You know how it is when you blog...you start taking pictures of EVERYTHING! This is a dumpster at the local dump. I snapped a picture because I saw my daughter's name on it. I know she didn't put it there because she lives 300 miles away and it is a fairly common name. For more ODD SHOTS visit Katney.
I've lived around these magnolia trees all my life but never paid much mind to the new leaf process. I kept waiting for this to turn into a flower but it turned out to be a new leaf. 
The magnolia loses and puts on new leaves through out the year so there are always green leaves on the tree. I love to throw these leaves on a fire and listen to them snap and crackle.
This is what the flower bud looks like.
The magnolia flower is probably 12 inches across when fully opened and has a very pleasant sweet smell. It is true when I say these pictures do not really show the beauty of the flower. They were just too high up in the tree for me to get a good shot. 
My husband hates these turtles around the garden because they will eat on the tomatoes. A few days ago he was working in the garden and I spotted this guy nearby. I told him he already had a napkin around his neck and was holding a little knife and fork. Actually he drew his head in and would not move. When I started the lawn mower to mow around some blueberry bushes nearby he stuck his head out and started moving.
On Tuesday we had a county wide tornado warning and were told to take cover somewhere as a precaution. Luckily there were no tornadoes reported in our county altho there were some damaging ones in other parts of the state. Afterwards the rain stopped and the sky turned all kinds of beautiful colors. I told my husband to hurry and take me down the raod to get a picture of the sky. We went to about 5 different places but when we got to each one the pretty sky was gone. When we got back to our house the sunset was so pretty. As you can see the power lines ruined the picture and that's why I always try to go to another spot. Which do you like best the color or B&W?
Join Tom for more Sky Watch.
When I looked out this morning the sun's rays were shining down through the fog and it really looked neat. I wish I could have captured it better but this was the best I could get.
