For those of us of an ‘advanced age,’ who love the Lord, Alan Jackson captures our thoughts in his song.

The balloons yesterday, Thursday, flew East of us, and we’re traveling today to St. Louis to spend the weekend with Chris and Deborah. So, no more balloon photos this year.

So, a few random photos. First, this little Finch getting ready for his/her morning drink and bath.

Some photos of my favorite model, Jessie.

The next two show the classic Golden Retriever mouth where her front teeth stick out from under her upper lip.

Finally, Jessie digging in the late afternoon as the sun sets.

We didn’t get any balloons on Wednesday morning, too much wind to be safe.

However, we had an interesting cloud formation at sunset which was pretty spectacular.

Yesterday, Tuesday, was the first day we had balloons come up our way. Always fun.