Just some Father's Day insanity. And this is one of the grown ups.

Storm clouds moving in.

Josh on Father's Day trying to avoid the camera, as usual.

I don't know what's up with the color of these petunas, they're just plain old purple in real life. These are trailing ones, and they smell really good.

Everything it takes to keep a baseball team going.

My son at bat. His team played three games last week and won all of them. They don't have another game now until the 25th.

Verbena. And I'm running out of comments.

Just some new flowers. I love summer!

My parents got me this pot in Mexico. Took almost a whole bag of potting soil to fill it.

My new Columbine plant is blooming! The picture still isn't as sharp as I would like, though.

I've been doing a little planting. Looks better already. Now if I could just get somebody to mow.....

Tom is back from the MS 150. This is his sign. He's just a little sunburned today!

My niece had a dance recital last night, and her Daddy gave her a bouquet of flowers. It was quite a night!

Statue at a local church, St. Francis of Assisi, I think?

Random picture from my brother's house. Cool, huh?

Welcome to Margaritaville. Both my brothers are Parrotheads, so I sure hear a lot of Jimmy Buffet at my brother's parties. It's 5:00 somewhere!

These are the begonias on my sister-in-law's deck. I think I need some.

We celebrated my parents' 50th wedding anniversary at Kozlaks in Shoreview today. They have a Champagne Brunch with a strolling jazz group. It was sooo nice!

My Pirate, up to bat. He scored three times in this game.

Just a random picture.

This is the foliage on the flowers I posted yesterday. I love these.

More flowers. I don't remember the name of these, but they're perrenial and have feathery leaves.

Just a leaf. I keep playing, trying to get it right.

Still working on my close ups. This is a peony bud. Not too bad, I thought. Still not as sharp as I'd like.

My Clemanatis if blooming! I planted it last summer and I was so happy it made it through the winter.

Josh is number 2 this year on the Pirates. It's hard to get a good picture at these games, with the fences everywhere.

Can't you just feel the love? LOL

Sand creek, flowing over the rocks. Very peaceful spot.

One of the wonders of a park in suburbia.

While we were out bike riding, the train came! We rode through the tunnel while the train went over our heads.

I love the smiley face someone drew on this rock.

We took a bike ride on the Sand Creek Trail, and I got this picture of Sand Creek. It sure was cold, though!

We go by this gate on the way to my parents', and I just had to get a picture of it. Makes me wonder about the people who live there.

I love barns. This one is behind the Shell station up the road from us. I'd love to take a vacation and just drive around taking pictures of barns.

I used to do a lot of cross stitch. I don't have much time for it anymore, but I still do it every once in a while. One of those things I would do all the time if I didn't have to work.

Here's my Pirate. Tonight was the first game of the season and they won!

After a really hot day yesterday, today was down in the 60's, and looked stormy all day.

I don't know what this is, but I like it. I'm not sure if it's supposed to flower, or not. It never has, so I guess not.

Another tulip. I'm still working on closeups, and I'm still not happy with what I'm getting.

My favorite flower. They're blooming everywhere right now, and I just cut some to put in the house. They don't last very long, but they smell heavenly!

I tried to get a sharp picture of the center of this tulip, but it didn't work. I like it anyway.

These little things are off the tree in my front yard. They're all over the place. I'm not sure what they are, some kind of seed pod, I guess.

For some reason this makes me think of 'Honey I Shrunk The Kids'. These are my Hostas.

I call this 'bee on a screen'. The first bug of spring to get in the house. Maybe I need more interesting things to take pictures of.

I'm not sure what kind of tree this is, but I've been seeing a lot of them around. I love this time of year.

I got a picture of Amanda before she headed off to her new job at Burger King. It's not raining for the moment, but it sure is windy.

This was supposed to be a cool picture of a leaf sprouting out of the trunk of a tree, but I couldn't get the depth of field right. I guess I'll keep trying.

My house, on a gloomy spring day. Snoopy had to be in the picture, even though he wouldn't look at the camera.

Dandelions don't look so bad close up, do they? It's a good thing, because I have lots. Sigh.

I guess I'll keep working on this close up thing until I get it right. I love this tulip.