May Photo Vote

May is over now, so as goodbye, I thought I would post some of my favorite pics from this past month's posts and ask for your vote. Which one is your favorite? Did you like one better that I didn't post here? What do you like/think about them?

http://fromyesterdaystomorrow.blogspot.com/2011/05/magnolia-buds.html

http://fromyesterdaystomorrow.blogspot.com/2011/05/violets.html

http://fromyesterdaystomorrow.blogspot.com/2011/05/spring-is-like-child.html

http://fromyesterdaystomorrow.blogspot.com/2011/05/raspberry-shoots-and-such.html

http://fromyesterdaystomorrow.blogspot.com/2011/05/bee-autiful-day.html

http://fromyesterdaystomorrow.blogspot.com/2011/05/raspberry-shoots-and-such.html

Thanks for doping in! Hope you had a lovely May and Hope you have a better June!

A Bee-autiful Day

While I was geting photos for my last post, a couple of bees found their way into my shots. I rather like bees I think, so long as they don't try and land on anything that isn't a flower. ;D  Any way I hope nobody gets stung this spring/summer! oh and forgive the puns if you can, I'm feeling silly today!

 

'Here's a dandy looking flower! And all mine too!'

'I havvve alwayzzz lovvved lilaczzz....'

'I zhould go tell the otherz...hmm, maybe it can wait a minute or two...'

Spring is like a Child

    Spring is like a child, new and fresh and alive. She wants to do everything at once and the world lights up with her efforts...

      When you walk out the door you can smell the lilacs, every time you just want to bury your face in them. The ditches are turning gold with dandelions and all their yellow heads. A soft mist of violets is spreading in the cool shade. Apple blossoms and those of the plums are turning the orchard in to a white garland' fairy hall. The sky seems bluer each day as the rain washes the fading of winter away. A green mantle slowly settles over the trees and new planted fields. The mushrooms are popping, drawing hungry searchers from their daily tasks; they bring their bounty home to join asparagus and chives in bringing new flavors to their tables. Windows are thrown open to the sound of birds and children rejoicing in this season so filled with life.  

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Lilacs are one of my favorite things about May

Follow the yellow bordered road!

Apple Blossoms

'Goldfinch in the Birch,' taken by a friend

Violets

I needed to post to satisfy my conscience. So enjoy the violets.

Corel Photo edited 

Original

Complete and Utter Nonsense: A conversation from the editing room

Tip tap. Tip click click. Clack tap tip tap. Tipcalckclicktaptaptipcicktip.

“You can’t post that!”

“Why ever not? It’s better than your suggestion anyway.”

“Why not! Because it’s complete nonsense that’s why not! And what is the matter with my idea?”

“Your idea is boring! Who wants to read about the most common causes of head-aches?”

“It’s useful and interesting! Lots of people get headaches; don’t you think they want to know why?”

“Only people like you would find that interesting! If they want to know they can look it up on a medical or  self-help site like,medicinenet, sixwise, or who.int/mediacentre, not on my blog!”

“But what-“

“NO!”

“Well you still can’t post that.”

“Why the dickens not?”

“It has no point for one thing!”

“What do you mean it doesn’t have a point? It has a point, you’re just missing it!”

“If I’m missing it I seriously doubt anyone else is going to get it!”

“You’re just being obstinate! You won’t admit that my idea is better than yours.”

“I won’t admit it because it isn’t true! You can’t expect to post that and still have readers by this time tomorrow.”

“I won’t have readers if there is nothing to read! I have to post something today!”

“Oh come on! You can’t tell me that that’s the only thing you can come up with!”

“Well it is alright….I just can’t think of anything today.”

“Why can’t you just wait ‘till you come up with something better?”

“If I wait I’ll never post. You know what a procrastinator I am. Besides it’s not that bad… is it?”

“You know that dream you told me about, with the bear cubs and the peanut butter.”

“Yeah…what about it?”

“That made more sense.”

“Oh…”

“You know maybe you could just add ‘you’re nuts’ to the options at the bottom of your posts. You might actually get some feedback that way.”

“Is it really that bad?”

“Yes. But post it anyway. I want to see how many people agree with me on the state of your mental health.”

“….….!”

“I’m kidding alright! Just post it and stop moping. You’re giving me a headache!”

“Really? Am I on that list of yours?”

Bang thonk bump. Thump thud clunk……

On the Wall Sat a Cat...

     On the back courtyard wall of a long-standing town house, sat a calico cat. She surveyed a flock of sparrows, scattered on and below a little black feeder (set there for their use,) with the detached interest of her kind. She was Cook's favorite after all, and needn't worry about catching sparrows for her supper; besides mice were much fatter and the rewards ever so much nicer. (The last time she caught a sparrow she had been jabbed severely with the broom. Whenever she caught a mouse she received a fine dish of buttermilk and the choice leavings off the humans table, they were rather wasteful creatures weren't they?) 

     Her pastime was interrupted quite abruptly when, with a beating of many small wings, the sparrows took off all together in a cloud of brown feathered bodies. The cause of this disarray continued running, completely disregarding, (as humans are wont to do,) the disturbance he had caused.

     Now what is that human kit' up to now? wondered the cat as she stretched contemplatively. With a final twitch of her tail she set off along the wall to where, in a corner behind the little wagon cook used for market goods and such, the human child had stopped.

     Curling her tail around her paws, she settled down to observe this careless intruder to her domain: He was a breathless boy of seven or eight with sun faded brown hair and a jam stained shirt.  

Free domain photo from http://en.wikipedia.org

     This was a writing exercise I set myself a few months ago. The first version was a very boring run of sentiences:There was a cat sitting on the wall. Below the wall there was a bird feeder. The cat watched the birds. Then a boy came running by. The boy stopped at the corner of the wall. The cat walked to the corner and watched him. Very dull, but it did serve to jump-start my imagination. I have no idea what comes next but I liked the way it came out. Who knew writing a cat would be so much fun? Any way I am trying to write something on here instead of always posting photos. There is nothing wrong with only having photos I suppose, but it was not what I intended to do to begin with and I rather feel as though I am hiding behind them. Any way I thought I'd see what you all thought of this little snippet. 

Raspberry Shoots and Such

More spring photos for you all. I have some ideas for some more creative posts that I hope to get done this week. Until then I thought you might like these.

The raspberries are coming back, these are new shoots but many of the old canes are reviving as well. Last year they were bent over with dozens of berries each. I can almost taste them...

In the spring I always find myself devouring whatever color I can find in the world. When the land changes from dirty white to faded brown and gray, repeatedly between November and May, it is little wonder we crave something more vibrant. 

The cattle panels are still up from last year's tomatoes, waiting for their new charges. The tin man looks a little worse for having stayed at his post the winter through, but then he never complains. 

Magnolia Buds

When People think of  magnolias they mostly think of the southern states, at least I aways used to. But we live in south-eastern Minnesota, hardly the sunny south, but as you can see this one doesn't seem to mind. Mom always wanted one and a few years ago we finally got one. A friend has one in her yard that is gorgeous in the spring, we used to get a branch or two when they were at their peek. Now we have our own, though it's not very tall yet. ...

This one is set as my desktop background 

Have a lovely day everyone!