Contemplation

Look deep into nature and then you will understand everything better. ~Albert Einstein

More Decorations

Thought I'd share a few more pix of the Christmas decorations around here. Didn't manage to get a great shot of it, but new this year is a beautiful lighted garland we bought at a local church bazaar...turns out we picked out the one made by my friend! It has seashells on it that have lights in them :D

Yesterday I showed you the picture of you-know-who under the tree...that shot was from the angle I first saw him...but, of course, I had to walk around and get a more complete set of pictures:

You can see Gwyn is exhausted from the supervising! She got an early present as PetSmart had their orthopedic beds 50% off on Black Friday and I couldn't resist getting her one.

He knows he's all that!

LoML decided he needed a bow.

We're going pretty low-key this year as I'm not willing to put up any breakable decorations!

What's Under Your Tree?

Grateful for Family & Friends...

Thanksgiving

For each new morning with its light,

For rest and shelter of the night,

For health and food, for love and friends,

For everything Thy goodness sends.

~ By Ralph Waldo Emerson

 and kittehs (sez Gwyn)!

(Both photos courtesy of my wonderful SIL who I had fun with yesterday :D )

Chopper Part II

So, about a week ago I shared some pix of a guy working on the power lines from a helicopter. The pictures I took then were taken with my cell phone...while I was moving....let's not discuss that anymore! One day last week I was pulling into my office and realized they were working at the end of the street. Fortunately I had my "good" camera with me (trusty Nikon). I parked, called upstairs to tell them I was close by but not walking in yet, and walked the four or so blocks to the end of the street...and took these pix:

Above: note the cars passing over the draw-bridge...and the reflection of the clouds in the water. Below: those are seagulls flying by...bet they wonder about that *big* bird!

This just fascinates me!

More soon!

Flight (p. 82)

Seen Around Town

I took a stroll yesterday. These were just a few of the sights that caught my eye:

Spike take-over

Like he's not getting enough time on the blog already! (I do promise to get back to Gwyn and dogs soon! Really!!) This was Willow on my lap and Spike getting ready to go after her tail:

And, like all kittens, he's sleeps well!

And here's sweet Willow:

Back to sleeping (growing) kitten:

Did I share this one before? This one was taken by Spike's "auntie" back when she was taking care of him, having saved him from anti-freeze poisoning. She'd woken up and "lost" him...it's sometimes tough to find him since he falls asleep in small, different places and what with being deaf you can't call him and have him respond. Anyway, this is where she found him:

The same ole, same ole

This is a common sight around here these days:

Xander, aka The Orange Menace, grabs Spike, aka the White Menace of Destruction (as opposed to weapon of mass destruction) in a bear hug (cat hug?). It starts off with Xander licking Spike (as shown in previous videos) and then deteriorates into biting and rabbit-kicking :D

The box. Best. Toy. Ever. Sometimes Xander's in it...sometimes Spike takes over...

Great fun with action shots where one's a blur and the other in sharp relief.

Chopper!

And I think my job is exciting and stressful! I don't know what this guy gets paid...but am pretty sure it's not enough. Ran errands yesterday at lunch and was wondering why traffic was backed up trying to get back to my office. That involves crossing a high-rise bridge from where I was. As I was coming up the bridge I realized why everyone was backing up.

 

  

 

Some way to work on power lines, eh?