the Great Blue Heron showed up at our local park again,,,,,(CLICK to enlarge if you like)

Noah with the Jerseys at Young's Dairy Farm in Yellow Springs, OH

the bunny and the squirrels and birds all get along together.....

and come up with the chipmunks all at the same time to eat at the same spot in my backyard. So far Mr. Hawk has not made any appearance since winter.

These were taken through a clean spot I found on my kitchen window. The last shot is amazingly clear for being taken through a kitchen window. CLICK TO ENLARGE IT and check it out!

what does your garage look like??

driving home in Colorado and the local pumpkin patch in Colorado.........(click to enlarge of you like)

Update on Joe the dog since many have asked.......

the situation has not changed for Joe. The neighbors HAVE put up a high privacy fence section at the end facing my grandmother's house so now we cannot even see Joe when we look over there and he cannot see us. I feel really bad about this......and miss him a lot....and feel he probably thinks we abandoned him or forgot him as he can still see our car pull up and "hear" us but we do not go over ....except in passing down the alley we then roll our car windows down and yell out to him.

I don't want to cause more problems for my grandma so I do not go over and try to still pet or talk to Joe up close and personal since the neighbor told me to stay off her property or she would call the police. My uncle however still DOES do this. I am glad at least he does and I wish I still could. I miss hugging Joe and still try to see him if I can up close when we leave our grandma's house in the dark.

If the world were perfect I would have long ago gotten myself a house outside of town in the country a bit...not too far out though....but on some land and I would have gone and taken Joe to live with us. He deserves so much better than what he has.

His pen situation has not changed......the conditions are the same.....and the neighbors still do not really spend any time with him. It makes me cry every time I think about it or see him over there and it makes my stomach feel sick.

I contacted that Dogs Deserve Better agency but if they have ever contacted the family they have never contacted me to let me know about it. This is one of those situations that unless someone just goes and takes Joe.....apparently no one can do or will do anything about it. It makes me sick to think people can get away with having a pet dog in those conditions.

So anyway.......there is no good new news to share about Joe. I wish there was.

Continuing with more from Bear's Mill........click to enlarge if you wish

a couple more from Bear's Mill...click to enlarge photos if you want full size....

Before even thinking about getting a flu shot....you should reread this......

click on this link to read a prior interview with 60 Minutes on the 1976 swine flu scare and tactics used to get people to receive flu shots and then what happened to them afterwards....

60 MINUTES EXPOSED SWINE FLU VACCINE LACK OF SAFETY

I caught Opie in a strange position the other day.......

yeah....let's take a closer look.......