ABC Wednesday - Y is for Yellow....

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....and orange, and green, and blue, and red, and purple...wildflowers at the Beliveau Estate Winery in Blacksburg.

Linking with ABC Wednesday

July Theme Day - Celebrating Summer

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“Summer will end soon enough, and childhood as well.”
― George R.R. Martin, A Game of Thrones

The theme for the City Daily Photo group is "Celebrating Summer"...we spend so many days of our summer chillin' on the creek. Here the boys and Ozzy are taking a break after a long crawdad hunt.

To see more summery pics, visit City Daily Photo

Kitty-Kat Weathervane

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The pond @ Beliveau

Is that not the cutest little weathervane you ever did see? Went to Beliveau Estate Wineryin Blacksburg yesterday for their Lavender Festival. What a pretty place it is!

Willy Nilly Friday 5 #1 - Anniversary Park

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Anniversary Park, Williamsburg

If you remember the reason we were in Williamsburg/Jamestown/Yorktown a couple of weeks ago was so Nick could participate in the triathlon. First leg is a swim in the James River. He's one of those guys in the red caps. First group, green caps which are made up of military and younger guys, are just ahead, already swimming.

So now for some Friday 5's:

1) On Wednesday I took the boys to see the Lego movie. It was really cute. We laughed a lot. Regal Cinema has a summer movie special for kids. For the list CLICK HERE

2) This guy proves that there are people out there who care

3) I came up with a great idea (for me) to store recipes in Pinterest for my weekly menu. I make a new board each week labeled "Menu for the week of month/date" and new recipes I want to try out from the internet, I just pin to that folder. In the past when I want to try a new recipe, I would forget where I found it. Now it's tucked right there in my menu board!

4) Want to see some pretty pictures: CLICK HERE to see Bing's Photo of the Day Gallery.

5)

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“I like dogs
Big dogs
Little dogs
Fat dogs
Doggy dogs
Old dogs
Puppy dogs
I like dogs
A dog that is barking over the hill
A dog that is dreaming very still
A dog that is running wherever he will
I like dogs.”
― Margaret Wise Brown, The Friendly Book

Now it's your turn! Make a short list of 5 things on your mind, or long list, which ever, then link back to Willy Nilly Friday 5! Don't forget to add your link here so we can visit you! Happy Friday :)

Signs - Signs - Yorktown National Cemetery & A Good Fence

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Yorktown National Cemetery

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Of the 2,204 burials, 1,436 are unknown...

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Read about the Bivouac of the Dead HERE

And then we saw these riders not too far down the road...

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Read more about the Yorktown National Cemetery HERE and I'm linking to Signs, Signs and Good Fences

*Don't forget to come by tomorrow to link up with Willy-Nilly Friday 5! Rules are: there are no rules...mostly ;) Post 5 random thoughts, link up, visit some blogs and have fun and meet new bloggers! The link up will start tonight at midnight...be there or be square!!

And Beth, Willy-Nilly is in the dictionary!
wil·ly-nil·ly
adverb
without direction or planning; haphazardly

Lost and Found

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While driving through Yorktown we saw a couple walking with no shoes. Drove a little further and found them. Why? I don't get it. Walking around the beach, totally get the no shoes thing...but walking on a black top road? hmmmmm, not so much.

Passing on ABC Wednesday today. Could not think of a use for X...that's a toughy!

P.S. Don't forget to come back on Friday and link up to the very first Willy-Nilly Friday 5...Your mission: Post 5 randoms, link up, visit others! Spread the news!

Rubbish Tuesday - Some Really Old Windows @ Colonial Williamsburg

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Don't you just love old windows? I do too!

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This is a serious door right?! I can't remember what this little building is. Must house something really important though!

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I like the white/black combo on old houses. When I was little my mom made my dad paint our house black/white. I think the actual color was charcoal. I just remembered that! I also remember my dad arguing with her about the color, but alas, our house became white/charcoal ;)

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Like a little fairy-tale cottage!

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I love the glossy magnolia. Don't worry TexWis, I have more fences to particpate in your Good Fences linky :)

I'm linking up with Roan's Rubbish Tuesday today. Post something old and link up too! CLICK HERE for more old stuff!

I also want to share with you that I will be starting the Random 5 Friday linky up this Friday. I'm calling it Willy-Nilly Friday 5 because I didn't want to totally copy Nancy's meme and I like the word "willy-nilly" :) So come along and link up, post 5 random errr willy-nilly things and have fun! Hopefully my linky will work. Never done this before! The link up should start Friday morning @ 12:01 and run through Sunday, fingers crossed!