Spring In Wisconsin Wildflowers!

This part is pictures I have taken from up north over the weekend. It is pictures of wildflowers and the names of them. I was able to get these pictures in between getting wildlife pictures, visiting Drew's family, cookout by my son on Saturday for Mother's Day and my older daughters graduation.

Yes while driving around looking for wildlife I was looking for the wildflowers so I could get pictures of them. Drew's mom showed some of them to me by their house that she has coming up too. I was having fun walking around the yard and taking pictures of the flowers with his mom. Then she showed me a wildflower book she has so we could look up the names of the flowers. I could not believe how many different wildflowers that are out there.

This is a Bird-Foot Violet. This was found up north by Drew's mom and dad's house. This has the larger blossom of the wild violets. They are a very pretty violet flower too.

This a Broom Snakeweed flower. This is really different and hard to find the name but a very pretty flower. This was also found by Drew's parents house. I found out on the computer that this can come in a bush of flowers or in singles.

This is a Wood Violet it was also found in the yard of Drew's parents. This violet can be found all over the world. It is a very common flower. I have not seen this violet down here at all and we have been driving around all over down here.

This flower is a Trillium. Yes this is a very common flower are here but this was taken in the driveway of Drew's parents. Driving around up north you will see these flowers and it looks like a very light blanket of snow with these flowers on the side of the roads. They are a very pretty flower.

This flower is a Viola Sororia it is in the family of the Violets. This is also Wisconsin's State Flower. This flower comes in many different colors. They are also a family of the Pansy being tri-colors. This is another flower found by Drew's parents house. The flower below is another Viola Sororia that I had taken. I just wanted you to see the different colors of them.

Yes all the pictures here was up north when we visited Drew's parents. We had a really nice visit with them and I really enjoyed walking around the yard looking at the different wild flowers they have growing. I already miss being up that way with it being so quiet and just driving around on the country roads. Yes I also miss the families. I did get to see my granddaughter that is another post by itself of some pictures of her. I hope you all enjoy these pictures just as much as I enjoyed taking them!♥

Happy Mother's Day!

I just want to wish all the mom's a very Happy Mother's Day.

Yes I do know this is early but I am not going to be by a computer this weekend. I am going up north to see my older daughter graduate college. That is why I am posting this very early this week. We are leaving today to go up north. I am writing this in between all my packing.

Saturday my son is having a cookout for Mother's Day and I get to see my granddaughter. I can't wait for that one.

I am sorry I haven't posted anymore flower or tree pictures. I will be getting more pictures from up north. Then I will post more pictures on here. 

I hope everyone has a great weekend!♥

American Idol Top 4!

Yes it was another bad week for American Idol. Another awesome contestant went home last night. I will let you know what I think of the person that went home this week at the end of this post.

Wednesday Night:
Theme this week was the 60's and Britt Pop.

Mentor this week was Steven Van Zant from Bruce Springsteen's band.

First Round 60's:
Hollie- She sang "River Deep Mountain High" by Tina Turner. It was one of her better performances and yes I did like it.

Phil- He sang "The Letter" by The Box Tops. This was awesome and yes he did it again.

Skylar- She sang "Fortunate Son" by Creedence Clearwater Revival. This was another one of her awesome performances.

Joshua- He sang "Ain't To Proud to Beg" by The Temptations. This was a great performance by him.

Jessica- She sang "Proud Mary" by Creedence Clearwater Revival. This was not a song for her and the outfit was not one for her to be wearing it made her look to old.

Round 2 Britt Pop:
Hollie- She sang "Bleeding Love" by Leona Lewis. It was alright not her best.

Phil- He sang "Time of the Season" by Dave Matthews. Another awesome performance by him.

Skylar- She sang "You Don't Have to Say You Love Me" by Dusty Springfield. This was so awesome I loved it.

Joshua- He sang "To Love Somebody" by Bee Gees. It was so great I really like it.

Jessica- She sang "You are so Beautiful" by Joe Cocker. I did not like this one for her. The song is not one for her.

Duets:

Phil and Joshua- They sang "Lost That Loving and Feeling" by Righteous Brothers. This was awesome I really enjoyed it by them.

Skylar, Hollie and Jessica- They sang "Your Love Keeps Lifting Me Higher" by Jackie Wilson. This was really good I did like it.

