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[nverland]

Finally! Trip pics!
Sunday we started out from Fruitland (Idaho) and drove into Ontario (Oregon). From there we took a long day trip over to the John Day Fossil Beds, which is between John Day and Dayville. Behind the cut are a little over 40 clickable thumbnails from the day. First shot is Malheur Butte in Ontario, which is an inactive volcano. Last shots are the lilacs in from of the house when we got home.

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[dreamerswings42.livejournal.com]

OMG snow... in April ;-) We didn't get snow AT ALL this year!! I LOVE lilacs, can't wait to see them in full bloom. Lovely pics, looks like a great day!

xoxo

[nverland]

had to drive 200 miles to get snow, though. tons of it out there though.
I love lilacs, that bush is about 18 years old and gives the best flowers.

[tularia.livejournal.com]

Carol, these are gorgeous!

[nverland]

Thank you! Really is beautiful over there, and hte day was just prefect weather-wise

[dreamerswings42.livejournal.com]

I love them too. My Mom has a huge one in her yard back home. When I moved to VA, I took a little starter plant. Planted it in the perfect place in my back yard. It took 5 years before the first bloom came on it. Then when it got big enough to be really pretty.. at about year 8, I divorced my X, and had to move and leave it behind ;-( Oh well. Maybe I'll get another starter from her.

[nverland]

Isn't that the way it works? All mine came for mothers day from Bert and the kids. the snowball next to it is 17, forsythia 16, and so on.

[krazykitten46.livejournal.com]

Beautiful pics. It's good to see that someone likes to share their travel pictures. I'm a big believer in sharing.

bon

[dreamerswings42.livejournal.com]

But how wonderful to stand and look at them and you can tell the story of your life with them! xoxo

[nverland]

those are staying, the tree out front and the roses are about to come out. All are either overgrown and out of control or trying to die. Maybe some nice small shrubs?

[dreamerswings42.livejournal.com]

Careful of shrubs, I have boxwoods out front, it drives me crazy to keep trimming them back ;-) But on sad note, I lost my HUGE red maple this year ;-( Last August when we had the drought it hard died. All the leaves fell over night. I was hoping it was just because of no rain. But it hasn't come back this spring. No buds. So now I get to figure out how to pay someone to remove this HUGE tree before it decides to fall on the house. Life is fun yeah?????

[nverland]

i love boxwood! we had it when i was growing up. won't grow here though.
very sorry about the tree, that hurts to lose a good one. Mine just never really did much. it's been out there for years and years. neighbors planted the same thing the next year and it's a tree! and mine is about 5 feet tall.

[dreamerswings42.livejournal.com]

I probably accidentally touched the tree last summer ;-) I can't seem to grow anything LOL

[nverland]

Shame on you! I can make all kinds of things grow, sadly most are weeds.

[witchywanda.livejournal.com]

Yeah SUPERMAN BERT! These are beautiful, Carol! Lilacs! One of my favorite Spring scents.....sigh.....
Thank you fro sharing these. Will look more tomorrow. Off to bed have a meeting with James counselor at school. Long story.

Love and Hugs to You All!

[dreamerswings42.livejournal.com]

roflamo, yeah I can make those grow, but nothing pretty. Except Hydrangeas and they take care of themselves LOL

[nverland]

Love hydrangeas! we used to take the iron shavings from the shop and work them into the soil, gives better colors

[joan-alatariel.livejournal.com]

Nice photos! I'm glad you got to take a mini vacation. I would kill for one about now. LOL Only two more weeks until my surgery though so maybe I will be able to take a nice vacation after that?? Time will tell.

[mistry89.livejournal.com]

Is that an antenna?
Sorry - trust me to get distracted from the lovely photos by something that looks familiar :)

[claudiamarie.livejournal.com]

These are lovely! Looks like it was a wonderful trip! Thanks for sharing with us! I love your flowers!

[nverland]

thank you, was a lovely day

[nverland]

thank you. sharing is never an issue with me, i just have to go somewhere to have stuff to share.

[nverland]

Thanks, Wanda! He had such a good day, enjoyed getting out and about.
hope things went okay today with James. Always around if you need me. ((hugs))

[nverland]

Joan!!!!
I'm so excited for you to get this surgery and get back to more normal.

[nverland]

It is indeed. Bert was a radio nut and the antenna is all that's left here at the house.