tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9685361671841697252024-03-13T12:08:09.048-07:00Exposure2009Sherryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15856015780553221860noreply@blogger.comBlogger253125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-968536167184169725.post-48646466567385907332009-12-31T22:33:00.001-08:002009-12-31T23:05:04.865-08:00Life<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi2-ar_h_c2-3w-KfLGcoFbi_4GInLrCoQ2FcqrQE2O9GpvWO_283yvvuQq0fjEjbytVkoYmEqyy2hn3pqNx8_4-eCahKqNA3pb11tBS55NcWLw4U4FLM5KOR1o1mK0g9SgSuRt0p81YzM5/s1600-h/140.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5421657054808724514" style="WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 266px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi2-ar_h_c2-3w-KfLGcoFbi_4GInLrCoQ2FcqrQE2O9GpvWO_283yvvuQq0fjEjbytVkoYmEqyy2hn3pqNx8_4-eCahKqNA3pb11tBS55NcWLw4U4FLM5KOR1o1mK0g9SgSuRt0p81YzM5/s400/140.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;font-size:130%;">I haven't posted since December 8<span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_0">th</span>. But I mostly kept my commitment to post every day of the year. This is the end of this blog - to document my life every day in pictures of the year I turn 60 years old. And it was quite a year. </span><br /><p><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;font-size:130%;">My dictionary has many definitions for life. My very first post of the year had the words to a James Taylor song that I love - the secret of life is enjoying the passage of time. I guess I did enjoy the passage of time this year - mostly. Even in the loss of my mother, I can say it was a meaningful and a learning experience for me. I'm not worried about where she is and I know I will see her again. It's ironic that tonight on New Year's Eve, I am here alone with no TV on and have been reading a book. It's a little paperback book that belongs to my "baby" sister called Life After Life. I was drawn to it tonight. I do believe in life after life.</span></p><p><span style="font-family:Trebuchet MS;font-size:130%;">I spent a lot of time tonight also going back over this entire blog, reading every entry and all the comments. Thank you friends and family and a couple of "unknowns" for your comments and interaction. Thank you, Joan, for this idea. I enjoyed your blog and you inspired me with your last comment to finish this out and post one last night before the year ends. Finish what I started. </span></p><p><span style="font-family:Trebuchet MS;font-size:130%;">I learned a lot this year. I learned that I can learn first of all! ha! I've kept journals by hand before and when I go back and read them, I'm amazed at the things I did, not realizing how busy I was. I never think I do enough. But this year I've learned that I do what I can. For the coming year, I don't know if I will blog again or not. I do love to blog but I might take a break from blogging every single day. I just haven't made a plan or decided yet. I really did enjoy going back and looking at the photos and posts on this blog and the comments people made. The middle of the year was very tough but I'm glad it's documented. I have the name of a company who will print your blog for you. I am going to check into that about the cost, etc., and I may do that to preserve it. </span></p><p><span style="font-family:Trebuchet MS;font-size:130%;">I've learned that I play many roles. I, of course, started out as two people's baby, then a sister, niece, granddaughter, cousin, wife, sister-in-law, mother, aunt, mother-in-law, grandmother and, hopefully, friend. And all these people have played a role in my life. If I have any resolutions for the year 2010, it is to love myself so that I may love and do for others. I've learned that lesson this year. I'm not trying to be self-centered but selfish. There's a difference. By being selfish, which means just loving myself, I'll be better able to love others, give clean gifts, and serve as a better role model of someone who loves and gives to others but also has a life of her own to enjoy.</span></p><p><span style="font-family:Trebuchet MS;font-size:130%;">I plan to start the year of 2010 with art classes on January 4<span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_1">th</span>. There are a few other things I have planned, too, but I'm just going to try to enjoy the ride again. None of us know what the next year holds but all we can do is our best. My goal is improvement for myself in all areas possible and to love my God, the life he has given me and my family and friends. I hope everyone reading this has a very meaningful 2010. Thank you for visiting my blog in 2009. It was a good experience.</span></p><p><span style="font-family:Trebuchet MS;font-size:130%;">Above is a photo taken this Christmas of my immediate family - my husband, my two daughters and their husbands and my granddaughter. I love them all dearly. But I have so much of an extended family that I love dearly, too. Life has been good to me in my 60 years and I'm so thankful for that.</span></p>Sherryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15856015780553221860noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-968536167184169725.post-9789911637645229092009-12-07T19:03:00.000-08:002009-12-07T19:20:22.988-08:00I'm OK But. . . .<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEivblORTAnqVlXkTS778RWBjr__T_8HLO5VR8_TETzWd1-fix2C2fXDv47W-z3IlPOkZo5mgUUoNNoLWEAY8t180Jdde3u4Pp6p2UA4i1M9syHp-eiUMY9_lw8OytfS4ZrMtTVdVnpdToB1/s1600-h/Tgiving+with+family,+sewing+008.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5412696702757730450" style="WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 266px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEivblORTAnqVlXkTS778RWBjr__T_8HLO5VR8_TETzWd1-fix2C2fXDv47W-z3IlPOkZo5mgUUoNNoLWEAY8t180Jdde3u4Pp6p2UA4i1M9syHp-eiUMY9_lw8OytfS4ZrMtTVdVnpdToB1/s400/Tgiving+with+family,+sewing+008.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;font-size:130%;">I know everyone is decorating for Christmas now and I have been, too, so why this Thanksgiving/Fall photo at this time of year? Well, the last two days I've been <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_0">ok</span> but. . . I still feel like I have these "moments" or "times" when I feel so down and I guess it's because I miss my mother. The photo above I like because I did decorate for Halloween and Thanksgiving and Christmas even though I really didn't feel like it. But I did it. And as I did it, I added in little things of my mother's that would remind me of her and make my home feel like she's a part of all this "celebrating."