Technical Difficulties

I have hit a slight kink. My camera is officially out of commission. I've been using it since August without the view screen, because that broke on vacation, but now I can't even get it to turn on. So until I research what camera update I would like to make (what make and model etc) my photo blog will be out of commission as well. As soon as I have a new one though I will be picture crazy I'm sure. So be on the lookout! I'll be back as soon as possible!

Danke Deutschland!

I'd like to take a moment today to thank Germany for its wonderful contributions to the food world. We paid a visit to a local Oktoberfest yesterday and enjoyed a fantastic meal of veal and pork brats as well as a scrumptious beef brat. Top it off with sweet red cabbage, saurkraut and a fantastic dill infused potato salad and you have a couple big plates of yum! WUNDERBAR!

Inspired by our Oktoberfest trip I asked my hubby to make his absolutely delicious kuchen. Another fantastic German/Austrian dish. So my breakfast this morning was a heaping helping of cherry kuchen. Fall is here and so are the foods that come with it. Watch out waistline!

A Week In A Day

Here are seven of my favorite photos from the last week. Most of them are from a trip we took last weekend. We drove the other half of Rt. 66 in Oklahoma. I have to say I was more impressed with the eastern half of the state. Of course a lot of it had to do with timing. Too many things to see on the western half that require you to be places at a certain time. It never occurred to me that timing would be an issue when traveling Rt. 66. That is definitely something we will have to bear in mind when we decide to travel the entire length of the highway.

New vacuum cleaner. My husband testing it on the dog. Notice the look of half concentration half humor on his face.

Goose crossing. These guys and gals had traffic stopped, and they certainly didn't feel rushed to cross either. The mosey-ed across in their own time.

Elk City Museum Complex

1970's portion of the Clinton Rt. 66 Museum. I loved how my crappy camera was still able to catch the florescence under the black light.

Enjoyed the purple glow of the neon on the 1930's portion of the Rt. 66 museum.

Long pony bridge on Rt. 66

My son and a B-26 Bomber.

Days 59 and 60

SOMEBODY PLEASE FIX MY WEED EATER! I can't stand this mess much longer.

Went back to Lake Thunderbird to walk the trails this week. It was a nice and cool morning. Saw a lot more deer and was eaten alive by mosquitoes. It was a nice peaceful walk but I am miserable today! I have dozens of tiny bites all over my legs and abdomen. Miserable I tell you! Wish it were possible to take a bath in calamine lotion.

Days 56, 57 and 58: A Little Crafty Nature For Ya

I went fishing at Lake Thunderbird this morning. I drove around a little before I picked a spot. The roadsides around the lake were littered with grazing deer. I saw at least a dozen does and fawns this morning. Most of which were not concerned with my driving down the roads next to them. I stopped and snagged a picture of this fawn hanging out munching on some grass. He had a sibling next to him, neither of them seemed to mind that I was there.

The only thing remotely productive that I did on Sunday was a little scrap booking. My dad had an old scrapbook of photos that was in pretty bad shape. So I salvaged the pictures that were glued inside it and have been slowly but surely placing them in a new book. I've been matting the pictures with acid free glue and stickers and plan on going through them later, with dad, so that I can journal a little about each picture.

My son pulled out his foamy crafts and made me a new picture frame. He knows how much I love snapping photos. Guess I need to go through them now and find that will look good in here and enlarge it. What a sweetie! Thanks for the present Robert!

Day 55: Morning Walk

I took a walk through Sutton Urban Wilderness this morning. The park is named for George Miksch Sutton a local professor, ornithologist, artist. I love to walk here. It's essentially a nature oasis in the middle of city landscapes.

This morning started out cool enough to wear a hoodie, and all I could think about that was, "Fantastic! Fall is getting closer!" Of course by the end of my brisk walk I had it tied around my waist, but the principle remains in tack.

I love the tree covered stretches of pathways, and the little side paths you can take of the main trail to venture further into the trees. There is a pond/lake in the center of the park that is usually dotted with anglers. Today was an exception, as the only people I saw were walkers and joggers. And only a handful of those. Essentially I had the park to myself.

I snapped several pictures but will only post a couple today.

I wish I could have gotten a good picture of the dozen or so birds of prey circling the park. There was one hawk in particular that was darting and diving this way and that, as if he knew I was watching and wanted to show off. I had to stop watching the skies soon after that though because I caught my toe on a rock and nearly took a header into the trail.

I saw lots of pretty spider webs and dew covered leaves and branches. It is a bird park, so I heard lots of singing, but was only able to see the hawks circling above today. Now that its cooler I plan on taking more morning walks through this park. Maybe I'll catch some of the birds on a later trip.

Days 51-54: Neglect

I've been neglecting my blog lately for these things.

Re-arranging the guest room. I'm still not happy with it. I wanted to incorporate my craft junk so I could call it a craft/guest room, but it didn't work out. Looks like I need to go fix the bed skirt too!
Enjoying wildlife. We have tons of dragonflies in our back yard because of our garden pond. you name the color we've probably seen it. They also come in all sorts of crazy sizes. The largest I've seen so far are these gorgeous red ones that are almost scary when they fly around you.

Quilting. I've been working on this scrap quilt for years now. I put it away when I get bored with it, then about six months later drag it out again. Its basically a mish-mosh of any scrap material I come across. It has pieces of curtains, old sheets, prom dresses (believe it or not), garage sale finds and much more. It will make a perfect picnic/outdoor/camping blanket if I ever get it finished.

Painting. I've been working on these awhile too. I've never really painted before. A few months ago I got out my son's water colors and started playing. It's a good way to feel like your doing something constructive while sitting on your butt in front of the TV.

Enjoying the weather. We had another great storm last night. Clouds were still out this morning with a cool breeze blowing my ancient cottonwood tree around, making all sorts of noise.

So that's the skinny for the last few days. Sorry I didn't sit down sooner and post my pictures. I guess I mentioned way back when I started this that I probably wouldn't post everyday, but wow, that was quite a lapse!

'til tomorrow!