Hump Day Is For the Birds

A little bird told me that winter was over. Really it was a noisy tree frog but I didn’t get a picture of him.

A few days ago (and a few hundred miles south) it certainly felt like the frog was right …

…so I headed back north. Damn the lying frog!

I wish I’d got a shot of the crow before making the frog eat it. 😉

“Just Pose”

“The photo challenge this week is juxtaposition. To juxtapose… as in placing two or more things side by side but for creative reasons let’s really look for contrast.” That’s all I said…

See what happens when you ask for input in my house? You get puppies nestled in pockets, a monkey riding a bobcat and me hiding behind a bunch of balloons. Oh, I tossed in the photo of the bee but it’s an old shot. We’ll consider that juxtaposed to the new.

Weekly Photo Challenge: Juxtaposition

When Life Gives You Lemons…

Use them!

The weather in this region has been pretty sucky for the last few days as many roads are impassable due to ice. ICE, not snow. Snow is not sucky. I like snow. I can drive in it, heck I’ll even eat it but what we’ve got is not edible or drivable unless you’re just feeling wild and crazy. I must be getting old because I don’t feel so wild and crazy.

Not too long ago I would have gleefully tested my sliding skills on foot or behind the wheel and laughed at any mishap. Now I dare not chance it and worry about the kids making it home safely. Back in the day a power outage was an adventure; nowadays I fear the grandchildren won’t be warm enough…

🙂 Well the kids are nestled in their homes all fine and dandy [sigh] and their children are ‘snug as a bug in a rug’ so I can go about enjoying life’s lemons…

I’ll start with savoring Santa’s lemon apples with caramel dipping sauce. YUM!

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We’ll turn the Christmas music on and decorate the tree

ornament rg&g

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

And sing along  Peanuts roasting on a cast iron stove…

PEANUTS ROASTING

 

 

 

 

 

And maybe I’ll tell Santa what a good boy he has been….

 

 

Too Numerous To Mention

This weeks photo challenge is titled Habit. I have far too many to mention and fewer still I am willing to confess but isn’t that a lovely sky? Maybe I am a habitual optimist – always looking up.

Not Quite Macabre

In response to the weekly photo challenge: Eerie

Give no heed to the Sasquatch and ignore the Chupacabra for they are plainly seen.

But be watchful of the light and mindful of the shade for there are dreadful things in between.

Weekly Photo Challenge (Combining Hues & Horizons)

These photos are recycled from older posts but they will work for the challenge(s): The Hue of You and Horizons.

This is me. These colors are the sum of my parts and they bring me peace. That along with the unfaltering hope that what lies beyond the next horizon will be all I ever dreamed of.

 

We are what we eat, what we breathe and what we believe.  Eat to nourish the body, breathe to soothe the soul and believe the sky is the the limit.

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Weekly Photo Challenge: Infinite

Infinite

As in clouds and sunsets…

Massive horns…

And endless entertainment

Carpe diem y’all because nothing lasts forever