Wilde & Woolly

White Crepe Myrtle in Bloom! All the crepe myrtles in my backyard are volunteers except for the Purple Magic. So these were all planted by birds....

Pink Pom Pom Zinna I don't know what they're really called, but that's what I call them. I love all zinnias, but these kinds are my favorite....

Zinnia Butterflies and bees love the zinnia flowers. Even though they are annual flowers, I save the seeds and plant them in the spring....

It’s so Hot, Time for Water Fun It's too hot to do anything else! Well, I'm at 45K on the story--25K to go. I had this dream it was at 49K!...

Huge Sunflower! The heat is getting to everything! I'm at 42,000 words on Deadly Misfortunes. Woohoo! Twenty-eight thousand to go!...

Stay Cool in This Awful Heat! And watch out for hungry bears looking for a free lunch! I managed to get to 38K on Deadly Misfortunes....

Storms coming! We need rain again and supposedly were going to have strong thunderstorms this afternoon. Maybe it will cool things down a bit....

Flip Flopping on Stories I'm at a juncture. So I'm working on Jaguar (Strom Hart, the billionaire), which is at 12,000 words, but I also have The Chosen Fae, which I was working on at the hospital last year, about 23,000 words, and One Enchanted Evening (second book in the Fortuneteller series, Deadly Fortunes, Book 1) at 26,000 words....

Bear in Pursuit is Available Now! I hope you like the 2nd book in the grizzly bear series. I'm off to work on the jaguar book....

Eye of the Octopus Isn't he/she beautiful? They usually hide in rocks and crevices, but this one was very active at the Omaha zoo that day....

Curled up with My Dragons… Working on Bear in Pursuit. Need to proof 8 more chapters. I should have those done today!...

A Little Wednesday Whimsy I'm nearly done with edits for Bear in Pursuit, and then I need to proof it. That means, hopefully, I'll be able to just read it through and I won't be making any more changes!...

Argh!!! So I had that lovely beefsteak tomato large and ripening when we came back from our vacation and I went to pick it yesterday....

Hiking to the Lake of the Ozarks I had landed hard on my knee and broken my big toe a week before we started all these wild activities while playing with the grandkids....

Duck and Her Ducklings Aren't they cute? I'm off to finally proof Bear in Pursuit. I'm hoping I'll have it done by next weekend!...

Mallard Duck Couple They climbed on top of the mat the kids and grandkids used to play on. Then a duck and her 7 ducklings did too, but I was paddling with my son-in-law and didn't get a photo....

Ha Ha Tonka Castle in Camdenton, Mansion of the Lake of the Ozarks Ha Ha Tonka Castle in Camdenton, Mansion of the Lake of the Ozarks, built in the 1900s and burned down in 1947....