fossils & flora

Wow, it has been so long since our last post!!!  We have been incredibly busy, but things are beginning to settle down, somewhat, so hopefully we'll be back on schedule going forward!  We have been busy working (go figure), getting excited about my brother's wedding, keeping up with housework, and enjoying the change in season.  I've been working diligently on my flowers, daily, as you can see...

Very exciting times, here at our place.  Nothing has died yet!!!  In fact, although they are not pictured here, I decided to try my hand at growing something edible, so we now have a jalapeno plant and a beefsteak tomato plant!!!  (The tomato plant is in an upsy downsy, of course, but he is THRIVING!!!:o)  Along with honing my gardening skills, we celebrated our first wedding anniversary this past weekend.  We did not end up going away, but we did have a great weekend!  On Friday, we went to the first day of Zona Rosa's Festa Italiana, and had a wonderful time!!!  There were scores of vendors selling various wares:  from t-shirts and jewelry to italian sauces, wine tastings, and raffle tickets.  We sampled a delish blackened chicken bow-tie pasta with a cajun cream sauce (which was aMAZing!) while enjoying some of the live music.  I wish so much that I had remembered to bring my camera, but alas, I did not.  :o(  There's always next year!!!  On Saturday, we decided to use our passes to Dinosaurs Unearthed at Union Station.  (Special thanks to Tony in Marketing at Union Station-he sent us passes to review the exhibit for our blog!!!)  We were pretty impressed with the set up!  Honestly, we felt that the exhibit could have been a little larger/lasted longer, however, we did not have any children with us, and J & I both felt that if we had brought any kiddos, that would have been remedied.  Many of the dinosaurs were animatronic, which was pretty fun because they roared and moved around.  It might be a LITTLE bit scary for wee ones, just because of the noises, but I would think ages 4-12 would be enthralled!  We loved that certain dinosaurs had a little control pad, and you could press different buttons to make them move!  I liked to make them roar.  :o)  All in all, it was a pretty good exhibit!!!  Good job, Union Station!!!  We are looking forward to coming back soon!  Here are some of the dinosaurs you will see in the exhibit...

Kinda scary, aren't they?!?
During our drive home, I decided to take some pics of our city.  My favorite aspect of photography is the editing; playing with the colors and tweaking the story within.  I will leave you with some of my fav's from Saturday:

 Love.  :o)