Showing posts with label Cantigny. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Cantigny. Show all posts

Tuesday, August 25

Monday monday, la la lala lala....

So off to Cantigny we go. The temperature outside is a perfect 77 with a steady breeze. White puffy clouds dotted in the sky, and we had the whole day to just wander around. Perfection...almost, one exception men have a one track mind, now I know what you are thinking and that is not what I am talking about. I mean their other one track, car, boat, tank motorized mind.
Jeff: "lets go see what new tank Cantigny got, hey there it is over there!"
Jule: "yeah...ok, something is sticky on my shoes?"
Jeff: "oh, hey man isn't that thing cool?"
Jule : "this is making me crazy like my feet are sticking to my shoes"
(at this point he is staring at the boat I at my shoes)
Jeff: "oh really? Hey they got this from Europe it was a fishing barge for a while"
Jule "uh huh"
(now my shoes are off and I am walking like a duck in the grass trying to get the sticky off)
Jeff: "man is this thing huge, look they painted it and restored it."
Jule: "do you think Neddy (my looney cat) was licking my shoes again, sometimes that makes them sticky, this is gross!?!"
Jeff: "hey are you gonna get a picture of this, this must be what Danny was talking about?"
(put my shoes back on)
Jule: "yeah, yeah picture ok, yeah its cool!"
(walk around it, snap the picture)
It was pretty cool, would have been better if you could climb inside or something?
Then I spot a sprinkler!!!!
AHHHhhhhhh yes I am saved!
A little Croc-a-flop wash!
Now I can enjoy my day!

OOhhh big tank, ok, so I have seen these a few times now, but just when you get bored, you find a little something...
this little chipmunk! A few of them were playing around on the tank, man were they cute!

This is Jeff's next car, lol!

A useful thing to do with your bright old crocs...

AND now get ready for the
Frog-a-fricken-RAMA!!!
Holy smokes there was a lot of these buggars...or shall we say buggar eaters!
Oh hello!
Just look at that pretty green pond stuff! Bahahaha!
He was sitting so still!
I think he has been in the sun too long!
I didn't even notice until I put these pictures on my computer that there was another little guy in the water at the bottom! See him? This guy was so big, yikes!
A little swimmer...
Lets zoom in...
Full frontal view, lol!

I couldn't resist some more butterfly pictures, it just wouldn't be me!
I really like this one!
All this walking around has made me hungry!
We thought we would try out their restaurant for a treat, they have a nice little patio, not too much longer will you be able to sit outside and eat. Here's our yummy lunch! I had a smoked turkey panini with fetta cheese, pickled red onions & arugula on wheat berry bread, it is served with kettle chips, (I figured about 14 points) with a lovely glass of ice water. Jeff had a very delicious BBQ pulled pork sandwich also served with kettle chips, and a diet coke, he recently switched to diet (good boy). Our lunch was really good and the day was so pretty! Picture perfect! Plus with tip it was only $20! Deal! This is our Monday thing...so we shall see what we find next week!
Sorry this picture is a little dark, it is hard to get good shots of yourselves!

Monday, July 6

Cows, Cantigny & Dragonflies oh my!!!

10 Minutes from our house!A picture perfect day, especially for a bike ride.

Blue skies!


Lots of cows!














As soon as we went to the fence they started coming closer.

At first they did not want Jeff to pet them, lol!

They she eased up a bit.

Then another one came over.


Ahh see now they are friends!

A cool old building off the trail.
Maybe it is hunted, lol!


Do you see what I see? Look in the water!

Doesn't that branch look like an crocodile, hahaha!
Now to one of our favorite places, Cantigny! Their wonderful green grass!


Not to mention awesome looking plants and flowers!
It is just so peaceful there!


Today we were in for a really great sight! Lots of DRAGONFLIES!!!!
OMG, it was like they were posing for me. This is the first one I spotted in a tree, he was kind of hard to see! He was so big and beautiful!

Then the sun came out from behind a cloud and I got closer!
Side shot.

Isn't he so cool?

Bumble bee butt!

A cute little chipmunk!
Blooming water lilies!

I think this is my favorite picture of the day!
In fact it is now in my desktop!

This is the same dragonfly I just took 2 steps to my left!

At first when this bug guy was flying I thought he was a butterfly!

Nope!


There was a bunch of these kind, and they let me get pretty close!
My second fav picture!
It got a little cloudy and I spotted this little brown guy, what I did not see was this grasshopper friend on the blade as well!
Zoomed in!
Another one in the sun!

They are like iridescent!




Last but not least this little blue gal!
She must be a little lady cuz she has her wings tucked, lol!

Fun Monday!