Life in Missouri

What's happening to me?

2012-01-24T22:45:00.000-06:00

I took this picture during Annabelle's visit at Thanksgiving. Her expression is priceless.

Street Photography

2012-01-10T16:10:00.002-06:00

More pictures taken at Christmas.

Chicago

2012-01-08T20:33:00.003-06:00

Another picture of the Chicago lights at Christmas

Along the Highway in Illinois

2012-01-04T21:03:00.000-06:00

Driving back from Chicago.

Early morning frost

2012-01-01T11:47:00.002-06:00

German Christkindlmarket in Chicago

2011-12-29T16:17:00.000-06:00

at Daley Plaza.

Chicago

2011-12-28T22:14:00.000-06:00

Chicago at Christmas.

Merry Christmas !!!

2011-12-24T14:25:00.001-06:00

from the very reluctant Christmas cat.

November Impressions

2011-11-19T11:10:00.000-06:00

A Hat

2011-10-17T22:07:00.006-05:00

for every occasion.

Annabelle

2011-10-16T22:00:00.001-05:00

at the "gym".

Visiting Annabelle

2011-10-15T13:21:00.000-05:00

Cotton Fields

2011-10-06T21:15:00.000-05:00

at the beginning of October. All the cotton is harvested now. Last year it was still up in November.

After the rain

2011-09-25T14:14:00.001-05:00

Alley Spring

2011-09-24T21:44:00.004-05:00

In search of fall colors. The leaves are starting to turn.

Mocha

2011-09-23T18:10:00.003-05:00

seems very comfortable in "her" chair.

Baby boy and big brother

2011-09-16T14:16:00.005-05:00

A couple of weeks ago Bobbi stopped by with her new baby Cyrus and big brother Gabriel. I'm always glad to see them. You can see a few more pictures here...http://brigittegraney.smugmug.com/

Little Bundle

2011-09-07T15:40:00.002-05:00

Picture of the day

2011-09-06T22:44:00.003-05:00

Another

2011-09-05T14:57:00.000-05:00

grandmother-granddaughter picture. Picture taken by E., Annabelle 3 weeks old.

Bright Eyes

2011-09-04T19:23:00.000-05:00

My last morning with my little Annabelle back in August. Shortly thereafter I had to drive back to Missouri.

Sunflowers

2011-08-31T14:59:00.004-05:00

seen on the way to Dexter on Hwy. 60.

Big Springs

2011-08-30T15:20:00.002-05:00

Late afternoon trip to Big Springs when the heat was more tolerable. Saw lots of deer.

Mocha

2011-08-20T19:26:00.001-05:00

discovered something interesting by the window.

Happy Birthday !

2011-08-19T19:42:00.001-05:00

A new chair for Mocha ?

2011-08-14T20:08:00.003-05:00

Hydrangeas

2011-06-14T22:31:00.001-05:00

bathed in morning light

Do we have a future pope here?

2011-06-13T15:19:00.000-05:00

Yesterday I was invited to shoot this little guys baptism

Big "blue eyes"

2011-06-10T21:40:00.004-05:00

looks comfortable

Dew Drops

2011-06-04T13:00:00.002-05:00

early in the morning

Poppies

2011-05-27T07:35:00.001-05:00

I finally found a poppy field today. I love poppies. These are all sooc.

Afternoon in Darmstadt

2011-05-18T04:41:00.002-05:00

Spring Meadows

2011-05-18T04:06:00.001-05:00

Darmstadt

2011-05-09T15:50:00.004-05:00

On the way to pick up my rental car.

Chicago Airport

2011-05-08T15:33:00.000-05:00

People watching at Chicago airport. I spent almost 4 hours there between flights. This time I was in a different terminal because I flew with United instead of American.

View from above

2011-05-08T15:22:00.012-05:00

View from the plane....flooding, and Mississippi River.

Cape Air

2011-05-08T15:07:00.010-05:00

This is the plane I took from Cape to St. Louis, the smallest one I've ever been in. Here we are getting ready to land. I was sitting 2 seats behind the pilot. 8 passengers total, plus pilot and copilot.

The latest Flood pictures

2011-05-01T23:25:00.000-05:00

This is HWY. 53 this afternoon a few miles before Qulin. Minnie and I were on the way to Kennet for Jana's bridal shower, but could not make it.

Just posted

2011-05-01T10:54:00.001-05:00

several pictures from our trip to Bollinger Mill under April 2nd (I like my post in chronological order). Go check it out.

Snowballs and Pink Dogwood

2011-04-29T00:01:00.003-05:00

Hail

2011-04-28T22:53:00.000-05:00

Yesterday's weather:
Golf ball size hail denting our cars while at work, then
Tornado warning while shopping at K-Mart. We were
asked to move to the back of the store. A tornado was
sighted at Call of the Wild heading towards Fisk.
Pictures courtesy of Robin and her i phone.

At 5 pm today

2011-04-25T23:37:00.000-05:00

Late afternoon in PB

2011-04-25T23:33:00.002-05:00

The picture of the court house was taken at 4:50 pm as the Tornado sirens were sounding.

Hwy. 67 at Valley Plaza

Below.....our creek at the bridge.

Bridge and road flooded.

Happy Easter 2011

2011-04-24T12:57:00.002-05:00

Dramatic Sky

2011-04-15T21:32:00.000-05:00

My friend Della

2011-04-12T21:54:00.001-05:00

visited today. We had dinner out.

