Downy Woodpecker
Butchs curl
Chives nearly in full bloom
Our nearly qualified tiny home.
Saturday, May 25
Fledglings doing Fledgling stuff
Like grooming
Hopping onto higher areas
Fluttering wings to get mom's attention and get fed.
Trying new foods
Mastering the art of flight
STAR OF BETHLEHEM
These flowers are volunteers in my front flower garden. I had to look them up to see what they were. My picture:
STAR OF BETHLEHEM
Ornithogalum umbellatum
POISONOUS
Family:
Liliaceae (lilies); sometimes placed in the Asparagaceae or the Hyacinthaceae
Description:
Flowers clustered at the tips of stems to 1 foot tall. The 3 sepals and 3 petals form an attractive star, often 3-cornered, white on the upper surface, with green lines on the underside. Blooms April-June. Leaves grasslike, very dark green, rolled inward with a white center vein. Rootstock: bulbs, produced at an amazing rate.
Size:
Height: to 1 foot.
Friday, May 24
A Gentle Push
A longtime friend inquired if we were okay since I hadn't posted yet this week.
So here is what has been happening. Gary and Susan have an RV and in the Spring Gary likes to bring it to our place for upkeep and preparation for the summer camping season. We have all the setup needed for doing that plus two RV dealers closeby if he would happen to need a part. Gary left his RV here and plans to come back with Susan and the grandkids next week and stay a couple of days. While Gary was here and in between washing and waxing, Gary, Jason, and Butch would play golf. Work is slow for Jason right now and it happened to coincide with Gary being here.
The weather has continued to be unpredictable and mostly wet. We did have a couple of dry days and Karla came over to help me with yard work. Butch mows but when it comes to flower beds etc he doesn't like it.
Butch has been Leo's helper and chauffeur for a few days. Leo has had surgery for a knee replacement. Talk about slowing somebody down! He (Leo) can't mow, can't drive and the only exercise he can get is doctor approved physical therapy. This is completely opposite to his nature.
Leo invited us to lunch and we all had a great time.
We have also been getting reacquainted with our old-time Jefferson friends and resuming our get-togethers. We will be doing the Thursday trivia at the casino this time. Team McDugan will be back in action. And I am going to be doing trivia at the Elks Club again starting June 5th.
I have also been messing with old pictures. Back in 2002 or so when I knew we were going to full-time RV for a few years I scanned in about 80 percent of the photos we owned because there is no way you can tote around a tote full of photos in an RV. Not practical. But and this is a big BUT the technology at the time does not compare to the present day. So now I am looking back and rescanning and re-editing photos. I probably will not finish in my lifetime. It is something I enjoy doing anyway.
Here is a photo of the Brooker clan. Back row from the left is Bob, Marion, and Russell. Front row from the left is Bill, Butch, Don, and Marlene
This is my dad, Francis Brock 1954
The story behind this pic is one that gets repeated on occasion. Gary was a baby(foreground) and Jason was on the way. My sister Theresa is helping my sister Myrla to sit on a washing machine tub. We lived with Mom and Merle for a month or two while looking for a place. We ended up moving to a farmstead near Churdan Iowa and that is where we lived when Jason was born. So then I had two babes in diapers and no washing machine. Butch had taken it apart in Mom's backyard and that is where it was when I raised a fit about going to the laundromat and threatened to buy a washing machine. That was all it took for Butch to gather together, reassemble, and repair the washing machine. It worked for several years after that.
So here is what has been happening. Gary and Susan have an RV and in the Spring Gary likes to bring it to our place for upkeep and preparation for the summer camping season. We have all the setup needed for doing that plus two RV dealers closeby if he would happen to need a part. Gary left his RV here and plans to come back with Susan and the grandkids next week and stay a couple of days. While Gary was here and in between washing and waxing, Gary, Jason, and Butch would play golf. Work is slow for Jason right now and it happened to coincide with Gary being here.
The weather has continued to be unpredictable and mostly wet. We did have a couple of dry days and Karla came over to help me with yard work. Butch mows but when it comes to flower beds etc he doesn't like it.
Butch has been Leo's helper and chauffeur for a few days. Leo has had surgery for a knee replacement. Talk about slowing somebody down! He (Leo) can't mow, can't drive and the only exercise he can get is doctor approved physical therapy. This is completely opposite to his nature.