</span><br /><p><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;font-size:130%;">In the photo above, the two little ceramic squirrels were my mother's. I remember them for as long as I can remember and everywhere we lived, I remember her hanging them on an outside wall of our house. That's why I love them - because she did and they were so important to her. They ARE cute, aren't they? I wonder where she got them. I never asked her and wish I had. She probably ordered them from a catalog. She loved to order things from a catalog. :) </span></p><p><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;font-size:130%;"> After her house was almost empty, I went out on her screened-in porch on the back of her house and saw these still hanging on the wall outside. Everyone had been through her things and made lists and gotten things they wanted and no one had taken down those little squirrels. I just couldn't leave them yet I couldn't give them away so I took them home. They just seem to look perfect with the greenery and pumpkins, etc. </span></p><p><span style="font-family:Trebuchet MS;font-size:130%;">Today my husband and I took our granddaughter to the Shakespeare Theatre here to buy tickets to a play. As I was talking to the lady in the ticket office, somehow the subject came around to our mothers and holidays and I just broke down crying in front of the woman. I thought I was through with that but I guess not. The lady was very understanding and thoughtful about this with me. She told me that a time would come that I would treasure moments like I had today. I guess time will only tell.</span></p>Sherryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15856015780553221860noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-968536167184169725.post-88149066481883379322009-12-03T17:25:00.001-08:002009-12-03T17:36:14.450-08:00Soap, Anyone?<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjjYlMw2C-TfFpRqoeio5emus7vm-ZzQEi53eMkP_4bKW2uan3oWoplpnPtUCKXpNtTO8K7J3lWYZ8K8MEHiuzqkWzJfc_6gd066-jIRzNTMpe6f6UXCsfadvtiOUA061TgLNlz2G9quVM2/s1600-h/soap+%26+sewing+001+(2).JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5411186570717067218" style="WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 266px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjjYlMw2C-TfFpRqoeio5emus7vm-ZzQEi53eMkP_4bKW2uan3oWoplpnPtUCKXpNtTO8K7J3lWYZ8K8MEHiuzqkWzJfc_6gd066-jIRzNTMpe6f6UXCsfadvtiOUA061TgLNlz2G9quVM2/s400/soap+%26+sewing+001+(2).JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;font-size:130%;">I know this is a strange photograph but. . . . this is a journal done by photography for this year, right? I am constantly seeing things I can photograph now. I was in the shower and noticed what pretty colors were bubbling up on my bar of soap. So here I am soaking wet wishing I had my camera! That's pretty obsessive I guess!! Then I thought, "well, I can go get my camera and get the shot after I get out of the shower and dry off." By the time I got my camera, the pretty little bubbles were gone. I did not let this get me down. I took the soap out and rubbed around on it with my sponge and up came some more bubbles so I photographed away in the shower!! Can you imagine?!? ha! These were just not as pretty, though, as the very first ones I saw.</span><br /><p><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;font-size:130%;">I guess my point I'm trying to make here is that my vision is constantly changing since I've started this blog which, for me, is successful and makes me happy that I've worked on this blog all year. I still have SO much to learn which is exciting, too!</span></p>Sherryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15856015780553221860noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-968536167184169725.post-58297405786333201442009-12-01T18:37:00.000-08:002009-12-01T18:46:48.201-08:00Good Excuses!<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgDyvZdPfRkA9eiPq404tWSED2Is77Qo5cycRWbrU4aHeNd0n6Dm-31kU4D9A-q0rTPGK9THIy6V15MC__GUUjsd5B8-VDWZ7IC8KujoKXL3On3hTGH_W_Ac2CxIOh0mSztafLfq4rCoEjX/s1600-h/Tgiving+with+family,+sewing+020+(2).JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5410463046732279218" style="WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 266px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgDyvZdPfRkA9eiPq404tWSED2Is77Qo5cycRWbrU4aHeNd0n6Dm-31kU4D9A-q0rTPGK9THIy6V15MC__GUUjsd5B8-VDWZ7IC8KujoKXL3On3hTGH_W_Ac2CxIOh0mSztafLfq4rCoEjX/s400/Tgiving+with+family,+sewing+020+(2).JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;font-size:130%;">I do have plenty of good excuses for not posting for a few days. In one word - Thanksgiving!! But it was so good. I spent it with all my girls and hubby and other family members I love so much. It was a lot of hard work, cleaning and cooking for hours and hours but it was worth it all. I have so much to be thankful for. There was a vacancy with my mother not being with us this year so I made sure I placed some things out here and there to remind me of her. And I attempted her famous caramel cake. It wasn't just like hers but it did taste good and was all eaten pretty quickly. I think she would have liked it, too. </span><br /><p><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;font-size:130%;">Now it's December and thoughts are on Christmas. We already have most of our decorations out. I am almost through with shopping and have already done what few Christmas cards I am sending. For the month, I would love to enjoy Christmas sewing and I love to bake and decorate cookies. Maybe I will have time to do that, too. Simplifying things is the best way to go!</span></p>Sherryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15856015780553221860noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-968536167184169725.post-42637898693478606322009-11-23T18:23:00.000-08:002009-11-23T18:30:09.831-08:00The Creek<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjp4p6mTBuLwWQR_rtL_l4s0-OWUgmGlEXzu01fB6tILIRv25YZoDkzPAHl4iSdOOIOWm9rwCLwMyXcUD7J2iNnujTwMojtqOh9hVT5j51HOUr9ma1VFvhKkIMmNoLUo-bZWcXxCkE_vWk-/s1600/The+Creek+008+(2).JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5407491140608095746" style="WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 266px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjp4p6mTBuLwWQR_rtL_l4s0-OWUgmGlEXzu01fB6tILIRv25YZoDkzPAHl4iSdOOIOWm9rwCLwMyXcUD7J2iNnujTwMojtqOh9hVT5j51HOUr9ma1VFvhKkIMmNoLUo-bZWcXxCkE_vWk-/s400/The+Creek+008+(2).JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;font-size:130%;">This is a little creek close to my house. I don't know why it caught my eye this morning but it did. I just had to pull over and take a few shots. I think it's the autumn leaves. I love all that color. On one side of the road, the water was running (as in this photo) and on the other side of the road, it was still. This is my favorite season. It's a shame it doesn't last longer.</span>Sherryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15856015780553221860noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-968536167184169725.post-65474123885577938642009-11-22T16:04:00.001-08:002009-11-22T16:09:57.649-08:00Tweaking<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgyBdn4HuPeqBiEIBnf2tP19MpUqm1pmrsDDtCNHuySlH28qqgb0VTe3k2OikKuh5EFeD6zIKDPWyL_oun5cXUBY2Yobi-e_sgfHTdykfxfheAhcEHOFZJwv-LKhluJDYTH7JNb5m4jcQJX/s1600/Golden+Hour+AM+011+(2).JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5407083893518699042" style="WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 266px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgyBdn4HuPeqBiEIBnf2tP19MpUqm1pmrsDDtCNHuySlH28qqgb0VTe3k2OikKuh5EFeD6zIKDPWyL_oun5cXUBY2Yobi-e_sgfHTdykfxfheAhcEHOFZJwv-LKhluJDYTH7JNb5m4jcQJX/s400/Golden+Hour+AM+011+(2).JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;font-size:130%;">After church today, I spent the afternoon tweaking photographs. I love to do it but you can sink a LOT of time into this activity by playing around! I get lost in it. </span><br /><p><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;font-size:130%;">The above is just an amazing look at nature. I was up early one morning photographing spider webs and came up with so many different designs. Some of them look like jewelry to me! </span></p><p><span style="font-family:Trebuchet MS;font-size:130%;">I love to stop and take a close look at the little things.