Trouble!

That's his name. Trouble. He's my folks' cat (one of two). He's a big boy. He started out a little fellow who was born next door to me and who spent the first few weeks of his life hanging out under, on and around my deck. He's always had a huge personality!

He leads a rough life...as you can tell. Sometimes it's hard to get the rest you need. Especially when you top the scales at just under 18 pounds and don't fit on all the furniture!

Thanks for sharing the shots, Mom!

I'm Ready for my Close Up Mr. Deville

Do not, I repeat, do not point a camera at this girl unless you want an extreme close-up!

Back with more pix and commentary in the days to come!

I Haven't Forgotten You!

Really. I haven't. Just been wildly busy. Still recuperating from the fantastic weekend in Virginia (and will post about the U2 show eventually). Busy this past weekend with MumFest activities and horse stuff. Had fabulous ride yesterday. Solana's such a joy! She's also a bit mischievous--let herself out and went a few pastures away to visit the other night ;D

Been taking some fun shots including working police dogs and working commercial fishermen. Will through some up on ye' ole' blog soon.

Have a good one!

360

Review of our U2 360 tour experience coming soon. It was an incredible show and I'll have to gather my thoughts to tell you all about it.

Besides that, we had a terrific long weekend spent with family and friends. The weather was great and we had a good time noodling around in Charlottesville.

More soon.

Some Evening Shots

I was out at the barn feeding rather late yesterday evening and had fun shooting some low-light shots. Mind you, these are just with my Kodak EasyShare so no high-tech adjustments. But I amuse myself nonetheless.
I call this "Clouds in Puddle". We had a lot of rain this weekend. Not like Alabama or Georgia recently, but still a lot of rain.

More Clouds

Are You Ready For Some Football?

I am! LoML & I are off to the UNC vs. ECU football game today. Can't wait. It's been a long time since we've been to a game. Let's hope for a good one. Back soon.

Solana & the kids

Seriously, Mom, what am I supposed to do with these kids?!

Ferry Ride

We took a nice ferry ride to visit LoML's sister and our nephew on Sunday. As we were coming back home the cloud cover was amazing. Actually, the light was amazing. It shone through the clouds in radiating beams reminiscent of a rainbow.


Schedule is still wildly busy, but broken finger is healing--slowly but surely. I'll try to get back into regular posting.

Some Day

Ah, this would be a nice spot to be, no? Some day. Maybe even some day soon. But not today.

"Some day" has become a bit of a mantra for me of late. As in, "some day I'll get to that; some day soon I'll get this done." I frequently find myself wondering when, exactly, some day is. It's not a particularly healthy spot for me to be in when I'm trying to live my life by staying in the moment...by fully living in the here and now. I've had an all-too-real life lesson in the fact that we're not guaranteed tomorrow and we better appreciate all the beauty, all the gifts, all the grace that today holds before it slips away.

Sometimes that's hard. When you work full-time and try to juggle household responsibilities and family obligations and hobbies and passions and, and...you know, don't you? I'm not unique. We all deal with these challenges. I suppose it's part of the deal, the life deal, this learning to prioritize, to juggle. And sometimes life throws you a curve ball (like learning to type slower and with a lot more mistakes on account of a broken finger!).

Some days I play well with others; some days I just want to take my toys and run away...maybe to the beach to just sit and listen to the waves crash. Some days. But not today. Today I will breathe in and out slowly. I will say "thank you" for all the amazing gifts I have in my life that make it so full.

Today I will live.