July 12, 2009

Oh my gosh, I really let this slip up on me today. Spent time working in the yard, watched the PGA on TV and totally forgot 12 of 12 until my sister said she'd done hers.

Corky was lax! I ran out in the yard and commenced to snapping pictures, then jumped on the golf cart and proceeded about the neighborhood. Following is my desperate attempt to satisfy the 12 of 12 gods.

6:16 p.m. My monthly picture of the Curious Kitty, Annie. We lost another Annie a while back and she's kinda reincarnated in this cat.

6:20 p.m. We moved to SC from Georgia and when we came, we brought some of Jekyll Island with us, this Canna Lilly is one of the items.

6:22 p.m. This Crepe Myrtle bloom is from the tree just outside our screen room.

6:35 p.m. Bouncing around the neighborhood in the golf cart, we see the neighbor's Crepe Myrtle. I don't think it's as pretty as ours.6:40 p.m. Look closely, you'll see the duck is swiming up to a turtle on a log in the pond.
6:50 p.m. Just an interesting picture of a fence running down the side of a yard. The drop is about 50 feet to the lake at this point.
6:55 p.m. The neighbor's tomato plants. They are full of tomatoes. 7:00 p.m. Our tomato plants. We had to move them up to the porch because the deer were cropping them for us.7:25 p.m. Remember that duck in the pond? Here he is headed across our yard to the Big Lake.

7:30 p.m. I ran to the front yard to catch the duck as he continued on his walk, he must have gotten tired and flew. Anyway, now you see where we live.

7:40 p.m. The neighbor's Martin House. They do a good job on the mosquitos.

7:45 p.m. Our goldfish pond and one of our many Mermaids. One day I'll do a 24 of 12 and show them all.8:40 p.m. Bonus Shot. Good night from Ninety Six, SC, y'all.

Thanks for letting me share this little slice of our day. Now go check out the many others available by logging on to Chad's Site.

June 12 of 12 2009

Thanks for visiting with us today. My bride is headed out of town for a visit in Georgia, so I'm left to my own devices. Annie, the curious cat, will do what she can to keep the puppies and I under control. She can be so bossy. Later, this evening, my grandson Michael will come visit for a while.

9:35 a.m. Getting a late start taking pictures.

9:40 a.m. Caught Annie, the curious cat, getting a bite.9:42 a.m. Momma bird about to launch from her house to get some baby food.
9:50 a.m. I thought I'd do something a wee bit different and show the evolution of a Magnolia Flower. This is a bud having just shed its outer shell.
9:50 a.m. This bud is just now opening. You can see the definition of the petals. 9:51 a.m. The traditional Magnolia blossom. They smell so pretty.
9:52 a.m. This blossom has "bloomed" itself out.
10:01 a.m. I just noticed that the deer got into the garden and "pruned" one of our hydrangeas. I need to spray the beds again.
5:20 p.m. Michael coming to visit.
7:45 p.m. I came up to the den and little Pepper looked so pitiful. Annie, the curious and very bossy cat, had stretched out in the recliner that Pepper normally sleeps in.
7:45 p.m. Pepper has determined that she will not be denied and is pondering how to co-exist.
7:46 p.m. Discretion being the better part of valor, Pepper decided not to disturb Annie and curled up in a tight ball in the corner.

Once again, thanks for visiting us here in Ninety Six. Now I invite you to go to Chad's site and visit some of the other 12 of 12 sites. See you next month.

April 12, 2009 - Easter Sunday

Our day started out quite early. We met for Sunrise Services before 7:00. That's not real easy for old folks, but we did it.

After the Services, we came home and spent a bit of time in the yard. We went to eat dinner with our daughter, son-in-law and grand-children. The afternoon was spent watching The Masters.

Didn't take any time to edit and/or crop these pics....These are the real thing!

6:40 a.m. - Sunrise as we are about to leave the house for Services.

6:40 a.m. - I turned around and caught the picture of the moon setting.
8:00 a.m. - Our Climatis burst into bloom for us this Easter.
8:15 a.m. - Augusta National doesn't have anything on us, as you can see in the following pictures, we have Azaleas, too.

More Azaleas!
Still more Azaleas.
8:35 a.m. - An Iris blooming in our side yard.
8:40 a.m. - Our first Rose. Tomorrow it will be in a bud vase on Diane's desk.
1:o5 p.m. - Amy's table is being readied for an Easter Feast.

1:50 p.m. - Getting ready to settle down and watch the Master's

Tournament. CBS is doing a special on Seve Ballesteros, the past

champion who is battling brain cancer.

3:15 p.m. - The grand children gave Diane and I an

Easter Basket.

8:15 p.m. - Diane and I just may settle down with a flick from

NetFlix....."The Devil Wears Prada"

Thanks for taking the time to share our day in pictures. We had a

wonderful day and we hope yours went well, too.

March 12, 2009

Today was a really beautiful day in Ninety Six. Temperatures the last few days have been in the mid 70's to low 80's. "Spring has sprung" and plants are starting to bloom, Thanks for visiting our March, 2009 12 of 12.

Tulip tree, also known as a Japanese Magnolia, in bloom in our back yard. My better half, the Lady Diane, can be seen raking in the distance.

The newest addition to our family came to check out what I was doing.
I don't know the proper name, but, to us, this is a "Red Bud" about to bloom.

Took a walk and the next few pictures are plants that are blooming in the wild near our house. I believe that this is a form of Daffodil.

Absolutely no idea what this is, but it is gorgeous.

Another form of Daffodil, maybe?

Vinca, also known as a Periwinkle.

Scourge of yards, but pretty, is the Dandelion.

And another one that I am unable to identify.

This is tonight's fried chicken thawing out.

After dinner, we took a golf cart ride around the neighbor's pond.

This pine has been hit by lightening and is on the edge of the pond adjacent to the dam.

February 12, 2009

Over-night we had a terrible wind storm. Our power went out and it made for an interesting night. This morning we did have power back and, as I went about re-setting clocks in the house, it made me think of just how many clocks we do have. So, here's a sampling of some of our clocks:

The kitchen stove was telling us something the very

first thing

Coffee timer needs re-setting, we'll do that later and make coffee
now.

Regulator in our kitchen. It's a thirty day clock that chimes.
This is a thirty day chimer, too. It sits on the mantle.

Just a cute little clock (nothing special, just cute) that sits in the rear entrance hall.
This cuckoo clock drives me absolutely crazy keeping
it regulated. It is soooo tempermental.
Speaking of clocks, the programmable
thermostat has one.
And, how many of us use our trusty cell to
tell us the correct time?
I've shown this one before. It was my parents' and
I'll probably show it again sometime. We wind it every
eight days and it keeps perfect time.
The regulator in the den. This one is easy, we replace
the batteries about every twelve months.
Our screen-saver clock.
And, finally, doesn't everyone have a clock in the
bathroom?That's All, Folks!!!!!