More weeds, wild flowers, and a barn

This barn is not pretty and it sits right in town.  Farmers bring their pigs here to be shipped to market.

But I thought this side of it made a pretty picture taken in the evening light,

Linking to Barn Charm 

We had more rain yesterday which we are so thankful for, and it has cooled down into the 70's.  My kind of weather!  

Several of you asked what kind of camera or lens I bought.  It is a point and shoot, Canon Power Shot SX260HS with 20x zoom. I can't afford a big camera and lens, and my arthritic wrists wouldn't be able     to hold it..

I will be taking a break for the rest of the week to be with my grandkids before school starts.  I will miss joining my favorite linky parties, but I will visit when I can.

Until next time, have a great week!

Barb

Playing with my camera

While I was out playing with my new camera the other day I took this picture.  Can you see the barn?   It's just a spect in the center of the horizon.

I zoomed in a ways and this is what I got.

I zoomed in all the way and this is what I got.  I have no idea how far away that barn was.  It's not the best photo, but it is a lot closer than I could get with my old camera.  With the old camera I probably wouldn't have seen much difference from the first shot.

I'm lovin' it!

Have a great week.

See you tomorrow with another barn for Barn Charm.

Barb

Fences, Wildflowers and Weeds

  I stopped along the road to take these pictures of fences, wildflowers, and a few weeds in the ditch.  We've had a couple of nice rains and things have really greened up.

There were even some rose hips

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Linking to:

 Friday Fences at Life According to Jan and Jer

Green Day at Raindrops and Daisies

Thanks for stopping by

Until next time...

Barb

Tractors

I have been seeing lots of tractors lately.

I stopped to take a picture of a barn and across the road was this place, full of old tractors.

Linking to Rural Thursday #29

Thanks for stopping and have a great day.

Until next time. . .

Barb

Hardy Hibiscus and Window Boxes

My Hardy Hibiscus bloomed for the first time.

The window boxes are finally filling in.  The ivy is really growing.
I also planted some Autumn Joy Sedum under the window boxes.
A friend was digging hers up and gave them to me.

Linking to
Share Your Cup Thursday #20
Cottage Garden Party #15
Potpourri Friday #36


Thanks for stopping and have a great day.
Until next time
Barb

Barn Charm 97

I found this barn on another of my evening drives.

Linking to Barn Charm

Thanks for stopping.  Have a great week!

See you next time

Barb

Drying Hydrangeas

When the rain clouds started rolling in yesterday, I thought I better pick some of my hydrangeas before the rain ruined them.

Several of you have asked if I dry them.  Here is what I did.  I picked the biggest, best ones and put them in a bucket in the garage over night.

This morning I tied them in bunches of 3 and hung them on the old bird feeder stand I found on the curb last summer.  They are now drying in the garage.

I also have some drying in vases in the house.  I put them in a little water and let the water dry up.

I even have some in the bathroom that I dried last year.  After a year they are starting to turn a little brown.

Linking to

 Potpourri Friday at 2805

Green Day at Raindrops and Daisies

Share Your Cup Thursday #19

Hope you are having a wonderful day.
I'm always happy to see you drop by.
Until next time

Barb

Rural Scene

As I was driving past this pasture the other day I just had to stop and take a picture of the cattle standing in the shade out of the hot afternoon sun.

I am happy to say we had over an inch of rain last night!!

Linking to Rural Thursday #28

and

Friday Fences

Thanks for stopping!  Have a great day.

Until next time.

Barb