Day 221 - 8/9/2011

Althea - Lavender

I liked this pic because the Althea flower, even though the wind was blowing this flower all around--is it the lighting?

Day 211 - July 30, 2011

Pretty in Pink

Day 198 - July 17, 2011

Purple Daylilly

It's electric!

Day 196 - July 15, 2011

My Cherry Red Crepe Myrtles

Aren't they beautiful?

Day 195 - July 14, 2011

Flower

I don't know what kind of flower this is, but it the plant is easily transplanted and requires very little upkeep.  My kind of plant!

Noreen, you inspired me to keep going.  I have been so tired that I just didn't have the energy to keep up with all of the picture taking, posting and blogging.  But I'm trying to do some yoga and eating healthier (along with taking some supplements), in addition to lots and lots of daily prayer.  So, I'm going to give it a go.  I will confess that some of the pics are cheats.  This photo was actually taken a day or two before, but you know me, I'm a photo taking fool.  So while most days I've taken pics, I will have to confess that a few of these I had to borrow from days where I had a plethora of photos.  I hope you don't mind. 

Day 186 - July 5, 2011

Althea flower bud

All of the flowers on the Althea tree had vanished.  I thought this tree was through flowering for the year, but actually, it was just so thirsty and draught-stricken that the poor thing couldn't flower.  We've had several wonderful rainy days, and look what I found today--several beautiful buds and a half dozen blooms.  It was a beautiful sight to see.

Day 176 - June 25, 2011



My birthday flowers

 These are some of the flowers from the bouquet that my daughter sent to me on Friday.  Aren't they beautiful?

Day 152 - June 1, 2011

Lavender Althea

Today is a cheat day, I'm afraid.  I was busy at work all day today and then, I came home to check the AC (which was not working yesterday), let the dog out, change into jeans, and head to the hospital.  My ex-husband, whom I am still friends with, is have triple to quintuple by-pass surgery tomorrow.  So, taking a pic just totally slipped my mind until I got ready to go to bed.  So, I hope this will do for today.

Tomorrow will be another long day.  Dave has surgery tomorrow, I am supposed to take minutes for a Board meeting (although I do have someone on standby in case I need to head to the hospital), and I have the first meeting of my summer Beth Moore Bible Study called Breaking Free.  I don't know--it might be a little much for one day.  I promise to try to take a pic of something tomorrow.  And, who knows, maybe I'll find something to take a photo of besides a flower.  :-)

Please say a prayer for Dave Kirkland, and continue to remember my mother in your prayers.  Thanks - goodnight!

Day 150 - May 30, 2011

Another shot of one of mother's favorite flower.

(Can you tell that I got to play with Melvin's camera again?)

Day 148 - May 28, 2011

My mother loves this flower and it's finally starting to bloom!

I wish I knew the name of these flowers.  But more than that, I wish mother could be here to see them blooming!

Day 145 - May 25, 2011

Hydrangias

Pink is my signature color!

Day 135 - May 15, 2011

Purple Althea

I know that I have recently posted pics of my Althea bushes, but I can do so much more with the photos when I take a pic with Melvin's camera.  :-)

[singing . . .]  I'm dreaming of a DSLR . . .  lol 

Seriously, one of these days . . . .  But perhaps the Lord may be teaching me patience and contentment.  It is important to live within my means, which I totally intend to do.  Until such time as I can afford something besides a point-and-shoot, I will use the camera that I have and enjoy Melvin's camera when I can.  I intend to do the absolutely BEST job I can with what God has blessed me with--a camera (that happens to be point-and-shoot and takes nice pictures) and, hopefully, a little bit of talent.  I'm happy with that!

In the meantime, I just love purple!

Day 133 - May 13, 2011

Yellow Rose

Day 132 - May 12, 2012

Rose of Sharon Althea

Day 129 - May 9, 2011

I don't know what kind of bush this is, but my mother loved it.  This bush is in my neighbor's yard and we have tried to grow our own from clippings, but so far not luck!  My boyfriend's mother has one in her friend yard and, on the day of her funeral, we took clippings from her bush as well, but we still have not been able to get a starter going.

