These are the pictures that I entered in the fair this year. Almost all of them won prizes! You might have already seen a few of these pictures on my blog, but here they are again!
Which is your favorite?
***Allison***
I had one single, beautiful lily in my flowerbed. It looks extra pretty because I took these pictures just after it rained. Enjoy!
***Allison***
And now, ladies and gentlemen, we present the one, the only, the lovely Miss Lily!
Today she is going on a walk around the premises. She will sample a few tasty greens and flowers along the way, and tell us what she thinks of them.
Grass: “Eh, 3 stars. There’s nothing special, you know? I need… flavor!”
Dandelion: “Hmm… This is very good. 5 stars. I love the burst of flavor, and the sunny yellow adds a nice touch too.”
Those are Miss Lily’s reviews folks, her genuine(ish) reviews of grass and dandelions.
Now Miss Lily will kindly share the camera with her sister Mango as they have a unique bonding experience sharing a piece of dandelion.
And that is the end of the show. Thank you for watching, folks, and come back next time for some more fun!
***Allison*** (and Miss Lily)
These are some pictures from a May walk my family and I took on our farm. It was a beautiful evening for walking!
I love May!
***Allison***
People often think of dandelions as pesky weeds – and they certainly can be. But if you really look at them, they are beautiful. When they first bloom they are so bright and sunny, like happy children; and when they mature they look pretty too, but in a different way. They look fragile and delicate, like elderly ladies with snow-white hair.
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I had a lot of fun with this photoshoot, and I hope you enjoy it too!
If you pinch the flower off of the stem and set it in a bowl of water, it looks like a little lantern floating serenely in a little pond. The reflection of the seeds in the water looks amazing.
***Allison***
This is a mystery poem I made up yesterday. After each stanza, take a guess at what the poem is about, and see how your first guesses compare to your last guess.
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A roundish package, lily-white
Lies buried in the darkest night.
Above, a glowing warmth sends rays
Of light that dance and skip and play.
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A grayness gathers in the blue.
It bursts and pierces the air through
With drops of glass and noisy wind.
And then the gray is blue again.
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The silent package starts to shift,
It cracks it splits, it moves a bit.
From one end grows one tiny thread,
Then many race to stretch ahead.
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A new, green dagger thrusts itself
Above the dark, and looks about.
It sees, around it, other spears
That it must conquer, far or near.
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The dagger wages war for food
For light, for water, and land too.
It wins the battle, takes the floor
And earns what it was fighting for.
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And now, more daggers, soft and green
Poke up their heads around their queen.
The daggers grow as straight as boards
And lengthen out to narrow swords.
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A slender, green and stately pole
Emerges from a darkened hole.
The pole starts swelling at its tip,
And yellows as it grows a bit.
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The swelling end begins to split
And sunshine shows from deep within.
The sunshine spreads and spreads until
Sweet golden trumpets fill the hills.
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They trumpet loud their welcome song:
“Spring’s here at last! Cold Winter’s gone!
Warmth and light, new life is stirring,
Come one and all, come sing of Spring!”
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Did you figure out what the poem is about? I’ll give you a hint: it’s a certain kind of flower. Wait for it…. Yep! A daffodil! I hope to see some daffodils soon! Do you have any daffodils or other flowers blooming at your house?
***Allison***
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My dad got my mom this bouquet of tulips for Valentine’s day, and the tulips are gorgeous! Especially in February. Hopefully these pictures will bring some spring into your day!
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Here are some of these pictures after I edited them on my camera:
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Which picture did you like best?
Won’t it be nice when spring comes and there are warm days where you can go outside without a coat on?! Our thermometer says 8 degrees (Fahrenheit) right now!!!!! It’s definitely still winter here!
***Allison***
Here are some pictures of a few of the creatures and critters around our farm.
A green frog (we are actually keeping her in a terrarium in our house)
An orb weaver spider – see the zigzag in her web?
A bumblebee
A monarch – Did you know you can tell if it’s a monarch or a viceroy by checking if it has a black band across its bottom wings? If it doesn’t have the band, it’s a monarch, if it does, it’s a viceroy. This is a monarch – no black band.
Some kind of sulphur butterfly
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A praying mantis – it is actually eating a bumblebee – see its head in one claw and its body in the other? (Gross!)
And here is Jinx, our cat, with spiderwebs on his whiskers. He doesn’t look too pleased to have his picture taken.☺
Which picture was your favorite?
***Allison***
We have several mums around our house, and one bush has a bi-colored flower on it.
It’s the only flower like it on the bush, and I haven’t noticed any other bi-color flowers.
Isn’t it neat?
***Allison***
Allison Marie 
