Sheila Brown

@sgbrown (1638)

United States • Age 68

Joined myLot 9 years ago

Hubby and I are semi-retired and we own our own vending machine business. Part-time photographer, part-time writer, I enjoy sharing the beauty I find in nature.

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And Suddenly, There Was Mr. Snake

Sheila Brown @sgbrown (1638) • United States 24 May 16

As most of you know, I love to go for walks with my camera. We live on 40 acres in the country and there always seems to be something to take pictures of. My camera and I went for a walk this past weekend and I was walking along...

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What Are Your Favorite Perennial Flowers

Sheila Brown @sgbrown (1638) • United States 22 May 16

Every spring I plant some perennials, in hopes that someday I will have a yard full of flowers without having to plant every time. Some of them come back and some of them don't. One of my favorite flowers are daisies. I had...

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Planting My Flowers

Sheila Brown @sgbrown (1638) • United States 20 May 16

We have had so much rain lately, I have not had the chance to plant the flowers I got for Mother's Day. Every year, my hubby and kids know exactly what I want for Mother's Day, a gift certificate to our local garden center....

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Do You Use Coke Rewards?

Sheila Brown @sgbrown (1638) • United States 17 May 16

Have you noticed the codes under the caps or inside the cartons of Coca-Cola products? I never paid much attention until we started our vending machine business, then I was always looking for a way to save money on buying...

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Wildflowers - Blue Eyed Grass

Sheila Brown @sgbrown (1638) • United States 15 May 16

I have been trying to identify some of the wildflowers that are growing in our fields. This is one of the pictures I took while walking in our front field the other day. I have identified this as "Blue Eyed Grass". It is actually...

blue eyed grass

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Cell Phone vs Brush Hog

Sheila Brown @sgbrown (1638) • United States 14 May 16

For those of you who may not know, a brush-hog is a large heavy duty mower blade that you put behind a tractor. It is used to mow large areas and heavy brush that a regular mower just can't handle. Hubby uses his brush-hog to...

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My Field of Wildflowers

Sheila Brown @sgbrown (1638) • United States 13 May 16

This picture is just a small part of the field at the front part of our property. The field is actually about 1 acre and is full of wildflowers. I should really say "was" full of wildflowers as hubby mowed the field day before...

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American Painted Lady Butterflies

Sheila Brown @sgbrown (1638) • United States 11 May 16

Between the rain showers and storms we have been having, I try to go for a walk when I can. On this day, I walked to the front part of our property where we have not cut the grass in the field yet. There were lots of wild...

american painted lady

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The Weather in My Part of the Country Yesterday

Sheila Brown @sgbrown (1638) • United States 10 May 16

Hubby and I watched as some really nasty looking clouds came around yesterday afternoon. He loves to scare me, saying something about a tornado coming. (He only does that when there is no real danger.) Little did we know this...

tornado oklahoma

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I've Been Crazy Busy!

Sheila Brown @sgbrown (1638) • United States 8 May 16

It has now been 4 days since I have been here! I have been just crazy busy! I have joined Fine Art America to hopefully sell some of my photography and have been editing and downloading pictures, when I have not been working...

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A Snake in the Chicken House

Sheila Brown @sgbrown (1638) • United States 3 May 16

Just the other morning, hubby and I were discussing the fact that the chickens aren’t laying very many eggs. We only have 8 chickens, but we usually get 4 to 6 eggs a day. Lately, we have been getting 1 or 2 or sometimes none!...

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Hubby's New Toy

Sheila Brown @sgbrown (1638) • United States 2 May 16

Hubby came across a good deal on a used motorcycle and bought himself a new toy. It was really one of those deals that are too good to pass up. He had some money put back and will sell his old motorcycle to get some of his money...

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Yesterday Was Such a Busy Day!

Sheila Brown @sgbrown (1638) • United States 1 May 16

I am up a little later than I like to be and have spent my time trying to get caught up on all my notifications. Yesterday was such a busy day, I didn't get the time to do much of anything on my computer! I worked on cleaning out...

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There Were Some Wicked Clouds Yesterday

Sheila Brown @sgbrown (1638) • United States 30 Apr 16

I took this picture yesterday evening around 6:00pm. There were some really wicked looking clouds outside. Hubby called me to come outside and there was a really dark cloud hanging down just south of us. I went back inside to get...

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The Black-Capped Chickadee - Did You Know...

Sheila Brown @sgbrown (1638) • United States 28 Apr 16

The black-capped chickadee is one of the most common birds at my bird feeder. With their small little bodies and large round heads and seemingly tiny eyes, they are also one of the cutest. They are brave little birds, staying on...

nature wildlife birds chickadee

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An Almost Shocking Experience!

Sheila Brown @sgbrown (1638) • United States 27 Apr 16

With the threat of storms around yesterday, it made me remember a time when there was so much electricity in the air that our daughter's hair was standing straight up! We were camped out at the local lake here, Lake Murray, one...

static electricity

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The Storm is Over

Sheila Brown @sgbrown (1638) • United States 26 Apr 16

Well, the worst part of the storm is over for us. The winds did blow pretty hard for a little while, but not as bad as they had predicted. There was and still is a lot of lightening, but not too bad. We didn't even go to the...

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Sitting Here Waiting for the Storm to Hit

Sheila Brown @sgbrown (1638) • United States 26 Apr 16

Well, it is 9:06pm and I am sitting here waiting for the severe thunderstorm to hit. I have my scanner on and they are talking about 70 mph winds and possible tornadoes. It shoud hit within the next 10 minutes or so. I have the...

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We Have to Travel Today

Sheila Brown @sgbrown (1638) • United States 26 Apr 16

As some of you know, hubby and I have a vending machine business. We have several pop machines and snack machines in different businesses around town. Our inventory is running low and it is time to go to Sam's Club in Denton,...

vending machines

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A Frog Peed on My Head!

Sheila Brown @sgbrown (1638) • United States 25 Apr 16

Yes, a frog really peed on my head! How did a frog get on my head, you ask? Well, I found a tiny tree frog on one of my plants out on our back porch. I had my camera nearby, so I got his picture. Then, as I went to pick him up to...

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