baby shower for Mandy

last weekend was a baby shower for Mandy and Mike, shown here with a cake made of diapers. Little Macie is due at the end of July and I'll be a great aunt again. Of course I always knew I was a GREAT AUNT!

2011 circadas

the sound of the cicadas in my sister's back yard. Funny thing is I have that sound in my ears all the time! I believe it's call tinnitus

2011 ashley davis

another artist at the Irish fest

jiggernaut

Jiggernaut played at the Irish fest on Memorial day weekend. Sorry about the bad video, seems like the place I was sitting was one of the ways to get into the park!

Happy Birthday Dee

Dee and her husband, Frank. Dee is celebrating a milestone

birthday. We worked together at a big retail store for many years, she

was my boss!

me, Dee, Collette. We all worked at the same

place and have stayed in contact for many years

early this morning

we had a earthquake, a 4. something, i slept thru it. We have extreme heat, floods are predicted, we've had tornadoes, and the 13 year circadas have emerged. I think we have made SOMEONE mad!

frenchtown museum

This museum is in a old firehouse from the 1880's. There was a quilt show, but I found the other items more interesting. The building is in the French part of St. Charles, north of the city center.

window from an old church

pieces of the World Trade Center, a New York

fire truck, and other pieces from the

World Trade Center

weekend car show

the Fast Lane has all types of cars for sale. Last weekend they had a car show and here are a few pixwater/road car

for declan. he thinks all yellow mustangs

turn into transformers!

this is what I would buy, if I had a spare $29,000 laying around

new park

we have a new park in the area. it has camping, paddleboats, kayaks, fishing

sculpture in the lake, our version of the loch ness monster????