</span></p>Sherryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15856015780553221860noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-968536167184169725.post-36437843294542341262009-11-21T15:42:00.001-08:002009-11-21T15:50:34.548-08:00Busy, busy, busy!<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgyjVR1QLBVQbge2dBUgT1TBxf9QXa6ivZbFgY3SLMBAksOR7i7E3MS0svxreE_px5Ge8zHLQgoXVJz5JkHIKi99X1AGDztqz8xXrIHWRMpCnPBqp9BDnmlfHRmOX_TUlnvrtVcy0rqDgp0/s1600/Golden+Hour+AM+017.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5406707189983421586" style="WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 266px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgyjVR1QLBVQbge2dBUgT1TBxf9QXa6ivZbFgY3SLMBAksOR7i7E3MS0svxreE_px5Ge8zHLQgoXVJz5JkHIKi99X1AGDztqz8xXrIHWRMpCnPBqp9BDnmlfHRmOX_TUlnvrtVcy0rqDgp0/s400/Golden+Hour+AM+017.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;font-size:130%;">I have been pretty busy lately and not had too much time the last couple of days to post here. I don't want that habit to continue and want to post every day until the end of the year. So I thought I'd post another photo from the foggy morning I was out at 5:30 am snapping these pictures. I put this one on here straight out of the camera but I'd like to take time and work with this whole group. I just love the soft and peaceful look of this peaceful morning. The colors are fall-like, too. </span><br /><p><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;font-size:130%;">I have been busy sewing, crocheting, babysitting, some cooking, organizing, reading, working with <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_0">Photoshop</span> to try to learn some more about it, went to a baby shower, just a lot of things like that. I am ready for some down time and plan to take some within the next few days. </span></p>Sherryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15856015780553221860noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-968536167184169725.post-75616107836432308362009-11-17T20:37:00.000-08:002009-11-17T20:47:25.763-08:00Lazy Daze<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiow0z_jaODCUo-PkL96kiFk-BQoVWvlW0ZlLqK1o5t0Nfg0HWtj7psQWlnkETxCGz_kOyqe7wVCbppXLmOFgHKBYNGCtwVSVYUtPdSjbmqGDbg4NrijHGK479l-dYeM4u29_rE8Z14H3no/s1600/Golden+Hour+AM+013+(2).JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5405298617963059906" style="WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 266px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiow0z_jaODCUo-PkL96kiFk-BQoVWvlW0ZlLqK1o5t0Nfg0HWtj7psQWlnkETxCGz_kOyqe7wVCbppXLmOFgHKBYNGCtwVSVYUtPdSjbmqGDbg4NrijHGK479l-dYeM4u29_rE8Z14H3no/s400/Golden+Hour+AM+013+(2).JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;font-size:130%;">My days have seemed lazy lately. I've been doing a lot of reading, working with photos and files on the computer, photographing things outside, a little bit of sewing, and organizing things. I've cooked with my husband (which we used to do a long time ago when we first were married). </span><br /><span style="font-family:Trebuchet MS;font-size:130%;"></span><br /><span style="font-family:Trebuchet MS;font-size:130%;">I've been waking up very early lately, too. Day before yesterday, I woke up at 3 am and yesterday I woke at around 5:30 so I headed outside with my camera when I saw this fog (as in the photo above). It was beautiful and I got a lot of soft photos. The one above is one of my favorites. It has the warm, fall colors in it with the <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_0">hay bale</span> and the mist. </span><br /><span style="font-family:Trebuchet MS;font-size:130%;"></span><br /><span style="font-family:Trebuchet MS;font-size:130%;">I've been feeling a little low lately, probably because the holidays are approaching and this will be the first Thanksgiving and Christmas without my mother here. I want to draw close to my family but they're all so busy. At least we can keep in touch through all this technology. I love them all.</span>Sherryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15856015780553221860noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-968536167184169725.post-46662147893793147752009-11-15T19:51:00.000-08:002009-11-15T20:05:51.322-08:00Art<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiPxhm1gBhXEsDc-_HGjnvX3pTvboNFrRCWgBht3OKRQ-hfPOUiag0YnPevoiLdyP_NiXrFF9VrONlnrkcacZGDcwMRx9lj7d-xucS06kRF7KfMy81ZGObW_9Ol5I8NXLQvZJ7er_ktd8G1/s1600/In+the+Country+013+(2).JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5404545047500425698" style="WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 266px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiPxhm1gBhXEsDc-_HGjnvX3pTvboNFrRCWgBht3OKRQ-hfPOUiag0YnPevoiLdyP_NiXrFF9VrONlnrkcacZGDcwMRx9lj7d-xucS06kRF7KfMy81ZGObW_9Ol5I8NXLQvZJ7er_ktd8G1/s400/In+the+Country+013+(2).JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;font-size:130%;">Art encompasses so much - painting, drawing, photography, writing, music, cooking, just creating in any way. All my life, these are the things I've been interested in and they all kind of mix and mingle together. But there's one aspect of all these things that I'm not doing and I want to do. I want to take a photo such as the one above and paint it or draw it or re-create it in some way or some medium. I'm enjoying photography and learning more and more but I still have this urge to paint, draw, etc. </span><br /><p><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;font-size:130%;">I guess I really have no excuse not to do this but I make excuses and I procrastinate and I do all kinds of other things, tip toeing around this. So this is what I've decided to do. When this blog is done at the last day of this year, I'll will not post on this one anymore. It will be finished. I will go back to my art blog and start trying to concentrate on that and post there. </span></p><p><span style="font-family:Trebuchet MS;font-size:130%;">I read somewhere (in an art magazine, I think) about a woman who is an artist and she decided to take one photo and paint it or re-create it 100 times in different ways. She talked about how much she learned by doing this. I am CONSIDERING this with something simple like the photo above or a similar one. I know I would learn a lot and I have to challenge myself most of the time to make myself do things. </span></p><p><span style="font-family:Trebuchet MS;font-size:130%;">I know this is a weird post but I'm in a weird mood. ha! We'll see what happens but that's kind of a "half plan." Just an idea. I have lots of other ideas in the making. I'll see what materializes.