We had a really nice weekend. Nothing special, but it was a beautiful spring weekend, and we spent a lot of time outside. Saturday, we stayed busy outside in the yard and on the deck. Tim did a lot more work than I did (I still haven’t totally shaken this sickness thing and I don’t feel 100% yet).
We live near a small airport, and apparently some WW II planes were practicing for an upcoming airshow, or just having fun. They flew over several times during the afternoon and I had a good time trying to run inside and grab my camera when I heard them flying over. I missed them mostly, but got a couple of almost decent shots:
For lunch, we drove to our favorite crawfish place and picked up a big bag of hot goodies: crawfish, sausage, corn and potatoes. We came home and had a picnic on our deck – it was the perfect weather for it and we had both really been looking forward to our first crawfish of the season. Here’s the before and after shots – in case you can’t tell, the before shot is pretty steamy, because of all the steam coming up from the paper bag!
While Tim was cutting the grass, I noticed a butterfly flitting around my verbena, which has one patch that has come back and is blooming beautifully. Even though verbena should attract butterflies and hummingbirds, mine only seems to attract bees. My backyard is full of bumblebees, flying around the flowers and wanting to sting me and Beau 🙂 Finally though, I have spotted a butterfly. And I had my camera out, waiting on the airplanes to fly over, so I was able to snag a decent shot:
Last but not least, Tim picked up a new hummingbird feeder for me at Lowe’s. I had pulled out my old one to fill up and hang up and he looked at it and said, I’m throwing this away. I was like, oh no you don’t, there’s nothing wrong with it and I want my hummingbird feeder. It did leak a little and was looking a little ragged, so he tossed it in the garbage. He was very thoughtful though, and bought me this beautiful new one:
Hope you had a good weekend, too!
Great pictures! Your weekend sounds just like a weekend should be — productivity and some yummy food eaten outdoors. The butterfly is beautiful.
Love the pictures, we had our base Air Show this weekend so I got a TON of cool pics of the airplanes 🙂
What a pretty new feeder, how fun! All the pics are good and looks like just the perfect weekend. I’ve got lots of yard work for Tim so he won’t feel left out of anything with us!
Sorry you’re still not 100%. Your shots are amazing!! We have a stunt pilot who practices above my house in the summer. I’ve never tried to take photos though.
The hot bag looks scrumptious! I’ve never seen anything like it!
Beautiful weather, great planes, and yummy food – sounds like you had a great weekend in spite of not feeling 100% yet. Feel better soon!
What a perfect weekend! Butterflies and verbena? WE are still in the brown grass and bare trees stage of spring–looks an awfully lot like winter!!! 🙂 I am so, so jealous of you. OH, and wow! That was a lot of crawfish-yum. I hope you get to feeling 100% soon–my boys are still coughing up their lungs but the worst of the flu is over–thankfully I did not get it.
*smiles*
Kim
I absolutely love your new birdfeeder. It’s so pretty!
I would be so nervous watching those planes, although it had to be fascinating too!
I love the blue and your new bird feeder. I hope you’re feeling all the way better.
I love the ocean look. Its refreshing. Im glad you came back. I know how you feel. The main reason I blog so much is to keep family posted on everyday life. Sometimes it feels like a job trying to get my post up and check all 140 bloglines…and post at theirs….tiring.
But your pics are great…..and it was nice to see you again.
That is a beautiful bird feeder! Maybe when I move I’ll have some birds to feed. 🙂
Pretty flowers and pretty butterfly! We are just starting to have flowers up here in WI. The food looks yummy, but I don’t know if I’ve ever had a crawfish! LOL! I hope you see hummingbirds soon. I keep toying with the idea of getting a hummingbird feeder, too.
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