Thursday on the Homestead - Don't Judge a Day by Its Blog Hop

Holey moley, things are getting a little out of hand here on the Homestead. I'm honestly starting to track which day of the week it is by which blog hop I'm joining. And I spend my spare time (wait a minute! what spare time?) trying to figure out which blog hops go along with my planned post. And, oh yeah, do I have coordinating photographs? I mean, this is like putting a new outfit together. (Oh, I love that dress, but I have no shoes to go with it. And what about jewelry? Do I have the right style?)  And then there's this whole "word verification" thing that Google insists on supporting and which is making everybody crazy and. . .

I'm sorry, am I confusing you? Why don't I just shut up and we'll look at some photos and you can answer the question: "What do these images have in common?"

Front Yard Guests are the Best

Nothin' But Horseplay

Stock up with BYGO (I love it when my husband does the shopping).

Ok, so did you figure out the answer to the question?

Hey, I knew you'd get it. 

You're smart.

"One today is worth two tomorrows." 

Benjamin Franklin

Nancy
Today is Thursday (at least I think it is) and I'm joining:

and

Thursday Challenge

For more pretty photos by bloggers who won't confuse you like me, 

hop on over to those two sites.

Seeing Past the Snow

“All Heaven and Earth 

Flowered white obliterate... 

Snow...unceasing snow” 

-- Hashin, Japanese Haiku: Two Hundred Twenty Examples of Seventeen-Syllable Poems

“Never be afraid to sit awhile and think.”
-- Lorraine Hansberry

"There's only one thing I never did and wish I had done: climbed over a fence."
-- Queen Mary

“Honesty is like an icicle; if once it melts that is the end of it”
-- American Proverb

I dream of Lilacs in bloom again.

"In my mind, clematis climbs,
And morning glories do entwine.
Woodland phlox and scarlet pinks,
Replace the frost, if I just blink.
My inner eye sees past the snow.
And in my mind, my garden grows."
-  Cynthia Adams, From Winter Garden.
   First published in Birds and Blooms magazine, Dec/Jan 2003

Nancy

Thank you for visiting. Today I'm joining these memes:

Thursday Challenge

There are some wonderful, talented blogger photographers on these sites. Take a moment to check them out.

Early Morning Swim

Having Rocky Mountain National Park in my backyard (well almost) is a great blessing. One of my favorite places to photograph is Sprague Lake. I love the play of early morning light on the water. After shooting a series of photos one morning last fall, I headed back to our car. Suddenly I heard the bugle of a bull elk and I turned to see him wading across the lake. I ran back and snapped about 10 shots of the bull making his way to the shore. What a delight to photograph this magnificent creature!

Sprague Lake - Rocky Mountain National Park

“In the early morning on the lake sitting in the stern of the boat with his father rowing, he felt quite sure that he would never die.” -- 

Ernest Hemingway, The Complete Short Stories 


"Jesus said to her, 'I am the resurrection and the life; he who believes in Me will live even if he dies, and everyone who lives and believes in Me will never die.'"  John 11:25-26

Nancy

Thank you for visiting. Today I'm joining:

Watery Wednesday 

Thursday Challenge