And here's bluejay.

Here's my hummingbird.

My first black eye

This picture is of Me if you can't tell. A self portrait showing my very first black eye. I was walking in total darkness on the Marathon road just outside of Byron early yesterday morning. Something reached way up, grabbed my foot and threw me down on my face. Knocked off my glasses and cut my eyebrow. I think the rim of the glass is what actually did the cutting. The worst pain however was landing on my chest...that really hurt. It is still somewhat sore today. What did I learn from this? Pick up your feet. And if you are walking in the dark, walk on a smooth surface. Although I've tripped on shaggy carpet!

This caught my eye as we were leaving for Billings this morning. (It's the moon with a planet just below it. Beautiful morning.

This is a picture of the river when David and Kris were here and we were out gathering driftwood.

The same picture June 18th.

This is where we will live. Top floor. 1471 Sourdough, Billings, MT . It is about 25 minutes from the next picture. Or 12 miles.

We will be working here full time...sometime before the 1st of August.

This morning I took off at 5:07 AM to ride my bike to Cowley through the sandhills. It took one hour to get there and one hour to get back with a 30 minute rest between. Of course it is up hill both ways! Coming back I had to get off and push the bike up the hill coming from the cannery to the top of the sandhills. Took about 20 minutes for that. The bike didn't have enough horse power, so I had to give it some assistance with a push! Now my legs feel like logs, dead and immoveable! Other than that I feel great!

This one and the next one are the same from different angle.

Will these do?

One the one side is the clock. It keeps time. I'm probably going to do more of these, It's so fun! The other picture is the back side of the clock. I put these designs in just to see if I could do it. I've not tried free form before, I like it, will do more! I was just going to throw away this whole board as I was having trouble getting my knife sharp so it was dragging and creating ragged edges. I finally got it sharp and cleaned up some places, but that made too much taken out in those places...oh well. I'm going to keep it anyway.

Look what I photoed covering our bed. Mom's most recent completed project.

elephant

look at what I photoed running through our backyard!

This is the Meadowlark I've been working on and finally finished. One of these days I'll show you my elephant. I just need to get some more wrinkles in his hide and paint.

Here is the recipe:
Basil Chicken Prep Time: 15 minutesTotal Time: 50 minutes
Ingredients
8 basil leaves ( I just used some already chopped up basil from the spice section)
2 tablespoons chicken broth, fat-free, low-sodium
1 garlic clove
1 teaspoon olive oil, extra virgin
1/8 teaspoon thyme, ground
1/8 teaspoon black pepper
1/8 teaspoon salt
5 ounces chicken breasts, boneless/skinless, raw
1 potato, medium, baked
1 tomato, medium
2 olives, black
2 cups tossed green salad
2 tablespoons fat-free salad dressing, favorite flavor
PreparationSpray a shallow baking dish with non-stick cooking spray. In a food processor or blender, combine the basil leaves (washed), chicken stock, garlic clove, olive oil, thyme, pepper and salt, and process until pureed. Place the chicken in the baking dish and rub both sides with 1/2 of the basil mixture; set aside. Preheat oven to 425°F. Wash potato and cut into wedges. Place the potato wedges in a medium saucepan and cover with cold water. Cover the pan and bring to a boil over high heat, then reduce the heat to medium and simmer for 5 minutes. Drain the potatoes. Wash the tomato and cut into wedges. Arrange the potato and tomato wedges around the chicken breast and spoon remaining basil mixture over the vegetables. Chop the olives and sprinkle over the chicken and vegetables. Bake for 20 to 25 minutes, or until chicken is no longer pink inside and potatoes are tender. Serve baked chicken and vegetables with a tossed salad made with washed greens, your favorite vegetables and your favorite fat-free salad dressing.

A good new dish!

MMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMM we cooked a recipe found on slimfast.com called Basil chicken. Cooked enough for 6!!!! so we had it more than once. It is on my diet and oh is it good. Will probably have it again. And again. The diet seems to be working. I'm only supposed to weigh once a week. So far in two weeks as of last Saturday I've lost 12 lbs. That of course is supposed to level off at 1-2 lbs. per week. Good luck to me.