The bush is beautiful when it's in bloom, and it is getting ready to bloom.  If I remember correctly, this bush has beautiful pink flowers on it.  One thing that I did notice as I was preparing to take this pic is that something is already beginning to eat on the leaves.  Some of them were shredded to the point that they looked like lace.  Does anyone know the name of this plant?

[I know that it is past midnight, but I have now official caught up; well, that is until tomorrow.  lol ]

Goodnight!

Day 128 - May 8, 2011

Happy Mother's Day everyone!

I am slowly, but surely, catching up on posting photos to my blog.  Even once I get caught up, posting may be a hit and miss thing until I get my computer issues resolved.  I just pray that I will have enough bandwidth to post what I need to and then be able to visit around.  I have really missed blogging with my photography friends.

This morning I got up early and went to my church.  We had an AWESOME service.  Then, instead of staying for Sunday School, I headed over to my old home church to see my granddaughter dedicated to the Lord.  We had almost 2 pews of family their to support Kelly, Bill and Kellyanne.  It was so great.  Come time for the dedication, the pastor called up not only the parents, but the grandparents and great grandparents.  I took a few photos, but realized later that I took them on my daughter's camera, not mine.  So, instead of posting photos of Kellyanne, here is a shot of some of my hydrangia's in my yard that I took that afternoon.  It's interesting how some of the blooms on this bush are blue, some are a pink and purple and the first blooms are a bit yellowish.

Since, as I mentioned several days ago, my mother loved hydrangias, I decided to post this picture in honor of my mother, Helen Jean Bush Haywood Barnett; as well as my step mother, Jean Barnett (ironic, I know; don't know her full name); my daughter Kelly Michelle Kirkland Moody; my sister, Phyllis Elaine Barnett Crocker; my youngest sister, Regina Lynn Barnett Dunnam; and my niece, Amanda Kay Crocker Courtney, and Rebecca McJunkin (the mother of my grandson).

Happy Mother's Day, with love!
Cheryl Ann Barnett Kirkland

Day 125 - May 5, 2011

This is a bloom from my lavender Althea tree/bush that I dug up from mother's yard and planted in my yard when I first moved into this house.  The blooms on these trees are so pretty and always make me think of mother!

Day 124 - May 4, 2011

Although I posted a photo of one of my red and white amaryllis the other day, I wanted to try to get a closer shot of it to see if I could get some more vibrant detail on it.  So, I went back out into the yard, trusty camera in hand and yep, you guessed it, got right down on the flower (you know, in one of those wierd positions where the neighbors probably think--what is she doing?).  Naturally, I had to be careful not to get too close or the entire shot would have been blurry (it's a fine line).  But playing around with the focus I think I managed to get the shot just about right.  I was pleased with my photo, so I decided to post this close-up shot of my amaryllis.  Not too bad for the old point-and-shoot!

Day 118 - April 28, 2010

This was not the photo that I had planned to upload, but since it took me 15 minutes to finally get it to load before I figured out that I had uploaded the wrong one, I'm going to let it stay (at least until I can get to a computer where I can do better).

Well, I shall bid you all goodnight.  I have posted all of the pics that I can at this slow pace for one night.  Perhaps I can post a few each night until I get caught up or get this problem fixed.  Along the way I will visit your blogs.  I have missed seeing your photos and chatting with you.  I visiting a few of you the other day and it was like old home week.  See you around the photo blog!

Day 117 - April 27, 2011

Hydrangia Blossoms

I have had a difficult time growing hydrangias.  They start out looking good, but I have been dealing with what I believe is an over population of slugs--yes, you heard right, slugs.  They have been destroying my hydrangias.  Those slugs literally suck the life out of them.  So far, my hydrangias are looking good and I haven't seen much in the way of slug-life in the yard, but it is still too early to tell.

I remember that my mother used to have some beautiful hydrangia bushes in our hard at home.  I would love to just one year see if my bushes could come close to being as pretty as the one's that she grew.