</span></p>Sherryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15856015780553221860noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-968536167184169725.post-75055534270570040172009-11-14T15:02:00.001-08:002009-11-14T15:22:53.471-08:00The Golden Hour<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh71DyXUQyrawvRH6oOryOveix0EJ8AKgY0Vl3tGXoKg060uNG2PY6iw961Y-_Q2wIyOTLbNGAcHAWXDHTNigPSUeEcMwcqf4Bm2aw7KfmbMMISm940M90o1wSm1AGyciKvxsTYQpCFuNIW/s1600-h/In+the+Country+023+(2).JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5404099232074494786" style="WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 266px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh71DyXUQyrawvRH6oOryOveix0EJ8AKgY0Vl3tGXoKg060uNG2PY6iw961Y-_Q2wIyOTLbNGAcHAWXDHTNigPSUeEcMwcqf4Bm2aw7KfmbMMISm940M90o1wSm1AGyciKvxsTYQpCFuNIW/s400/In+the+Country+023+(2).JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;font-size:130%;">Professional photographers are always talking about the Golden Hour. As I understand it there's one in the morning and one in the afternoon. I took this photo this afternoon and have titled it The Golden Cat in the Golden Hour! </span><br /><p><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;font-size:130%;">This is <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_0">Peekie</span> (short for Peek-A-Boo), one of our three cats. He IS a beautiful cat and the sweetest cat in the world. He followed me around outside this afternoon as I was roaming around with my camera. I kept trying and trying to get a photo of him but he just wouldn't settle down. Finally, he did and was sitting out close to the pond in the front yard cleaning himself and I got one. I love our <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_1">Peekie and he does look beautiful in the Golden Hour, doesn't he?</span></span></p>Sherryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15856015780553221860noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-968536167184169725.post-91057716882027269832009-11-13T19:07:00.000-08:002009-11-13T19:17:12.259-08:00A Haunting Question<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh5zZngfACsYAnR3vtijgYBFN8EUSDcmrmMJnFA8itXr4DvLOEyQzcGcIbmnAF57GNGkdUYP_79uwOqLtjJf3xjZoWCFBJ-vHWwVB9Om89HRaFrsvQZfEB_etjgAt2-nRwWqp2Y-Hi7z45b/s1600-h/Zoo+Nov+09+008.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5403791330095207538" style="WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 266px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh5zZngfACsYAnR3vtijgYBFN8EUSDcmrmMJnFA8itXr4DvLOEyQzcGcIbmnAF57GNGkdUYP_79uwOqLtjJf3xjZoWCFBJ-vHWwVB9Om89HRaFrsvQZfEB_etjgAt2-nRwWqp2Y-Hi7z45b/s400/Zoo+Nov+09+008.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;font-size:130%;">This is the toughest post I've made this year and it is a haunting question. I've thought about it all day. </span><br /><p><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;font-size:130%;">Above is a photo from yesterday when we took Paige to the zoo. They have a nice playground there which she enjoys so much. It is one of the first places we took her to enjoy. When we got home, I loaded the pictures on the computer and she was sitting in my lap looking at them. When we came to this picture, she got really excited because this was one in which she was trying to help a little boy come up the slide. He was younger and she just loves to be a helper when she has an opportunity. </span></p><p><span style="font-family:Trebuchet MS;font-size:130%;">She asked me why I didn't take a picture of the little boy :( That question really made me stop and think. I remember the moment. I considered taking his picture with her but decided not to do it and just have a picture of her. She wanted him in the picture because she was helping him. </span></p><p><span style="font-family:Trebuchet MS;font-size:130%;">I'm not proud of the fact that I left the little boy out of the picture and I won't do it again. This has really bothered me all day today. I'm glad she pointed out this character flaw of mine by asking this question. We can learn so much from little children if we'll only listen with our hearts.</span></p>Sherryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15856015780553221860noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-968536167184169725.post-73800443711105107442009-11-12T20:08:00.000-08:002009-11-12T20:18:33.331-08:00Zoo Trip Again<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjwMj6DMfUB41eAAgQmaz_R0-5uu4cQGy22zVJp4FtfsMeMpO3eAMBULFnoEp57FNYJhfHUNeGA0H6BtL5Gx2mnuqiYmtCXtq1SF38UCWS7CHbYkf1_cqsQAv0OCYlNj-_L4EpKYGsMFqOn/s1600-h/Zoo+Nov+09+016.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5403435879011426514" style="WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 266px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjwMj6DMfUB41eAAgQmaz_R0-5uu4cQGy22zVJp4FtfsMeMpO3eAMBULFnoEp57FNYJhfHUNeGA0H6BtL5Gx2mnuqiYmtCXtq1SF38UCWS7CHbYkf1_cqsQAv0OCYlNj-_L4EpKYGsMFqOn/s400/Zoo+Nov+09+016.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;font-size:130%;">We took Paige to the zoo again today. The weather was perfect and there were only three families at the zoo, including us. It was great. The above photo is my favorite from the whole group. I didn't tweak it at all because I'm too tired but I just like the expressions I caught. They were both saying, "cheese."</span><br /><p><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;font-size:130%;">I did play around with my camera a little today and I used the bracketing feature. It just shoots three exposures in a row and I can choose which one I like the best and delete the others if I like. And I found that at this same spot where I adjust this, I can also set up continuous shooting, self-timing and remote control shooting. So I'm having fun and learning at the same time. </span></p><p><span style="font-family:Trebuchet MS;font-size:130%;">I also played around with <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_0">Photoshop</span> tonight a little while and learned a few things. But I'm just so tired that I'm going to call it a night.</span></p>Sherryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15856015780553221860noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-968536167184169725.post-29497080513303651912009-11-11T20:15:00.000-08:002009-11-11T20:21:30.648-08:00Cinderella's Grandmother<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhJ9Zy2RpMNNwBnz97XO5NeG367cK58_Qv4JeH535p5T7VS0Kzai_H7TTQ3od-Oyjkg56if0JVmsh8PO3AzQLMv9DHwTYO_MHbV02JzB7hGFelOaUpUDSH1Q7Ia_-0dPUJE8h38L192sAFF/s1600-h/Dolly+Park+081.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5403066760956378930" style="WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 266px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhJ9Zy2RpMNNwBnz97XO5NeG367cK58_Qv4JeH535p5T7VS0Kzai_H7TTQ3od-Oyjkg56if0JVmsh8PO3AzQLMv9DHwTYO_MHbV02JzB7hGFelOaUpUDSH1Q7Ia_-0dPUJE8h38L192sAFF/s400/Dolly+Park+081.