I say every time that I am going to blog more often but life happens and I don't.  My sister and I try to go on outings as much as possible.  We go to the grist mill  every season.  It is always beautiful any time we go.

The azaleas were in full bloom.  The mill is in the T.R. Pugh Memorial Gardens.  It is an authentic reproduction of an old  watered-powered grist mill.  In 1939 the mill was in the movie  "Gone with the Wind."  The mill was designed to look like it belong in the 1800's.

Something was new in the park.  NLR stands for Noth Little Rock.

  

The mill as soon much detail.  Wish the tree could live forever but it want because it is a dead tree.

A nice gentleman took our picture.  The shadows got in the way of having a good shot.  Notice I am wearing a coat and Cathy is in short sleeves.

The flowers are made by God and with such detail.  It takes a micro setting on my camera to see all the details.

I always love waterfalls.  I love the sound that it mades as the water spills over the rocks.

Thank you for stopping by.  I always like reflecting on our outings and this is a good way to do it.  Next  I will post about  Garven Gardens.

Every time I post I say I am going to post more often so I remember how to create the header.  I spent more time trying to figure this one out put I got it done.

Love the Swans

My Sister and I went to Heber Springs Tuesday to see the Trumpeter Swans.  Last year we went to late in the season and we only got to see three.  This year we were determine to go  in time to see even more.  It was a success.  There were at least 100 mostly across the far bank so we couldn't get close enough, but that was alright because there were a few on our side of the bank.

The sun was reflecting off the water and it made the Swans beautiful.

 These little black and white ducks were  there by the hundreds also.  They were so cute.  The would go under water and you would think they were never coming up and then they would just pop out and glide over the water

 I found out why they are called Trumpeter swans.  I am not sure how they make the sound because it didn't look like they were opening their beck but when they made the noise it sounded like trumpet.  A loud and lonely sound could be heard.

We went this year and last year and I was so surprised at how many people had come to see the swans.  When we drove up there were five cars parked and one car even had out of state license plates. 

There is a fence where we could not get to close to the swans but that didn't matter.  We took our pictures over the fence and sometimes through the fence.  We were told that in the evening more swans come to the lake. Maybe one day we can go late in the evening.  The down side of that is our cameras.