Leo invited us to lunch and we all had a great time.
We have also been getting reacquainted with our old-time Jefferson friends and resuming our get-togethers. We will be doing the Thursday trivia at the casino this time. Team McDugan will be back in action. And I am going to be doing trivia at the Elks Club again starting June 5th.
I have also been messing with old pictures. Back in 2002 or so when I knew we were going to full-time RV for a few years I scanned in about 80 percent of the photos we owned because there is no way you can tote around a tote full of photos in an RV. Not practical. But and this is a big BUT the technology at the time does not compare to the present day. So now I am looking back and rescanning and re-editing photos. I probably will not finish in my lifetime. It is something I enjoy doing anyway.
Here is a photo of the Brooker clan. Back row from the left is Bob, Marion, and Russell. Front row from the left is Bill, Butch, Don, and Marlene
This is my dad, Francis Brock 1954
The story behind this pic is one that gets repeated on occasion. Gary was a baby(foreground) and Jason was on the way. My sister Theresa is helping my sister Myrla to sit on a washing machine tub. We lived with Mom and Merle for a month or two while looking for a place. We ended up moving to a farmstead near Churdan Iowa and that is where we lived when Jason was born. So then I had two babes in diapers and no washing machine. Butch had taken it apart in Mom's backyard and that is where it was when I raised a fit about going to the laundromat and threatened to buy a washing machine. That was all it took for Butch to gather together, reassemble, and repair the washing machine. It worked for several years after that.
Monday, May 20
Bird Rescue?
Jason found a baby bird on the ground and fed it some worms. It gobbled them up easily. He thinks it is too young to survive but he did put it back near where he found it in hopes that Mama will find it and care for it as best she can.
Look at the feet on that baby!
Sunday, May 19
Locomotive Turntable
Built in 1881, the round block of
concrete was used as the center
pivot for a turntable on which
narrow gauge locomotives and
tenders were turned around.
The Wabash, St, Louis, & Pacific
railroad from Des Moines was
eventually extended to Spirit Lake. (Iowa)
concrete was used as the center
pivot for a turntable on which
narrow gauge locomotives and
tenders were turned around.
The Wabash, St, Louis, & Pacific
railroad from Des Moines was
eventually extended to Spirit Lake. (Iowa)
Weather Pattern is stuck
Being back in Iowa didn't help the weather as we are in the same pattern we "enjoyed" all winter in South Texas. One day of partial sunshine stuck in now and then but otherwise, we have the threat of rain ever present.
It was nice yesterday for the better part of the day. Preceded by the rain of course. But in the nice part, I went for a walk on the trail. I was mostly there by myself. I did not see one bicycle. All foot traffic. My curiosity got the better of me and I overdid it. I wanted to see what was in bloom and other changes since last fall. I walked the entire 2 1/2 mile route that I walked normally. I did rest on occasion but it was still too much for as long as it has been. So this morning I am hurting-nothing new there really.
I took my camera. These are trail pics of 2019.
Lilac time
Built in 1881, the round block of
concrete was used as the center
pivot for a turntable on which
narrow gauge locomotives and
tenders were turned around.
The Wabash, St, Louis, & Pacific
railroad from Des Moines was
eventually extended to Spirit Lake. (Iowa)
Turnaround point -I 1/4 mile from home.
I see a weathered face in this photo.
When I took this picture I was some distance from the stump and thought it might be a bird.
I was glad to get home.
It was nice yesterday for the better part of the day. Preceded by the rain of course. But in the nice part, I went for a walk on the trail. I was mostly there by myself. I did not see one bicycle. All foot traffic. My curiosity got the better of me and I overdid it. I wanted to see what was in bloom and other changes since last fall. I walked the entire 2 1/2 mile route that I walked normally. I did rest on occasion but it was still too much for as long as it has been. So this morning I am hurting-nothing new there really.
I took my camera. These are trail pics of 2019.
concrete was used as the center
pivot for a turntable on which
narrow gauge locomotives and
tenders were turned around.
The Wabash, St, Louis, & Pacific
railroad from Des Moines was
eventually extended to Spirit Lake. (Iowa)
Turnaround point -I 1/4 mile from home.
I see a weathered face in this photo.
When I took this picture I was some distance from the stump and thought it might be a bird.
I was glad to get home.
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