Summer Solstice

Ah summer, what power you have to make us suffer and like it.
Sound familiar? as much as I say I won't complain about the heat, every year, I do.
But summer time is the best time!

Summer Solstice
The first day of summer is finally here
Friends, family, fun and beer
This is the longest day of the year

sunrise is 6:15 am
sunset is 9:04 pm
14 hours and 49 minutes of fun, hoeing, chopping, sweating, drinking a gallon of sweet tea,
pick'n a gallon of blackberries and a cool swim if I'm lucky enough to get down to the lake.


here are some photos from my summer day



Mr. steer wants my bucket, which he thinks is full of grain, but it just has a bunch of blackberries.



Lilies are looking lovely.
The white trumpet with the yellow center
is called, Lilium Black Dragon
found in China in 1900.






The Beautiful Green River Lake
is waiting for me to jump in and splash.





138th KY Derby

the neighbor's horses

Been crazy for horses since I was young.
Horses are beautiful, strong, loyal, athletic, dependable and have helped us, more so than any
other animal, through our  history.
Being on the back of a horse running as fast as they can go is awesome. I used to do this as a kid,
letting my horse run as fast as they could go for miles down the country roads.
Horses love to run, thats what they do best.
So, horse racing is a natural thing. And the KY Derby is a great race.
I used to go to Arlington Park race track, which is now owned by Churchill Downs in Louisville.
My picks for the 138th Derby race are:

Hansen
Dullahan
I'll have another

My Quarter Horse:  Red Label Scotch

Laura's Love

See you'll later in the infield, look for me, I'm the one with the big derby hat drinking the mint julep.