Photo Gallery: The Canola Fields

  Here are some pictures I got the other day of the pretty canola fields in bloom! :)

       Red-Winged-Blackbird... I like these birds, and I can even recognize their call. :)

   I hope you enjoyed! 
Have you ever seen canola fields? (the plants that make canola oil :) ) If not, did it interest you to see what they looked like? I'd like if you'd comment and tell me! :)

Photo Gallery: Amish Country

  Later today we drove around and I took some pictures of the Amish places. It's interesting to live around these people who are so much different that us. :)

   This old steel-wheeled tractor was at one of the Amish places.  Kind of interesting. :)

Amish schoolhouse (:

  I took this through the front window of the vehicle I was in, so I had to crop it. So, it's not the clearest, but I like it. :)

These calves are so cute! <3

Photo Gallery: Rocky Lake Beach

     Hi, all! (: 
Yesterday I went to the lake with most of my family and we beached the boat, so I got some lovely lake\beach pictures here. The rockiness isn't nice on your feet, but it makes a pretty picture. ;)  
For these first few, I set the camera on "French Style" mode, hence the orang-ish coloring. One of my favorite "special" settings. :)

 

 

 

 

 

 

So there you go. (: This picture above is a tug boat pushing two, (I think), barges. Something cool to see. (:

Photo Gallery: Forest

 

         Hi, here's the day's "Photo Gallery".  I. Love. Forest. <3 It's such a wondrous place, where you can be alone and take in God's creation under a canopy of lush green trees. Forests kind of "enchant" me. This one isn't as enchanting as my dream forest. But I love the woods! (:

 

 

     

  Okay, now these are more like my dream forest. I found these pictures online.

 



Well, there we go. Hope my "forest" pictures were interesting  enough. (:

Season's Sensation: Watermelon Slushies :)

 

   Yay! Summer is finally about here. :D Sun starts burning hot... and school comes to and end! Swimming and free time... Reading, taking pictures and drawing the days away. Sounds great. ;D

     

   Okay, so this blog kind of needs some organizing. Some of my posts tend to be a little bland, so I'm gona start doing posts every once in a while called "Season's Sensation", featuring a seasonal ideas, food, crafts... I don't know, whatever I think of. Something planned will do my blog some good. :)

And I'll call my photography dedicated posts, "Photo Gallery" posts, or something. Okay, now I've got some organization. So that's that. :)

 

 

  So first I have this "summer sensational", delicious and refreshing treat to share here. :) Its perfect for the hot summer, so consider freezing some well ripened watermelon to make some of this with. Especially one that is over-ripe, and doesn't taste "the best" fresh.

 

And watermelon + lemon + cold = especially refreshing. ;D 

 So, here is how you can make this Watermelon Slushy:

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Fill blender with frozen watermelon chunks.

Add lemon juice to taste, 1 T sugar, and a pinch of salt.

Blend well. Melts fast, so eat it quickly. :)

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 (Servings are about 4 or so, depending on your blender size, and how big a serving you want.)

 

 

       Okay, so here are some pretty recent pictures...

 

    Okay, there we have my first June post! :) Hopefully I'll get some more good Season's Sensation ideas.

Happy June, everyone! :) :)

Beauty of Life

 

  Spring is time for new life, right? So my sister showed me a partly done nest in a backyard tree. It wasn't high up, and so easy to see. Not to long after, I heard there was an egg in it. Of course, I had to take a picture of it. What an wonderful opportunity! :) Now there are four eggs, and I don't know if there's more than that in one robin's nest at a time... So below are the robin egg pictures. :) It's great to get this kind of photo of God's workings. New, beautiful life in the spring!

 

 

I was actually thinking of a bird landing this lamppost or something of the sort. I look out, and, Oh. There one is. I took the picture through the door glass, but I still got a good picture. (: It's so nice to go outside and hear the happy sound of birds chipping up in the big, leafy trees, and all around. Right now, the world is full of life, and it's wonderful. (:
    

      This one above I took another day, but it looks like the same kind of bird.


    I went outside to take pictures and after awhile, I started following this tiny purple butterfly around. Last year I think I got a picture of the same kind, but only with it's wings up. I think this one below is kind of mystical. It looks like it could have some long eyelashes, and it has this fluffy feathery body. Its a beautiful thing, and I'm very glad God took care to give the tiny things great detail as well as the large things.

 

While driving, we pulled over and I got to take some pictures of the bright, as well as sweet smelling canola fields. This top one is probably my favorite, but I wish I would've taken one where you could see the whole field stretching out, instead of just the edge. 

 

   Oh, and the last is just a fun picture. :) I like practicing with rings, and I really like this one. I love those dandelion fluffs. :)