Earth Day

 

This is Earth Day and I was so happy to see the sun out today...although it is very chilly...I snapped a picture of the activity in the neighborhood. Have a great Earth Day!

Christmas?

 
I assume that after our expected high of almost 60 today, the snow will ALL be gone. My neighbors have not removed their Christmas decorations as the snow has been too high to get the ladder out.....I don't mind looking at their wreath until warmer weather......

An icy morning

 
Usually our weather is a bit more moderate at this time of year but it went from 50*F to
6*F in less than 6 hours yesterday. We woke up to this....and it is icy just in case you were wondering! sorry I haven't been around lately. I was out of town.....catching up now on everyone!

A green yard

 
We have certainly enjoyed a mild summer...hence the very green yard...I am not a fan of watering the yard for a variety of reasons and get really annoyed with neighbors that do as we are all on a well and tap into the same aquifer below ground....we also don't use weed killer...as it makes its way to the water ultimately...the pros and cons of no sewers where we are....on the other hand...stop over and we will play some boccie ball on my lovely green yard....

The Wetland meets the groomed yard

While I personally love the way this looks, those who have an inkling about the environment find this kind of thing appalling.....the "thing" being using the wetlands for a regular yard. I might point out that much of the surrounding area where I live is surrounded by some form of a wetland or preserve......I see both sides of this coin....one, as a homeowner and the other as an environmentalist sympathizer.

An evening walk

My daughter, the "green" girl, was delighted to see that this grass has not been mowed on this empty lot in our subdivision. Much better for the environment, saves on gas and resources.......I didn't want to burst her bubble and tell her that the village will come and mow it next week since there is a law that grass can't be higher than so many feet....but maybe I would be wrong and our village has gone "green"!

Pretty landscaping

These are the tulips across the street from my house. They seem to have survived the unexpected cool temperatures from the other night. It is hard to believe that it is finally Spring. The trees are starting to bloom and will soon obscure the houses!

Jack Frost has returned

When I went out to get the newspaper, the sun was reflecting on the frost that Mother Nature left last night. I think my tulips have had more than they can handle.Hit with freezing rain yesterday and now the frost....just when I thought it was going to change!

Spring has Sprung

I go away for 4 days and it was still cool temperatures. I come home and Spring has definitely Sprung. This house has the most beautiful landscaping in our neighborhood. They have flowers for every season and I love how they always look.

Icey water

It was pretty warm here the other day. Most of our snow has melted. The down side of that is the ground is pretty frozen and the culvert's are full of water and the water is not moving where it needs to go....I guess...I am not part of the army corp of engineers! This culvert does go to the wetlands but not yet! It looks a bit cold for me!

Out my front door

this is what it looked like out my front door this morning.....yep, we had more snow....I know it is winter and we live in the north...but I am ready for some sun!

Snowy snowy night

My first post with my new camera....It is snowing here and it is supposed to snow all night. The Village of Inverness is officially out of road salt....I can hardly wait to see what the roads look like in the morning.

What a door

I seem to be stuck on neighbor's doors. This is another neighbors door(thanks!). I have always found it interesting as to what kind of doors people pick when they are building their house...as mentioned before...we went for functional not beautiful...I imagine these are more functional than I would think!!

No outlet

This sign is in the front of my subdivision. It just means that there is no other way out....so you can't "cut through" this neighborhood to get to another one. The other sign underneath it (Neighborhood watch community)hopefully gives robbers a pause that someone in the neighborhood will be watching them should they chose to break in. Although in 23 years of living here, we have only had kids do stupid things to houses and to the sigins in the front.

Swing Low, Sweet Chariot

This is overlooking a protected area. I thought the swing looked lovely if not a bit lonely. I have a colleague who passed away suddenly and today is his funeral. This looked like something he would have enjoyed appreciating..the serenity, the beauty, the solitude. May he RIP.

A rose is a rose is a floor?

There are many stunning features to my friend and neighbor's house. She is quite happy to have me share(thanks!). This is part of the entry way floor for this house. It was designed by OshKosh floors. It is really quite beautiful....

Winter Scene

There are only 6.5 square miles of our town. Only about 6700 people, according to the last census. Many areas look like this after the 6 or so inches of snow we got. This happens to look out over a nature preserve of some sort....not sure the exact nature as I did not walk it~

On the street where I live

This is what my street in front of my house looked like this morning.....Shades of grey.

Bird's nest

I thought there were just a bunch of leaves left in this tree after all the wind and snow we've had, I found that to be remarkable. On closer inspection, it appears to be a bird's nest.

Reflections

I like this type of door.