Good Morning. It's really foggy here again, and the temp. is 45º Brrr. By the looks of the weather radar we're in for more rain. While on my walk earlier I got this shot of the sun breaking through the fog near a neighbors barn. Late Saturday evening another storm headed our way.

We got a pretty violent thunder and lightening storm with lots of marble sized hail. Here you can see it hitting our woodshed roof.

Bless their hearts, the Orioles are still here. They have never stayed this long, and the kids are sticking close by too. I had forgotten to put out the grape jelly and this guy was reminding me. This suet feeder is really close to my computer room window, and he wanted me to know they were HUNGRY. I'm all out of jelly though, and they'll have to settle for oranges. ( which they did and they seem happy again).

We bought birdseed last week, and I was shocked to see how much the price has jumped. I remember when Oil Sunflower seed was $9.00 for a 50 lb. bag. Now it is up to $28.00. I like to give the birds a treat, and get raw sunflower seeds from the Amish bulk food store for fairly cheap, and I don't hand out too much at a time.

My Red Hibiscus. I had a beautiful pink one, but the Japanese Beetles ruined it.

We took a ride to my sister's yesterday 45 miles from our home, and saw this Norfolk Southern with an empty coal train just sitting on the tracks. We were gone 3 hours, and upon returning it was still there, engines running. These poor engines need a bath. They were really dirty.