Our Dogwood Trees

2011-04-11T17:10:00.000-05:00

Minnie

2011-04-10T16:57:00.011-05:00

stopped by after church.

Excursion

2011-04-02T10:37:00.001-05:00

When J. was here for her grandmother's and my birthday, we took a drive to Bollinger Mill and Covered Bridge. It was a beautiful spring day. We had a lot of fun.

A few more

2011-04-02T05:18:00.000-05:00

Mocha

2011-03-22T22:01:00.003-05:00

Mocha is enjoying the early morning sun, which really shows off my dirty door.

Tulips

2011-03-21T21:36:00.001-05:00

These are the tulips that Mocha has been nibbling on.

Colorful

2011-03-20T21:55:00.000-05:00

bushes all over the yard....spring has arrived.

Sunrise

2011-03-19T21:30:00.001-05:00

I was out taking pictures early this morning.

The Forsythias

2011-03-18T21:47:00.000-05:00

are in full bloom.

Mocha

2011-03-13T22:57:00.002-05:00

looks so innocent......but just moments ago she took a big bite out of my beautiful tulips.

School bus

2011-03-06T23:52:00.000-06:00

Looking for

2011-03-05T23:42:00.000-06:00

signs of spring.

These days

2011-03-03T23:13:00.001-06:00

we're just hanging around the house waiting for spring.

Assembly

2011-02-18T23:24:00.004-06:00

I had never seen that many geese in on place.

What a big yawn

2011-02-17T23:33:00.000-06:00

A few more

2011-02-07T22:18:00.002-06:00

from today. I had to turn on my Garmin to find my way home. Actually, I wanted to take a different route home, but the Garmin made me go back the same way I had come.

This morning

2011-02-07T16:49:00.002-06:00

it was snowing quite heavily. I shot a few pictures before going to work and on the way to work.

Snow pictures

2011-02-06T22:52:00.003-06:00

taken saturday morning.

Snow

2011-02-05T22:34:00.004-06:00

again this morning. It was pretty while it lasted. By early afternoon everything had melted.

This morning

2011-02-03T11:06:00.001-06:00

Progress

2011-01-31T11:02:00.000-06:00

so far.

Getting

2011-01-28T10:43:00.001-06:00

acclimatized.

Delivery

2011-01-28T10:35:00.000-06:00

of wood floor and doors.

A few more

2011-01-26T21:44:00.001-06:00

snow pictures....taken last saturday.

Birds

2011-01-23T23:30:00.000-06:00

I saw lots of birds right next to the road on my excursion on saturday.

Visitors

2011-01-22T10:27:00.001-06:00

This morning

Friday

2011-01-21T23:59:00.000-06:00

driving to work in the morning in the dark....

...and coming home from work in the dark.

Snow

2011-01-20T22:55:00.002-06:00

We got 2 or 3 inches of snow today...finally

2011 Welcome

2011-01-01T12:17:00.001-06:00

Christmas Dinner

2010-12-25T21:37:00.000-06:00

Mocha

2010-12-25T15:49:00.000-06:00

in her Christmas finery is waiting for our guests to arrive

Gift Exchange

2010-12-24T15:14:00.000-06:00

with Minnie

Baking

2010-12-24T14:58:00.000-06:00

for tomorrow's Christmas dinner

...while Mocha

2010-12-24T14:05:00.001-06:00

is watching.... in the newly painted kitchen

Christmas Tree

2010-12-23T14:51:00.000-06:00

The tree is up and decorated as of tonight

Oh no...

2010-12-23T14:33:00.002-06:00

I saw the Walmart parking lot....and decided to keep driving..

Della's Grandchildren

2010-12-23T13:38:00.000-06:00

Christmas Concert

2010-12-19T13:13:00.001-06:00

Christmas Concert and Drama on sunday night at Westwood Baptist Church

Home of the "throwed" rolls

2010-12-19T13:01:00.002-06:00

Minnie and I ate at Lambert's Cafe and got some rolls thrown at us. The place is unique and the food portions are huge. (Pics are soc = straight out of camera = unedited )

Getting closer

2010-10-05T14:55:00.002-05:00

Everything is almost up and running again....it's been a long and tedious process

Time to go home

2010-07-26T07:56:00.000-05:00

We just had lunch with Mr. and Mrs. Graney......now it's time to go home.

In our case that means an 11 hour drive back to Missouri.

Today's Big Event

2010-07-25T10:23:00.000-05:00

Erik and Kerry's Wedding

2010-07-25T10:11:00.000-05:00

Wedding Rehearsal

2010-07-24T11:52:00.001-05:00

Wedding Rehearsal cont

2010-07-24T11:49:00.001-05:00

Reherseal at the Grand Rapids Art Museum

Lunch at the hot dog place

2010-07-24T06:27:00.001-05:00

Dinner at Cambridge

2010-07-23T17:05:00.000-05:00

Beach Day

2010-07-23T08:21:00.000-05:00

at Grand Haven

Breach Day 2

2010-07-23T07:55:00.000-05:00

Beach Day 3

2010-07-23T07:54:00.000-05:00

Beach Day 4

2010-07-23T07:40:00.000-05:00

Grand Rapids, Michigan

2010-07-23T07:22:00.000-05:00

Downtown Grand Rapids

2010-07-23T07:15:00.001-05:00

It was nice to be able to walk everywhere.

At the hotel

2010-07-23T07:08:00.001-05:00

wedding prep.

The wedding will take place in this ballroom. The flowers are for another wedding tonight.