Thursday Night:

Carrie Underwood sang "Blown Away". Debut from her new album, she was also the winner from 2005 American Idol. The song was awesome I really like it.

Coldplay- They sang two songs "Paradise" and "Is A Waterfall". I really never heard their music before and I really like their music.

Over 60 million people voted this week.

Results:

Joshua- Safe
Skylar- Bottom Two
Phil- Safe
Jessica- Safe
Hollie- Bottom Two

Bottom Two:
Hollie- Safe
Skylar- Went home. She sang "Gun Powder & Lead" before she left.

I said I was going to say how I feel about this week. The one that should have gone home was Hollie. She is not doing her best on the show. Skylar puts a 110% in every performance every week. If you ask me this is a bunch of B.S.. This is three weeks in a row that the good people are leaving. I am talking about Colton, Elise and no Skylar. Then Hollie is still there, this is not fair at all. 

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Spring In Wisconsin!

I was talking this over with Drew telling him I wanted to do something really different on my blog. I wanted to let everyone know what different kinds of trees, wildflowers and plants are around Wisconsin. I am not going to be posting all the pictures in one post, it will be in very many different posts as I go out and get the pictures.

Drew and I like to go out for drives around are area. We are also going to be going up north by our families to visit so I will be taking some more pictures from up there also. I am having fun getting this going and probably making Drew crazy with doing this also. When we are out driving I see something I would like to take a picture of and I tell him to stop.

Drew is also doing something different on his blog it is about wildlife around here. I can't wait to see how he gets his going. I know that is going to be really good. We are both taking pictures for each other. So some of the pictures are going to be by him or I. Believe me I will not remember what pictures are from him or I.

This is at Pricthard Park. With the fountain there are Crimson King Maple Purple Leaf Trees. I really like this picture with the fountain.

This was taken by Drew's work while I was waiting for him to come out. This is a Cherry Blossom Tree. When I am sitting in the car waiting for him to come out of work I always see the birds in the tree.

This picture is of a Sargent Crab Apple Tree. This was taken right outside our place. Yes I get to see this beautiful tree every day and the birds in it too.

This picture was taken on Four Mile Rd. on my way to pick Drew up from work. This is a Weeping Cherry Tree. I thought it was really pretty.

This is the start of my post and I really hope everyone enjoys this. I am having fun going around and getting the pictures to share with all of you. Feel free to leave your comments and I will read them.

Have a great day to all of you!♥

American Idol Top 5!

Yes it was another week of American Idol and a very big upset to me. The person that went home should have never went again. This is really getting bad for me.

Wednesday Night:
Theme of the week was Queen. This is a really great band, but really hard to sing there songs.

Mentors this week was from the band Queen it was Brian May the guitar player and Roger Taylor the drummer. They sat down and talked with all the contestants together. I thought that was great talking to all of them together.

Opening the show was all the contestants with Brian and Paul. They sang Fat-Bottom Girl, Another One Bites the Dust and We Will Rock You. This was excellent to watch and listen to. I really enjoyed it.

The contestants sang a song from Queen and they got to choose their second song.

So here is what they sang from Queen:

Phil- He sang "Fat-Bottom Girl". I thought it was awesome and he keeps getting better with what ever he sings.

Skylar- She sang "The Show Must Go On". This was another awesome one and she also keeps getting better with what she sings.

Elise-  She sang "I Want It All". I thought this was awesome just like when she sang Zeppelin.

Joshua- He sang "Crazy Little Thing Called Love". It was alright not his best performance. To me that is not his kind of a song.

Jessica- She sang "Bohemian Rhapsody". This was not a song for her to do. She is better with a different kind of song. It just was not her up there.

Hollie- She sang "Save Me". She was alright not her best either.

Contestants song choice:

Jessica- She sang "Dance with my Father"  by Luther Vandross. It was alright not her best at all.

Skylar- She sang "Tattoos on this Town" by Jason Aldean. This was awesome and she is great with what ever song you give her.

Joshua- He sang "I'm Ready for Love" by Drake. It was alright not his best.

Elise- She sang "Bold as Love" by Jimi Hendrix. She was awesome with this song and Wallace played the guitar on stag with her.

