Today we went to Grand Island to drop off my Mosaic Lighthouse quilt and Chopkey hexagon origami pillow at the Exhibit Hall at the Nebraska State Fair.
Train hauling pillars for wind generators
Clarks, Nebraska
Larry, singing and eating raspberry chocolate-chunk soft-serve ice cream
After leaving Grand Island, we head for Sherman Reservoir.
Middle Loup River
Farwell water tower
Signs read:
Free Weeds
Pick your own
Poison Ivy
Dandelions
Clover
Crabgrass
But Please Don't
Pick the Flowers
American Motors Javelin
Model A -- you're in luck! It's for sale!
The old school
Motorcycle with trailer
Sherman Reservoir
Seagull
Grey hairstreak butterfly on goldenrod
Grey hairstreak butterfly and soldier beetle on goldenrod
The grey hairstreak has tails and spots on its hindwings that look like big eyes and antennae, to a predator. The butterfly wiggles the wings and antennae almost constantly, in order to protect itself.
Purple clover
Flat-top goldenrod buds
Larry and our Jeep at Sherman Reservoir
Eastern kingbirds
Eastern kingbird
Sarah Lynn
Great blue herons
The Jeep has a hiccup. "Do you need a hammer?"
Trade Winds Marina
Now no one will ever guess they live in a camper. Right?
Two juvenile wild turkeys following their mother, who is following the rest of the posse.
(A flock of domestic turkeys is called a 'rafter' or a 'gang'.)
Cattle cooling off in a pond. It was 96° F.
He just can't help himself...
He has to try it out.
A close-up of this shot reveals that the lady passenger of the Mini Coop was unimpressed with me taking her picture.
Fish were jumping like anything.
Grasshopper
German shorthaired pointer
Homes around the Reservoir
The garage is (a lot!) bigger than the house.
A lot of the boats were bigger than the houses, too.
Loup City park
Time for supper! And Subway it is.
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