Walking is the perfect way of moving if you want to see into the life of things. It is the one way of freedom. If you go to a place on anything but your own feet you are taken there too fast, and miss a thousand delicate joys that were waiting for you by the wayside. Elizabeth von Arnim

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Tuesday, July 03, 2018

Orange Salamander

The morning started out with some low hanging clouds and lots of 
sunshine too.  It was 64 degrees and very still.

All the fire trucks were out of the fire house getting washed and the town
workers were out sprucing things up for the 4th of July parade 
tomorrow.  

I walked my usual 6 mile route all around town.
Found 2 pennies.

Lisa was out running, Bill walking again, and this time Rebecca's
husband was out walking the dog.

This salamander was in the middle of the path around the ball 
park loop being very still so I took a picture of it.
It was about 4 inches long.
This morning I made the last batch of cookies for Bible Time.
Baked Snickerdoodles this time.
I now have 21 dozen.

Time to mow the lawn again so that got done this morning too.
Had to wait till late morning when things dried out.

Ken was up at the new house playing around with rocks
and his tractor.

He was home for lunch and then went back.

This afternoon I made the sauce for the fruit salad I'm bringing for a
picnic we are going to tomorrow evening.
I'll add the fruit to the cold sauce tomorrow just before
we leave.

No church tomorrow evening because of the holiday so
we are having services this evening.
They will be held outside in what we call the barn
and then we'll have a campfire and roast hot dogs.
The town will be having fireworks so we'll be able to see them too.

Hope you found the bits of happiness in you life today
and you smiled often.
Life is Good
happyone  💕

"The Americans never walk.
In winter too cold and in summer too hot."
~ J B Yeats

16 comments:

Sandi said...

COOL salamander!

Pom Pom said...

Have a happy 4th, Karen! What a pretty little salamander!

Tom said...

...have a wonderful 4th!

Carol W. said...

Pretty salamander! Our mobile home park is having a free cookout tomorrow evening (hot dogs & hamburgers) so we're planning on attending that. Too hot to sit outside and watch fireworks afterwards (temp will be 107°) so we'll just go home where it's a lot cooler. Have a great time at your church cookout! Happy July 4th!

Adam said...

I saw a salamander once at a summer camp but it was slimy color, you found quite the specimen

Leslie said...

That photo from your morning walk is beautiful! What a cool salamander. Salamander is my youngest daughter's (sally) nickname, the kids in high school started calling her that and it stuck.
21 dozen!! my goodness!
Have fun tomorrow!!

Ruth Hiebert said...

You know I love that first picture.It has such a wonderful feel to it.

Lisa said...

Oh my goodness! I have never seen an orange salamander! We have little black ones with blue stripes that will slither by every now and again.
Lisa

Silver in AZ said...

warm, soft snickerdoodles ARE.SO.GOOD. And the Orange One you captured is sooo cute!

Breathing In Grace said...

Your photography is awesome! Maybe consider linking up with our Friday Foto Friends! HOPE you have a great 4th of July celebration!

DUTA said...

That's a little treasure. One doesn't often see orange salamanders.

Victor S E Moubarak said...

Wonderful photo of the salamander.

Happy 4th July.

God bless.

Debby Ray said...

Karen, that first photo is absolutely breathtaking...suitable for framing! I have never seen a salamander like that around here before...how cool! Happy July 4th!

Lowcarb team member said...

Great picture of the salamander!

Have a happy 4th of July.

All the best Jan

Sweet Tea N ' Salty Air said...

It sure is a pretty place that you live, wow you sure did make a bunch of Snickerdoodles, Im curious what the cold sauce is that you pour over fruit that sounds so delicious! Im in SW Florida a skip away from the Everglades so we see all kinds of animals and crawly guys I have the same 2 frogs that sit on my porch every single night,love your blog! Lisa@ Sweet Tea N' Salty Air

happyone said...

Thanks for visiting and leaving a comment. : )
Actually I made half snickerdoodles and half chocolate chip cookies.
The fruit salad recipe is on my Recipe Blog which you can find at the bottom of the posts.