better with 

natural rainfall rather than the

treated water from the hose.

After such a dry winter,

we were blessed with some much

needed rainfall that not only

nourished the plants, 

but filled the lake as well.

Today's lake level,

is 3.30 feet from the crest.

Woo Hoo!!!

On May Day,  I went up to the dam

to take photos.  Photos of the lake

full of water are kind of rare.

Our lake is known to have

a 'bathtub ring' as it is drawn

down  for irrigation, water supplies for 

towns and cities, 

and hydro electric power.

I'll have those photos posted soon,

as well as the ones from the potluck

last month where I cooked the main course.

When we were kids, my mom would

create May Day bouquets to hang on 

our friends/neighbors  front door knobs.

I didn't pass along that tradition,

but I should remember to do so

with the grand kids.

Today is a special day for Star Wars fans.

It's May 4th. 

May the fourth be with you.

(crickets)

Oh, I know it's dumb, but I heard that 

on the radio early this morning about

4:30 AM.  It seemed funny at the time,

and I thought I should share.

~

Why yes, I am a fan of Star Wars.

Our weekend plans:

We need to do some

weed whacking  on the hillsides and along

the driveway down to the the pole barn. 

The paddock also needs mowed down 

with the weed whackers.

We use the 'barn' for storage.

It's small and not worthy of

being called a barn, but that's 

what we call it.

The prior owners had horses to

keep the grass down.

But we have weed whackers.

We used to have a horse.

We're not going down that 

rabbit hole again.

I loved it but SnowJazz

took priority over too many other needs.

Rick hopes to finish the hillside

garden bed so that we can get it planted.

Rick's mom and her husband will be

back on the eighth.  I'd like to have

it planted by then to show her that 

we did make progress.

Especially since she helped

 shovel the stinky mushroom compost

from the truck into a wheel barrel.

Anita asked how I got the 

dragon fly photo in the prior post.

The dragon fly was just hanging out 

on the tip of the cherry tree branch 

 in early April.

  

I had time to take several

photos from different angles

before he took flight.

Have a wonderful weekend.

Besides chores, I hope we get 

to get out on the lake for a little while.

It's beautiful out there with the lake

full, and I want to take advantage of 

the views.

Remember tomorrow's full moon is

supposed to be spectacular.

 "On Saturday, May 5, the moon will reach perigee — the closest it gets to the Earth as it makes its elliptical orbit around the planet — meaning the moon will be about 14 percent bigger and 30 percent brighter than the other full moons of 2012, according to Tony Phillips of Science@NASA."