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;font-size:130%;">You can barely see her but this is Cinderella's grandmother in the mirror on the merry-go-round. I didn't tweak this photo at all. </span><br /><p><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;font-size:130%;">Cinderella's grandmother had a lousy day today even though she was productive - cleaning house, doing laundry, went to choir practice and even cooked a very good meal for tonight. She has just been in a lousy mood. Guess even members of Cinderella's family have those kinds of days. </span></p>Sherryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15856015780553221860noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-968536167184169725.post-57615845082808040742009-11-10T16:47:00.001-08:002009-11-10T17:14:42.321-08:00Front Yard Wildlife - Five Views<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiOeA46hztpCeVlex76g6KJD2Be69ziAkfRldV03EKF6UL0VD88sTewILwE9UjrkS46Y5cHBoF0e7sJ2NDzwqTnx27SVfBwszIbS_Avdjd3YQbYnOVkzP-bkjapck-dhS7mtxXp9KkcAQEJ/s1600-h/Huge+Turtle+007+(2).JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5402643964306385778" style="WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 266px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiOeA46hztpCeVlex76g6KJD2Be69ziAkfRldV03EKF6UL0VD88sTewILwE9UjrkS46Y5cHBoF0e7sJ2NDzwqTnx27SVfBwszIbS_Avdjd3YQbYnOVkzP-bkjapck-dhS7mtxXp9KkcAQEJ/s400/Huge+Turtle+007+(2).JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;font-size:130%;">Yesterday I saw this turtle in our front yard. Even at a distance, he looked huge! So I stepped into the front yard a little closer to him and decided to go in and get my camera. I decided to put on the long lens because I was a <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_0">little</span> apprehensive about getting too close to him. I was scared he might be a snapping turtle and I didn't want to get "snapped!"</span><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiUYDgYVhBEry9LVlGwrLPX2TntH9J9O7RVVBvXUJ2Y8VQyfaLUbaNRVKIGgacyqQ5lNe2bJ-GNIfgxrmq_6HbOpHuiDXvGxrmnaBdaI-x_vAK5l8RdWFxf7nSGS86CrTWWVX2NadFMFJoB/s1600-h/Huge+Turtle+010+(2).JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5402643214018361554" style="WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 266px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiUYDgYVhBEry9LVlGwrLPX2TntH9J9O7RVVBvXUJ2Y8VQyfaLUbaNRVKIGgacyqQ5lNe2bJ-GNIfgxrmq_6HbOpHuiDXvGxrmnaBdaI-x_vAK5l8RdWFxf7nSGS86CrTWWVX2NadFMFJoB/s400/Huge+Turtle+010+(2).JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;font-size:130%;">Hello! </span><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEieO1MMBz_cm4yJk8xboLqQ4mHXMjxado4j2d55R8ZnLvpP_rbZYtTAzMaSy-QWm2SaNbFpRqOv5ZT6p5A5_xZX8E3SwK3c28nHRU2efFLYIFcke6Yupt2-Lhm2037aguEyip9JHc4nLDyE/s1600-h/Huge+Turtle+006+(2).JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5402642777029185730" style="WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 266px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEieO1MMBz_cm4yJk8xboLqQ4mHXMjxado4j2d55R8ZnLvpP_rbZYtTAzMaSy-QWm2SaNbFpRqOv5ZT6p5A5_xZX8E3SwK3c28nHRU2efFLYIFcke6Yupt2-Lhm2037aguEyip9JHc4nLDyE/s400/Huge+Turtle+006+(2).JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;font-size:130%;">A close-up of his tail. This looks very prehistoric!</span><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhVkdkal2oQQh9Rr0yQPg_GzlixYYoActM33aNBPzX_X1t4JfBCPbvrkvZGUPpN4GxFpDsYkH6CSbCNPitzp2Q4Wsj6u4aW9hbRP-E32UwldJFe0HRPYsNzh5mGf2oJQSqicx_Ir0djF9jv/s1600-h/Huge+Turtle+004+(2).JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5402642261396393986" style="WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 266px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhVkdkal2oQQh9Rr0yQPg_GzlixYYoActM33aNBPzX_X1t4JfBCPbvrkvZGUPpN4GxFpDsYkH6CSbCNPitzp2Q4Wsj6u4aW9hbRP-E32UwldJFe0HRPYsNzh5mGf2oJQSqicx_Ir0djF9jv/s400/Huge+Turtle+004+(2).JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;font-size:130%;">And here's a side view of his head.</span><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh2V4fYwfZX1QRiqyTcNSuPYQCeG5SZmrGzbZ2rxwPrMuBcPUeo7BFt6WwkzQ2hMY7D5ybEDnsERBvK9qeAauK6Y5btjmFYN_DhpSh4kuCyDlGQg3coSdRtgDet1ThHU53Uldoh0Ynmkj_m/s1600-h/Huge+Turtle+013+(2).JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5402641741248800642" style="WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 266px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh2V4fYwfZX1QRiqyTcNSuPYQCeG5SZmrGzbZ2rxwPrMuBcPUeo7BFt6WwkzQ2hMY7D5ybEDnsERBvK9qeAauK6Y5btjmFYN_DhpSh4kuCyDlGQg3coSdRtgDet1ThHU53Uldoh0Ynmkj_m/s400/Huge+Turtle+013+(2).JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;font-size:130%;">Goodbye!</span><br /><p><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;font-size:130%;">I looked him (or her) up on <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_1">wikipedia</span>. It IS a snapping turtle. They can weigh from 10 to 35 lbs. and even up to 75 lbs, the shell on an adult can grow up to 20 inches (he was pretty close to that in length, I believe), they have very strong jaws and can also injure by their claws (especially the back claws), can defecate, urinate and/or musk on you and should be avoided. The females lay 25 to 80 eggs a year.</span></p><p><span style="font-family:Trebuchet MS;font-size:130%;">He was headed for our little pond in the front yard probably to eat well. They will eat other reptiles, small mammals, and even snakes which I like! </span></p><p><span style="font-family:Trebuchet MS;font-size:130%;">So I kept my distance and photographed him and let him go!</span></p>Sherryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15856015780553221860noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-968536167184169725.post-29250474500632210702009-11-09T15:52:00.000-08:002009-11-09T16:17:13.801-08:00Dolly Park<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhQXndz8x2bxFSrCtvBx_7xWjYS72Zc96TMKZl0WvhFLxjrMGDF0H43Yi2WVWn2ybGmprOLrL1ExFyBORv3URwM10lFag62DtiqNoMbWLjprXwuMZepzlEMVfEP0IZfaIVRFDYhbslyX7Pj/s1600-h/Dolly+Park+108.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5402257199638403522" style="WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 266px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhQXndz8x2bxFSrCtvBx_7xWjYS72Zc96TMKZl0WvhFLxjrMGDF0H43Yi2WVWn2ybGmprOLrL1ExFyBORv3URwM10lFag62DtiqNoMbWLjprXwuMZepzlEMVfEP0IZfaIVRFDYhbslyX7Pj/s400/Dolly+Park+108.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;font-size:130%;">I'm back from Tennessee. The four of us had a wonderful time although I hated my oldest daughter did not get to be with us at "Dolly Park", as Paige called it. The above photo shows how beautiful the lights were there. </span><br /><p><span style="font-family:Trebuchet MS;font-size:130%;">Paige was CRAZY <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_0">about </span>Dolly Parton. We went into her museum on the park and we could NOT get her out of there! She loved looking at her clothes, shoes, photographs, musical instruments, listening to her music, etc. She wanted to go to Dolly's house! </span></p><p><span style="font-family:Trebuchet MS;font-size:130%;">It was a good visit with Erin, too. We spent the night with her the firs<span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_1">t </span>night and had a great time. Then we rode from N<span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_2">ashville to the</span> Sevierville/Pigeon Forge area. Erin had a gift show to attend while we went to Dolly Park. Then we were able to shop some, eat out and enjoy some more time with all of us together. I love my girls. :)</span></p>Sherryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15856015780553221860noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-968536167184169725.post-79565665450861990362009-11-04T19:05:00.001-08:002009-11-04T19:17:42.741-08:00A Mini Vacation Coming Up!