1 Single Impression+2 fer Tuesday=3 Pictures

this week… Through a Window

Check out her poem and lovely photography while you’re at it.

The photos below were taken from my windows. I've always enjoyed my windows. Each room (except for my bathroom and teen-angels room) has a huge window that takes up an entire wall. They are 7 ft.x9ft. The first is taken from my kitchen, the next from my bedroom, and the last from my kitchen also.

Enjoy my view.

Lovely tree of mine
Far about the ground below
Summer’s gift bestowed

Two fer Tuesday

Just post pictures in multiples of two, of the same topic.
Visit Jonna for more "Two Fer" pictures.

A mighty oak tree
Through the window I do see
Pretty leaves of green

Seen from my window
Little acorns I planted
Will one day be trees

Bridges Between

This is my first post for Bridges Between. So join me on ...
A trip down Memory Lane
If you travel south on Hwy 79, Right on the county line between Saline and Grant counties, Arkansas, you will arrive at the Saline River Bridge. It used to be called the Tull Bridge. The bridge is in fair shape and is open to vehicular traffic. But this is not the bridge that sticks out in my memory.

When I was a young girl, and also when I was a teen-ager, we would drive for about 45 minutes to get to my dad’s favorite swimming spot. He would get off the road at the Tull Bridge, and then we would drive right next to the river, heading west for about a mile. I remember being afraid that the car would fall into the river. When he could go no farther we would get out and walk the rest of the way. It was a 10-minute walk from our parking spot. We’d often get stuck I the mud, and dad would get his “come-alongs” out and pull his old ’68 Chevy BelAir out of the mud. You could hear a train coming from miles away. We always wanted to hurry before it got there and count the cars being pulled. I’m not sure why but we were afraid of being too close.

We’d walk under the old bridge and admire her. She was so far overhead. We'd also search for flint up under the railroad bridge.

If we were in the river swimming and a train was coming, my father would tell us all to be quiet. I’m not sure why this was worthy of our reverence, but we’d all stop playing and stand in quiet awe as the train passed by.

I almost drowned in that river when I was 8or9 years old. I had just learned a few basics of swimming, and thought I was doing a great job, when I got over my head. I tried to stand up and couldn’t. I started to panic, and after what seemed to be an eternity, my dad ran into the river… he didn’t even want to swim that day. Well, he rescued me. He always called me a limp dishrag after that. I remember him trying to dry his driver’s license and photos.

How well I remember gathering up the old mussel shells and seeing the center pier from the lost bridge. In this photo it is visible behind the remaining railroad bridge.
One standing and one lost… railroad bridges over the Saline River south of Benton, near Old River Bridge. The center pier from the lost bridge is visible behind the remaining railroad bridge. It was built in 1899 and it was closed to traffic in 1974.
The bridge that stands today is a Single Warren through truss with two pony plate girder spans. The bridge that was lost was a Two-span Pratt through truss.

To learn what Bridges Between is all about look at RuneE's blog here.

Meet our Camera Critter, Guinevere

Here is what I call our adorable gwenny-pig. She thought she was being crafty sneaking up to the bowl of apples.
She can be very persuasive. Every girl needs a nice soft bed with cushie pillows.

For more photos, visit Camera Critters,hosted by Misty.You'll be glad you did!

Join the book MEME

I have done this once before, but no one responded. Maybe my book excerpt was too boring. I'll do an even better one. Inside the Rainbow by Aileni Calonyddaear. I'll even give you an extra paragraph to whet your whistle. The novel is only online, but the pages are numbered... uh, some of them anyway. You really should read the book. It's very intriguing. It's more like a message within a message. See for yourself. The book excerpt follows the rules.

The Book Meme.....
You have been tagged by me for this meme. It is a book meme, and here are the rules:
Rules:
1. Grab the nearest book of 123 pages or more.
2. Open it to page 123.
3.Find the first 5 sentences and write them down.
4.Then invite 5 friends to do the same. If your name is below I invite you to contribute. (I just might read the same book that you use.)
Aileni
Meri
Aims
Damma T
Gracie
anyone else who would like to post one would be more than welcome also.

The book I choose was Inside the Rainbow by Aileni Calonyddaear
"You poor boy", Tondalle said, His hands fluttering about Semyon's shoulders, before he overcame his habitual reticence and grasped the youngster reassuringly. "Your experiences yesterday and the muck they pumped into you have upset your system. You are hallucinating." He did not pursue the question of two lines from Hofmanstahl and he would not mention his dream again. However his ward had other ideas and his next words chilled Tonhalle.
"I know what you dreamed and I know where you hope - but it wasn't the planet below us now. It was as if you were in another time.... or, or," he stammered... "or in another history!"
Distracted, Tonhalle tried to soothe: "Look Semyon- don't regard it. Put it out of your mind, it will only make you ill if you try to make sense of it." He straightened up. "I must get MedLab."
"NO!........
Now go read it for yourself. You can find it at this link: http://cennad.googlepages.com/home