Friday, July 22, 2011

from "Isaac and Rebekah"--Flowers and Gazebo

Couple species of Hibiscus blooming near the African exhibit
at the Niabi Zoo.



Tiger Lily.

The kids in the Gazebo at the Niabi Zoo.


The kids sitting on Butterflies.

Monday, July 18, 2011

From "eastern iowa railpics"-7/13/2011


Beverly Yard job working General Mills.

Union Pacific's M-NPPR, led by MKT "heritage" unit
#1988 passing thru Koch(Cook) west of Mechanicsville, IA.

An enhanced shot of above photo.

M-NPPR at Stanwood, IA.

A nearly full moon rising over Eastern Iowa.

Tuesday, July 5, 2011

Dick Beals Fireworks-July 4, 2011

The kids in the swimming pool.

A very nice crescent moon before fireworks.

One of the neighbors had a band playing.

The sun's rays glowing up from the horizon.

One of many Candle Balloon floating by the crescent Moon.

One of the neighbors fireworks

Some photos of the fireworks.













Sunday, July 3, 2011

Tiger Lilies

Our neighbor to the east of us has Tiger Lilies
growing along the fence. So I grabbed a couple
shots. These ARE beautiful blooms.

Just noticed that there is a critter in this shot. SWEET!!!