Random Photos

I love flowers and I love to take photos of them. There is just something about the vibrant colors, fragile petals and delicate lines of a flower that makes me smile. I snapped these little beauties at The Bunch Ground in Firth.

Ryder, Kinsley and I decided to take a walk the other day. Ryder took his bike, Kinsley took her doll and stroller and I took my camera. It is a great walk except the tenth of a mile from our driveway to the football field. It takes longer to get through that than the entire walk just because I am so paranoid about the kids and the traffic! The greenbelt along the river and trees is great, so peaceful on a Sunday morning. We met a new friend and her two dogs and they walked all the way home with us. It was nice to get away from the house and the kids loved the adventure.

Grain harvest already, seriously? Guess so. This was the scene on July 26th as I came home from Miner Creek. 2nd crop hay is in full swing, grain harvest is just beginning, potatoes will be next, beets and then the cows will come home and hopefully the snow will fly. It is hard to believe how fast life goes anymore.

So one of the categories in the photography portion of the Eastern Idaho State Fair is "Still Life," and I have asked myself and others each year, what is that? I have entered two or three times with various types of pictures, but have never had any success! It may be that I just take crappy pictures, or it may be I just really don't know what falls in to this category. So I took some time and wandered around over the weekend with "Still Life" on my mind. I saw a lot of rusty stuff in my yard, I saw some moose horns, I saw old toys, I saw dead trees and I saw a clothes line. This is one picture I snapped, this is life standing still for a minute or two. This is great, letting the clothes dry in the ever popular Idaho breeze/wind. This is calmness, stillness and still life at our house on the weekends. Just one example of my "Still Life."

I know they are getting big. I know they are adorable. I know they are amazing. I know I love them more than life itself.

View from my backyard. I love Idaho and my memories that are here.

You know how everyone has a friend or two that they have known a long time? Well, I have two ladies that I may not talk to on a regular basis or go shopping with each weekend, but they both will always have a place on my "friend" tree. That is because I was born in April 1980, one was born in May 1980 and the other was born in August 1980 and that is exactly how long we have known each other, our whole lives. We all three grew up together, played together, went to school together, fought together, played basketball together, drank beer together, and so on and so on. Now we are all grown up, have kids of our own and lives that are speeding by. The one friend basically saved me when I called her for her opinion on some health questions, she referred me to a specialist that got me on the right track and I have never felt better. I will always be thankful that she answered the phone that one day that I called her, when I hadn't called her for several years. The other friend is always good for a laugh. I can still think back to funny things she has said over the years and get a smile on my face. I saw a post from one of these ladies on Facebook (which I am new to and don't really know how to use). She had recently moved to Washington with her son and she was wearing and Idaho necklace. She looked amazing. She looked beautiful. I suddenly realized that friends don't always have to call you, they don't always have to be in touch, they should just always know that they touched your life in some way or another. And those two did.

Our Hearts are Heavy for the Joe Pratt Family today. We wish them all the best and full recoveries. Please keep them in your thoughts.

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