Phil- He sang "The Stone" by Dave Mathews. This was awesome and like I said earlier give him a song and he will sing it his way and that is what he did.

Hollie- She sang "It's a Climb" by Miley Cyrus. This was one of her better performances.

The judges picked Skylar for best of both performances.

Thursday Night:

Queen Extravaganza sang "Somebody to Love". It was awesome then Brian and Roger came out towards the end of the song. That made it even better.

Katy Perry sang "Part of Me". I never listen to her music so I really can't say anything.

Stephano from season 10 sang "I'm on a Roll". It was alright.

Casey was there from season 10 talking about last season's tour.

Results:
Jessica- Safe
Elise- Bottom Three
Phil- Safe
Skylar- Bottom Three
Joshua- Safe
Hollie- Bottom Three

Bottom Three:
Skylar- Safe
Hollie- Safe
Elise- Went home but before she left she sang "Whole Lotta Love" by Led Zeppelin.

July 6th is the start of season 11 tour. It kicks off in Detroit, Michigan. 

You are more than welcome to leave any comments on here!♥

Happy Birthday Dad!

Yes today is my Dad's Birthday.  He passed away about 16 yrs ago but I still say Happy Birthday to him. He would have been 79 years old today. He worked at the Chicago Tribune and he was a machinist and he did retire from there.

Yes my dad was very strict with having three girls. If we did anything wrong he would either spank us or ground us. I remember when I was 18yrs old and my dad grounded me from seeing my boyfriend. The thing of it is all I did was prove my dad wrong and he grounded me.

My older sister said she hated my dad to his face. I never would say that to my dad. I have to much respect for my dad to ever say that to him. I learned the right things to do because of having an older sister. Yes I still got into enough trouble on my own. I also got blamed for a lot of things my younger sister did. But dad always figured out if it was me or not.

My dad like building things with wood and when ever he needed help he would have me help him. Even if I was out with my friends down the street he would yell down the street for me to come home and help him.

My parents have land up north and that was were my dad retired to and he passed away there. I remember that to this day. He loved it up there and he loved going to the lake with us kids. He would pick us up out of the water and throw us back in or we would ride on his back while he would swim. He did the same thing with my son.  Out of my three kids it hit my son the hardest when his grandpa passed away. My dad was not only like my best friend but my sons too. My son was grandpa's boy all the time.

To this day there are two days that are the hardest for me, that is today and Christmas. My dad loved Christmas because of all the lights on the houses. I guess that is why I love driving around looking at the decorated houses so much.

It is hard for me to talk about my dad because I start to cry. I miss my dad so much and I will always love him every day. I don't get to his grave because he is buried in Illinois with his mom and dad.

My dad really didn't like my ex-husband when I was married. But I know for a fact that he would love my boyfriend very much. My boyfriend and my dad are a lot alike in the joking around way especially with a waitress at a restaurant. That is how I know they would get along great.

HAPPY BIRTHDAY DAD WE LOVE YOU VERY MUCH!

I Am Going To Have A Second Grandchild!

Yes this is a little late in posting. I found out the Saturday of Easter that my sons girlfriend is three months pregnant again.

When my son called to tell me I told him he better not be joking around with me. He said mom I am serious about this, he says I am not joking around with you. I said I am happy for both of you. Then I said Skylee will only be a year old when this baby is born. He said yes I know that mom. When his girlfriend was pregnant with Skylee they told  the Grandma's first and this time they told the Grandpa's first. We are very happy for my son.

When I told Drew this he said to me WHAT! With his eyes wide open. I told him yes and we sat and talked about this for awhile. Yes Grandpa Drew is going to have another Grandchild too.

It was like it really didn't hit me when my son told me about the baby at first. It took a couple of days to actually sink in my head. I don't know why it really didn't hit me at first. When he called me I had just gotten off of work and I was really tired. That may be the reason it really didn't hist me. But when it did I was like really happy.

I don't know how the other grandparents feel about the new baby. I hope they are not yelling at the kids about this. I know my sons girlfriend has to be really careful during her pregnancy because she was having problems when she was pregnant before. There is nothing we can do about this my son is so happy he is going to have another child. 

In July I am going to have my granddaughter down here for a few days. I am watching her so my son can go to Rock U.S.A.. I can't wait to see her and spoil her while she is here.