The Wedding Tree - March 2010

This is the "Wedding Tree" that we planted in 2004. It has been blooming for three days so, I waited until more of the blooms had opened before taking the picture. It is called a "Weeping Cherry" tree. I think we are a few weeks early for the flowers and some of the plants to be bloomng this soon. We've had some warm weather, which hastened along the growing cycle.

A February Surprise

There have been some plants in the back yard fooled into thinking it must be Spring.

Yesterday, I looked out my kitchen window and saw a few hints of yellow in these plants.


Today, when I glanced out the window again, there were blooming flowers. What a surprise, I thought it would have taken another few days before they blossomed. These are our first flowering plants of the year. Hopefully, they are a sign of warmer days to come.

Minnesota Clydesdale

This wonderful beast was abandoned by its mother as a calf and this Minnesota farmer raised it to adulthood among his work horses. The moose is tame and has learned to pull lumber along with the working horses. This farmer says it actually pulls the logs better than the horse teams and seems to enjoy doing its job. The farmer mentioned that the moose takes off for a few weeks during mating season and comes back faithfully every year.

I never realized just how large these animals were until this picture of the farmer hitching the moose up to his next pulling job.

Recycling Tires and making Art

This takes recycling tires to a new dimension.

What a pleasant surprise to fine these pictures in my email box this week so, I thought I would share them.

Enjoy!

A Blast from the Past!

This recently popped up on a site and immediately brought back some memories. I was in a band in high school and we played high school dances and other venues. The name of the group has that dated 1960s sound, our band's name was:
the "Rockatones." ;-)
Here is a vintage picture of us playing at an high school dance. ( I'm the second guy on the left. ) Though it is a black and white picture, the vests were red with white shirts and black pants. Quite flashy for those times.
Enjoy!

My Virtual Fish Tank from Facebook

This is my virtual fish tank on Facebook. It isn't like I don't want real pets, but I got hooked feeding them and cleaning the tank every day. One can purchase more fish and other crawling creatures because of a treasure chest in the picture that magically, fills up with gold coins daily. As these coins add up, one can purchase additional items, fish etc.

When one reaches the point where no more fish will be allowed, one can buy a larger tank and continue expanding the fish and other creatures. When one forgets to daily clean the tank, it gets grungy looking and the fish do not look very happy. ;-)

One can choose names for them as well. The fish are animated as is everything else in the tank.

Happy New Year!!

Best wishes for an Happy New Year!!

May we have good health, wealth, good friends, and most of all, peace in the coming new year.

Cheers!

Butch