Well, I made it home....

Good to be here.

The fall colors in our little burg have changed so much in the week and a half I was gone... red, gold, yellow (and of course the ones that just go straight to brown) and many have dropped. Wish I had my sisters handy dandy riding mower to pick up leaves....

Till the next one, toodle-lou!

SO much fun taking the Bridge Pictures....

Had to include some more....Patti was busy taking pics and I played around. We were so tired afterwards, we had to stop by Wendy's for a 99 cent burger....yummy it was.... Hey, I just noticed, the computer keyboard doesn't have a "cents" symbol .... What's with that?....inflation or what...

Here's the skinny on the Lady Bugs... they're really

Asian Beetles.... not to be confused with our red Lady Bugs.....from the local paper (Griffin they are all over the place!)

"Asian lady beetles - Harmonia axyridis - aren't native to Illinois but were introduced to the United States to deal with aphids on pecan trees and soybeans, according to the Web site.
Because Illinois has a lot of soybeans, the beetles flourished and multiplied, said Jeffrey Davidson, plant health safeguarding specialist for the USDA plant protection and quarantine department.
"And, once they're brought in, they're here - they're here," Davidson joked, adding that his department of the USDA isn't responsible for the Asian beetle infestation, and the part of the USDA that dealt with the initial importation did so "many, many years ago."

It's another warm day.... another day with Lady Bugs everywhere....

I cannot tell you how weird all that is.... Fall is here, colors are even prettier than they are in the Pacific Northwest at this time of year..... Patti's yard (and all the rest of the yards) are the collector points for piles of leaves.... Wish Jillian was still a little girl and we could play in them like we did at Wrights Park. Patti wass out mowing today cuz it also vacumed up the leaves.... She was a mad demon on that riding mower.
Buddy, Patti's little puggle, is just darling.... A bundle of energy to say for sure. He's a fun little boy to have around the house. Well, if you were looking for exciting goings on here in Galesburg, this is it.... But, I do enjoy it!

Another Day in the Midwest.... Do I hear raindrops on the windshield.... NO... It's

Bugs.... They sounded just like a heavy rain sprinkle.... And a lot of them are LadyBugs...  : (   My sister told me that especially when they are harvesting the soy beans & feed corn, the bugs really come out.  It is so weird!)  The one pic is of the windsheild with the bugs.... I know, get a life Jean....
We took Marycatherine to the Moline airport this morning, so now it's just Patti and I.  That's when, on the way home, the bugs hit....  Also, for all you hunters, found this poor deer on the side of road.  We had to get a picture for my Jon... he was going hunting in Kapowsin today.... just in case he didn't get anything... I know, we're cruel.
As soon as we got back to Galesburg, our first stop was to get the car with the bug guts cleaned....  So, here I am writing watching Oprah and uploading pics....  later to all of you!

And we're off.....

Nephew Greg and fiance, Jeni, are gettin' married this weekend....Sooooo, off we go for a new explore.... to some new little towns, well, new to us, in Illinois....  Utica and Peru....  It'll be a quick trip for Jerry and Jillian, but, I get to stay a bit longer with my sister, Patti.... what's neat, is sister Marycatherine will be staying a bit longer too.... I'll keep in touch on our goings on!