<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEibF2ll8cT_z5cGeI0hABRtV7kVxbF_uqWT5QhdrdhnNhDa5J8zK_cTSHG6kELIvGyp2BGg-V4oCNgR8yrFGpyFO72Filn2hJFAADMDRnmrwVNTfWppVuOD3o4lBZVJWfSN6jX5d5xxVt33/s1600-h/Nashville+Trip,+flowers+%26+mushroom+garden+057+(2).JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5400452053786406450" style="WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 266px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEibF2ll8cT_z5cGeI0hABRtV7kVxbF_uqWT5QhdrdhnNhDa5J8zK_cTSHG6kELIvGyp2BGg-V4oCNgR8yrFGpyFO72Filn2hJFAADMDRnmrwVNTfWppVuOD3o4lBZVJWfSN6jX5d5xxVt33/s400/Nashville+Trip,+flowers+%26+mushroom+garden+057+(2).JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;font-size:130%;">Here are my three favorite girls! Tomorrow I'm leaving with the two on the left and going to visit the one on the right! ha! </span><br /><span style="font-family:Trebuchet MS;font-size:130%;"></span><br /><span style="font-family:Trebuchet MS;font-size:130%;">We're headed for Nashville and then to Gatlinburg for a mini vacation. I'm very much looking forward to just being with my girls. :) May not post again here until I get back but hope to have a lot of good photos to post.</span>Sherryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15856015780553221860noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-968536167184169725.post-42619797734380978322009-11-03T16:48:00.000-08:002009-11-03T17:00:08.305-08:00An Aha Moment!<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi0-SkEcrNGvu5cF_Y90K1e52887fSiD72SfpbIkpZB_Pwk5tSdkUg80v6F7410Cn4TNgWIeetGhCWee0iuuKRrJwFvW0GFGX7SqF6jB9ct-FIy8P3AGhUYrZgdoPB9KspkcYzT7omVAFAU/s1600-h/Halloween+09+025.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5400044786771484642" style="WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 266px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi0-SkEcrNGvu5cF_Y90K1e52887fSiD72SfpbIkpZB_Pwk5tSdkUg80v6F7410Cn4TNgWIeetGhCWee0iuuKRrJwFvW0GFGX7SqF6jB9ct-FIy8P3AGhUYrZgdoPB9KspkcYzT7omVAFAU/s400/Halloween+09+025.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;font-size:130%;">This is the back of our house. This was Halloween night and I know it's dark and difficult to tell anything about it but it's a pretty big house to clean - two story. (*As a side note, one of our neighbors that lives across from the back of our house came over the day after Halloween and told Johnny that it looked like our house was on fire! ha!*) Anyway, most of the time I don't like to clean house but <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_0">somebody's</span> got to do it and we really can't afford to pay anyone so that leaves me. Sometimes I AM in the mood and actually enjoy it. But I ALWAYS enjoy having and being in a clean house. </span><br /><span style="font-family:Trebuchet MS;font-size:130%;"></span><br /><span style="font-family:Trebuchet MS;font-size:130%;">Last night, I decided that today I would take Paige to her Mothers' Day Out school and then just come straight back home and use that four hours to clean house. I didn't finish but I did get a lot done. Being surprised about how much I did accomplish, I had an AHA moment! I thought, you know, I could do this every Tuesday (or Thursday) if Emily's working on Thursday and I'm taking her to school. I could come home and clean house and get some things done around here instead of wasting time just looking around, etc. in the area where her school is. Then having that done, I could run any errands or do any shopping with her after I pick her up! What a grand idea! </span><br /><span style="font-family:Trebuchet MS;font-size:130%;"></span><br /><span style="font-family:Trebuchet MS;font-size:130%;">I still have some cleaning to do but I got most of it done today. I will definitely do this again!</span>Sherryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15856015780553221860noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-968536167184169725.post-78755844909529419732009-11-02T19:22:00.001-08:002009-11-02T19:31:20.884-08:00A Sewing Day!<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgkj7OtitCIszzARBnnUEpfKCIveWxNiAzaVeucDYhwcNXUCrNKSLLqKIVF5TBXHu1NEd1NpuZHnoIMV-J90SQURVMW5xSO81PYeFDuIDs3tzN14v8dC4KT2FZKE5xkNRmVMWjZyUwiOf4t/s1600-h/Fall+Stuff+042+(2).JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5399712900478485938" style="WIDTH: 266px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 400px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgkj7OtitCIszzARBnnUEpfKCIveWxNiAzaVeucDYhwcNXUCrNKSLLqKIVF5TBXHu1NEd1NpuZHnoIMV-J90SQURVMW5xSO81PYeFDuIDs3tzN14v8dC4KT2FZKE5xkNRmVMWjZyUwiOf4t/s400/Fall+Stuff+042+(2).JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;font-size:130%;">Today was a sewing day for me and I thoroughly enjoyed it. Above is one of the things I worked on. It was very tedious with little bitty pieces of fabric to cut and applique but turned out cute, I thought.</span><br /><span style="font-family:Trebuchet MS;font-size:130%;"></span><br /><span style="font-family:Trebuchet MS;font-size:130%;">For more, go to my other blog, <a href="http://bearbearcreates.blogspot.com/">bearbear</a> to see. I think this is the first time I've posted one photo the same on both blogs.</span>Sherryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15856015780553221860noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-968536167184169725.post-40967223188008123942009-11-01T21:06:00.000-08:002009-11-01T21:11:38.169-08:00Decorations Came Down Today<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg_wcBIKxSHvCsVV_00DtVLACO918dRH3qYiDCfJsNq4AQjThThiMM6BdyoJCC5dVkgabmedbUqopW01hpPDRuEmS-5FE7BYR_jnzvfC6JJ4A3Ydwit2vtJy59Wm05B5T6XztBxVuof2qD5/s1600-h/Halloween+09+005+(2).JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5399369059004464642" style="WIDTH: 266px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 400px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg_wcBIKxSHvCsVV_00DtVLACO918dRH3qYiDCfJsNq4AQjThThiMM6BdyoJCC5dVkgabmedbUqopW01hpPDRuEmS-5FE7BYR_jnzvfC6JJ4A3Ydwit2vtJy59Wm05B5T6XztBxVuof2qD5/s400/Halloween+09+005+(2).JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;font-size:130%;">I have never in my life put up decorations for any holiday one day and take them down the next! But that's what I did for Halloween this year. It all went up amazingly fast and taking it down was fast, too. I think my husband and I enjoyed it more than anyone! Had a great Halloween with only one trick or <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_0">treater</span> but she was a special one. :)</span>Sherryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15856015780553221860noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-968536167184169725.post-60164391024961015472009-10-31T21:55:00.000-07:002009-10-31T22:03:24.509-07:00Happy Halloween!