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I love camping. I love hiking. I love skiing, boating, fishing, swimming. I love landscaping and gardening. I wager it's safe to say, I love being outdoors!
My husband laughs at me sometimes, though, because I also love being prepared for whatever "enjoying the great outdoors" throws our way. It's just the over-thinker in me, I guess. Which is a nice way to say worrier. But, you see, I don't worry about what may happen when my family is out enjoy nature's finest because..... I am prepared. Here's a site to help you become more like me...not worried. (It's The Center for Disease Control's Hazards for Outdoor Workers, in case you were wondering. Great stuff here: Poisonous Plants, Insects, Spider & Snakes; Heat, UV & Cold Exposure; Lyme & Tick Vectored Disease; West Nile Virus.) My inspiration for this color collection are the Orioles who are presently enjoying fuit & grape jelly! My hummingbirds can't wait for them to leave town...  Dallas Red Lantana- grown as an annual here.  Clear orange sulfur cosmos backlite by a setting sun.  Sunny orange- an unknown daylily that showed up in my reds...  Fiery orange foliage of the Sassafras tree  Mixed marigolds. So "common", but still make me smile!  Sunset on ice. Grand Mere beach, Lake Michigan. |