~Seasonal Sunday~

"Autumn is a second spring when every leaf's a flower. "
~Albert Camus

 

 

Linking to Seasonal Sundays at The Tablescaper.

Early morning scenes at Lake of the Ozarks, Saturday September 4, 2010.

~Lakeside Lunch~

Our daughter spent some time in Taiwan, for work, recently.  T has done lots of traveling to places around the world, but this trip was the longest flight.  She did okay on the trip there, but when she returned home, she had quite a problem with “jet lag”.  When we drove to the lake, early Sunday, T decided to follow us down for a couple of relaxing days at the condo.

While she was at the lake, I prepared the lunch, featured in this post. 

This is my contribution for Foodie Friday.

 

 Tomatoes, from our daughter’s garden, fresh Basil from potted plants on our back porch, and Mozzarella Cheese from Trader Joe’s.

Lunch ingredients from Trader Joe’s.

 

I usually make my own sauces for pasta.  This time, wanting to spend less time in the kitchen, I tried Trader Joe’s Tomato Basil Marinara.  This sauce is delicious.  I will buy it again.

I added sauteed mushrooms and grated cheese.

As I type, it is Monday afternoon.  The temperature is a delightful 81; great for deck sitting and dining.

Happy Weekend!

~Studying in Black & White~

Tuesday morning, bright and early; the truck is loaded with tables, chairs, baskets, bits and pieces, for the trip home. 

The table and chairs are on their way to our daughter. 

Other things will go to “Mom’s Basement Boutique”, at home, for further consideration.

J, fishing in Minnesota 2002.  The two of us at Cape Hatteras, during our road trip down the Outer Banks, in 2005. 

It’s time to update the larger of two guest rooms, at the condo.

Snapshot memories will be used. 

Perhaps I’ll use the bedding from the master bedroom redo; a blue and white quilt and shams. 

While we are home, I’ll continue to study, in black and white and color, the possibilities for the redo.

A rustic lakeside retreat, is what I have in mind.

 

Some things will stay…

…some things will go.

The TV armoire is definitely staying.

New paint for this shelf.

Bye Bye Birdie…

…faux oars too.

I painted the Gull and oars, several years ago…time for change.

So there you have it; another makeover in the making.

Doctor appointments, this week.  Hoping for good news about  J’s pro time numbers, among other things.

If all goes well, we’ll make a stop at Trader Joe’s while in the outskirts of the big city.  I enjoy our trips to Trader Joe’s after our medical appointments.  Like sugar, it always “makes the medicine go down in a most delightful way”.

Family gathering for a good cause, this coming weekend.  More about that in an upcoming post.

Edit

Tuesday Evening

Had a call, a little while ago, from youngest daughter.  She’s felt under the weather a couple days. 

She’s been advised to go to ER; possible Appendicitis. Will let you all know how things are, when I know more.

Thoughts and prayers much appreciated.

Thanks!

Update

Tuesday Night

Thank you for your continued good thoughts and prayers. 

M is home.  The test for Appendicitis was okay. She has been given something for pain.  They say it may be a virus. If she isn’t feeling better by Thursday or Friday, she will have a CT Scan.

She has had some troublesome health issues, over the years. 

I am optimistic this will turn out okay.

As mother’s we never stop worrying about our children, even when they are grown up, with children of their own.

~Summer Sunrise at the Lake~

Do you see something unusual or out of the ordinary in this photo? 

Sort of reminds me of Stephen King, for some reason.

 

The photos were not edited, other than sizing down.

I used the Tameron 18-200mm lens, with the Canon Rebel T2i.

All photos were taken Thursday morning, August 5, 2010.

 

“The grand show is eternal. It is always sunrise somewhere; the dew is never dried all at once; a shower is forever falling; vapor is ever rising. Eternal sunrise, eternal dawn and gloaming, on sea and continents and islands, each in its turn, as the round earth rolls.”

John Muir

This Hummingbird feeder is on the deck of the condo.  I took the photos, through the sliding door, on the same morning I took the sunrise photos. 

At one point, I counted 15 Hummingbirds at and around this feeder. 

It was an amazing sight.

The tiny birds will pack their bags, in just about another month, and move south for the winter.

Linking to The Tablescaper’s Summer Sundays.

From Wikipedia:

The Lake of the Ozarks is a large reservoir created by impounding the Osage River in the northern part of the Ozarks in central Missouri. Extents of three smaller tributaries to the Osage, the Niangua River, Grand Glaize Creek, and Gravois Creek, are included in the impoundment. The lake has a surface area of 55,000 acres (223 km²), over 1,150 miles (1,850 km) of shoreline, and the main channel of the Osage Arm stretches 92 miles (148 km) from end to end. The total drainage area is over 14,000 square miles (36,000 km²).

~A Different Sort of Summer Day~

It started out to be a different kind of day at the lake.

 

Soon the clouds parted and sunny shadows returned. 

There are cooler temperatures this morning.  A little bonus we are thankful for.

As we were watching the stormy looking skies, over the lake, we began planning our Spring 2011 vacation.  More about our plan in the coming months.

Cypress at Eldon Missouri~

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~Summertime~

"The steady buzzzzzzz of the Katydid chorus,
the bass solo of the croaking Frog,
the steady woof-woof-woof of a barking Dog -
a summer night's serenade."
- Michael P. Garofalo, Cuttings

Red White & Blue Breakfast

 

“When one has tasted watermelon he knows what the angels eat.”

~Mark Twain

During the 1950’s, our family celebrated July 4th at my grandparents’ home.  A galvanized wash tub was filled with ice and bottles of soda(cokes in our neck ‘o the woods, no matter the flavor).  Nestled in with the “cokes” was a great big watermelon.  We always had our first watermelon, of Summer, on the 4th of July.

Flags & Boats

Lake Diamonds

Linking to Summer Sundays at The Tablescaper and Mosaic Monday at Mary’s Little Red House.

"You have to love a nation that celebrates its independence every July 4th, not with a parade of guns,
tanks, and soldiers who file by the White House in a show of strength and muscle, but with family picnics
where kids throw Frisbees, the potato salad gets iffy, and the flies die from happiness.  You may think
you have overeaten, but it is patriotism." 
-   Erma Bombeck