<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh14lzwuc8XrNBDBdS1gk3zZKOVzGk5S77A0ldJCWnmVWca_HHd_Hja_K4-iqJqPb7k0mQp5J5a9DmyrivFkRGKQckllYjsxOO_sGR5oyrpi7UQ8MzWeypOh6kbNs_aM8RDucqtDFfjpecs/s1600-h/Halloween+09+008.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5398995322264766290" style="WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 266px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh14lzwuc8XrNBDBdS1gk3zZKOVzGk5S77A0ldJCWnmVWca_HHd_Hja_K4-iqJqPb7k0mQp5J5a9DmyrivFkRGKQckllYjsxOO_sGR5oyrpi7UQ8MzWeypOh6kbNs_aM8RDucqtDFfjpecs/s400/Halloween+09+008.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="font-family:Trebuchet MS;font-size:130%;">Our pumpkin this year was a gift from Paige and her mommy. Paw Paw and Paige carved it together. We decided at the last minute this afternoon to decorate a lot for Halloween. It was so much fun and a perfect night. It was chilly, foggy, full moon and while we were decorating, we could hear coyotes howling. Spooky!!! Here is the jack o' lantern in all his glory!</span><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjlS5wMsyARAVhIclzH5ITVmGWj2og6HwMup8hlCZMA4bm70JjavvSLK2U7QWyO4MkVB5Mu2zDlkfzqbIA4YxFDFz7aF4KNCfYprwD5lmoSP610kZDUa3ut3gDcU_5brq0xaQ-CDR0vcblr/s1600-h/Halloween+09+052+(2).JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5398994920046151602" style="WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 316px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjlS5wMsyARAVhIclzH5ITVmGWj2og6HwMup8hlCZMA4bm70JjavvSLK2U7QWyO4MkVB5Mu2zDlkfzqbIA4YxFDFz7aF4KNCfYprwD5lmoSP610kZDUa3ut3gDcU_5brq0xaQ-CDR0vcblr/s400/Halloween+09+052+(2).JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;font-size:130%;">Cinderella was our only trick-or-<span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_0">treater</span>. Here SHE is in all HER glory! She's making a scary face for me in the mirror. I took about 20 photos of her tonight and only about three of them were in focus! Just too much excitement, I guess. But we enjoyed her visit so much and haven't laughed so much in a long, long time. </span><br /><p><span style="font-family:Trebuchet MS;font-size:130%;">We had a wonderful Halloween.</span></p>Sherryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15856015780553221860noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-968536167184169725.post-90510100152337906552009-10-30T19:37:00.001-07:002009-10-30T19:54:53.082-07:00Blount Park Outing<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg_6_1LBHvDL2o6zmVaezF15VrwH6d_BYIrFDC0lStn48qQiDZvotMCHB_GLRRmvy0PvQYeWGoumGwjLsti9L_lXmnq_ysFFD5u-jMY0mryggVLhcnzHaWShgyAeHZeTqjgWM7uFNcpVC9M/s1600-h/Blount+Park+Outing+031+(2).JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5398589692681331138" style="WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 266px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg_6_1LBHvDL2o6zmVaezF15VrwH6d_BYIrFDC0lStn48qQiDZvotMCHB_GLRRmvy0PvQYeWGoumGwjLsti9L_lXmnq_ysFFD5u-jMY0mryggVLhcnzHaWShgyAeHZeTqjgWM7uFNcpVC9M/s400/Blount+Park+Outing+031+(2).JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;font-size:130%;">We have a very beautiful park here called <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_0">Blount</span> Park. Above is just one area of the park with the red bridge. A lot of photographers bring their subjects here to photograph engagement photos, children's photos, etc. because it is such a beautiful location.</span><br /><br /><span style="font-family:Trebuchet MS;font-size:130%;">Today I took Paige to the park just to have a picnic and play ball and enjoy the day. The day before Halloween, we had a beautiful, sunny 80 degree day! </span><br /><br /><span style="font-family:Trebuchet MS;font-size:130%;">We took a big blanket, got our "picnic" lunch at Chick <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_1">Fil</span> A (ha!), took a big ball plus a bat, ball and glove, about four stuffed animals, books, some bread to feed the ducks and, of course, my camera. :) We gave Mommy a day "off" to sew in peace and quiet.</span><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgHvUK1JFscxnHncWakvsukrT7CoCGY4nwmOQ9p2HWnNE85UWAjY-3uQBvqrtxnSnvpnVAstjm6pRhRyN829JO9LMn4m8oNEE02zbQf4zBUrRBgN8A-NllhHpBg3UAHV-307wJydmO7N99o/s1600-h/Blount+Park+Outing+017+(2).JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5398589167285764258" style="WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 266px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgHvUK1JFscxnHncWakvsukrT7CoCGY4nwmOQ9p2HWnNE85UWAjY-3uQBvqrtxnSnvpnVAstjm6pRhRyN829JO9LMn4m8oNEE02zbQf4zBUrRBgN8A-NllhHpBg3UAHV-307wJydmO7N99o/s400/Blount+Park+Outing+017+(2).JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;font-size:130%;"><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_2">Hammin</span>' it up for the camera while we were feeding the fish, turtles and ducks. I think Paige ate more of the bread than she fed the creatures!</span><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEifzcLqMrq5nd-aG6E4VComOo0ei8cfbfkQh549dAtDMskVRuOyUnoGPRueIUwTQpqELlB0te9GtYXKJoUIJQHV_SsanvNoSjRTE6-6QTd2gd_bA8L4A8PmjSUZ7z5v28WV63mD76P_1LQM/s1600-h/Blount+Park+Outing+013+(2).JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5398588460072694098" style="WIDTH: 266px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 400px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEifzcLqMrq5nd-aG6E4VComOo0ei8cfbfkQh549dAtDMskVRuOyUnoGPRueIUwTQpqELlB0te9GtYXKJoUIJQHV_SsanvNoSjRTE6-6QTd2gd_bA8L4A8PmjSUZ7z5v28WV63mD76P_1LQM/s400/Blount+Park+Outing+013+(2).JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;font-size:130%;">I wanted to include this photo because I thought it turned out so unusual. Paige is always noticing the flowers, especially wildflowers (aren't children wonderful?) and she's constantly picking flowers for me. Here's a wildflower she found and I snapped just as she was handing it to me which distorted the hand giving the flower which I think emphasizes the gift. :) </span><br /><p><span style="font-family:Trebuchet MS;font-size:130%;">As Paige would say, it was a beautiful day!</span></p>Sherryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15856015780553221860noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-968536167184169725.post-87914360959916035882009-10-29T19:40:00.000-07:002009-10-29T19:45:48.636-07:00A Visit From Cinderella :)<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEibpzBR4qNK1JuxbAoAtfP_u-iuTtf3BY0_2aaJWE8zlVF5-70eiRM4jyNDMMbWHz8Sj-1ckBQMXnwQyUtqgozAUWChTBX8F2uIi0Vpd4FxJXJuiDskPzkO1E2Iu05IHf6hw19_TNcUMX5P/s1600-h/Cinderella++%26+Vintage+Onesie+010.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5398217955991796322" style="WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 266px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEibpzBR4qNK1JuxbAoAtfP_u-iuTtf3BY0_2aaJWE8zlVF5-70eiRM4jyNDMMbWHz8Sj-1ckBQMXnwQyUtqgozAUWChTBX8F2uIi0Vpd4FxJXJuiDskPzkO1E2Iu05IHf6hw19_TNcUMX5P/s400/Cinderella++%26+Vintage+Onesie+010.