Like a Bug on a Windshield

Only a few days ago I was planting onion sets with temperatures in the mid seventies. Monday afternoon we went hiking along a bird watching trail at the lake. It was windy, and we didn't see any birds. Yesterday, Tuesday, the temperature was in the twenties with freezing rain. It would have been a good day to stay inside and drink hot tea, but we had to get the grandson to a doctor appointment in Oklahoma City. Traffic was terrible, as per usual, but the roads weren't too bad. During the three hours we were in the medical center, more freezing rain fell and the clinic closed early. We had to drive through parts unknown to find a Walgreens and fill a prescription before we could get back on the Interstate to drive home. Once home I tried to get some good photos of the ice, but the pictures don't really do it justice. The fleeting beauty of winter ice. This afternoon, fifteen minutes after the sleet began. Evening before last, we were watching a f

When I announced I was suspending this blog, I expected it to be long term, but I found that I missed it. So I logged back in and discovered my readership has tripled since my last post. What's up with that? So I'm back, the blog has a new look, and I'm going to start including photos when they seem appropriate--or even when they don't. Kathy and I like visit the lake every chance we get, even after dark. Last night we were on our way back from a trip into town and decided to stop in at the South Dam Area. The sky was beautiful and I managed to get a fairly good picture. I thought you might like to see the photograph I used for the new background. I don't know how to write HTML, so I'm limited to customizing the templates available from Blogger. It would have been nice to show the really colorful part of the picture, but I would rather write than fight with software. The past week has been eventful. The U.S. of A. hasn't exactly been domina