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;font-size:130%;">Had a visit from Cinderella today. She and Paw Paw wanted to carve a pumpkin together. Here they have removed the top and I don't think they're enjoying the "aroma" of a pumpkin! ha! </span><br /><p><span style="font-family:Trebuchet MS;font-size:130%;"></span> </p><p><span style="font-family:Trebuchet MS;font-size:130%;">I think I took over 40 shots of Cinderella but she was so excited and had so many treats today that only a few were not blurred. Her school Halloween party was today. I think her mother got better photos than I did. She also had pictures of Tinkerbell and Snow White along with a cowboy and an astronaut. Cute, cute, cute!</span></p>Sherryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15856015780553221860noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-968536167184169725.post-879625409330391692009-10-28T20:49:00.000-07:002009-10-28T20:52:48.731-07:00Laundry, Reading and Sewing Today<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEisESpyK1iJfXQXCy8SAJYH-AN3L2VGqkdEEvKH_S1fL2atORF6u2kZcHkdoB_kSk4CRLHB8vexIA8SEM-yeEQZ9UYJszOj2f3YlP5u8AkJItElpqSWg-u-4IgkYlCPwyTWaJmT4Yq84I26/s1600-h/Autumn+Leaves.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5397864414363951490" style="WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 300px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEisESpyK1iJfXQXCy8SAJYH-AN3L2VGqkdEEvKH_S1fL2atORF6u2kZcHkdoB_kSk4CRLHB8vexIA8SEM-yeEQZ9UYJszOj2f3YlP5u8AkJItElpqSWg-u-4IgkYlCPwyTWaJmT4Yq84I26/s400/Autumn+Leaves.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;font-size:130%;">Just using a public photo today. Nice shot of a beautiful autumn day which is what we are having (when it's not raining - we've had a lot of rain lately!). </span><br /><p><span style="font-family:Trebuchet MS;font-size:130%;"></span> </p><p><span style="font-family:Trebuchet MS;font-size:130%;">I was going to read all day today and try to finish a book in a day but the laundry had to be done and my sewing machine kept calling me! Had a good day.</span></p>Sherryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15856015780553221860noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-968536167184169725.post-58689692826513398902009-10-27T19:19:00.000-07:002009-10-27T19:29:51.127-07:00Brother Bob's Birthday!<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhbiw3rS5hiIS7rN75fiyxunhjwcZPsMWTfMizwHo03T1vfv2JKNTMh0wmAlTSskjGLMr1B5ZrehDFVw1HwgYlOfgc5OyQXSZPRkWMTvEz1XJgRyYFXgEYAsZEuc90lOGYlCNUHx1OfWkmh/s1600-h/Bobby's+Bday+001+(3).JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5397471123938374818" style="WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 266px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhbiw3rS5hiIS7rN75fiyxunhjwcZPsMWTfMizwHo03T1vfv2JKNTMh0wmAlTSskjGLMr1B5ZrehDFVw1HwgYlOfgc5OyQXSZPRkWMTvEz1XJgRyYFXgEYAsZEuc90lOGYlCNUHx1OfWkmh/s400/Bobby's+Bday+001+(3).JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;font-size:130%;">Today is my brother-in-law's birthday. His wife, sister, my husband and I met for lunch to celebrate. Above are the siblings:)</span><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiZvcr5bZ_hNbm9vqmEpJcSCfitWGz-U45CzkJ3Z8LZyALIq-1bE3vDbLsPJwZYwsejMAl-T8FluzawE31q9yEpwG3dfout5u9eAsrFQiSD3j6s2Q9GAsUVoPvcc2rmF_S4iJmIDBDl4TLX/s1600-h/Bobby's+Bday+002+(2).JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5397470621195159554" style="WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 266px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiZvcr5bZ_hNbm9vqmEpJcSCfitWGz-U45CzkJ3Z8LZyALIq-1bE3vDbLsPJwZYwsejMAl-T8FluzawE31q9yEpwG3dfout5u9eAsrFQiSD3j6s2Q9GAsUVoPvcc2rmF_S4iJmIDBDl4TLX/s400/Bobby's+Bday+002+(2).JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;font-size:130%;">Brother Bob and wife, Kay:)</span><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgk1vmktKWV1XCRVyrOu9ZM0lR2eX8Sx_c03rQlJIp-TAzoVTTVfJ7DXZdaJbGDjFwegpTqljspkSOoVpyqbOlVh03cMrQhyv6dxTlhtHAxJZ1-W9gKdYE8z8UuGncFh9PW1Q8fjSZVpxh0/s1600-h/Bobby's+Bday+003+(2).JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5397470328208057314" style="WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 266px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgk1vmktKWV1XCRVyrOu9ZM0lR2eX8Sx_c03rQlJIp-TAzoVTTVfJ7DXZdaJbGDjFwegpTqljspkSOoVpyqbOlVh03cMrQhyv6dxTlhtHAxJZ1-W9gKdYE8z8UuGncFh9PW1Q8fjSZVpxh0/s400/Bobby's+Bday+003+(2).JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;font-size:130%;">Brother Bob and Moi :)</span>Sherryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15856015780553221860noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-968536167184169725.post-41678059846324397342009-10-26T13:38:00.000-07:002009-10-26T13:48:28.763-07:00Life's A Beach!<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj8pl1_BgvGnHOJ5TF9jak2rOlaO4JHLCDfddSuaF5PEsx8NpNtUzN46qLIwwv5BEH95rkeMw7BghxQR5XLo5vPATVZG-9MgGCtuiJVFYOHue9P99BLnIB4DN_e_zT7T1Nwh-Cqxh_YF1F8/s1600-h/Oct+09+Beach+Trip+040+(2).JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5397011658955080098" style="WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 266px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj8pl1_BgvGnHOJ5TF9jak2rOlaO4JHLCDfddSuaF5PEsx8NpNtUzN46qLIwwv5BEH95rkeMw7BghxQR5XLo5vPATVZG-9MgGCtuiJVFYOHue9P99BLnIB4DN_e_zT7T1Nwh-Cqxh_YF1F8/s400/Oct+09+Beach+Trip+040+(2).JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;font-size:130%;">I haven't posted in a few days because we went to the beach. Left on Thursday, the 22<span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_0">nd</span> and got home last night, the 25<span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_1">th</span>. We had a good time. For me, it was relaxing and just getting away for a few days. </span><br /><p><span style="font-family:Trebuchet MS;font-size:130%;"></span> </p><p><span style="font-family:Trebuchet MS;font-size:130%;">The guys played golf every day and one of the women played with them. We "girls" just relaxed and did go out to eat a lot which was good. We went to some consignment places the first day and the shopping I loved the most was traveling to Panama City to a very nice quilt shop. That was the highlight of my trip! </span></p><p><span style="font-family:Trebuchet MS;font-size:130%;"></span> </p><p><span style="font-family:Trebuchet MS;font-size:130%;">The photo above was taken at a little secluded area that I'd never seen or visited. I really enjoyed this, too, with my camera. I have a lot of photos from this little hike we took <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_2">thru</span> a trail on an island. It was very swampy but well kept. </span></p><p><span style="font-family:Trebuchet MS;font-size:130%;"></span> </p><p><span style="font-family:Trebuchet MS;font-size:130%;">Looks like a great place to spend the day reading a book or doing some needlework with an <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_3">iPod</span>, doesn't it? </span></p>Sherryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15856015780553221860noreply@blogger.com0