To My Dear Aunt Sally

And by my Dear Aunt Sally, you know who I am referring to sis... you were finally invited to the blog because I was shy about it - yes, I said shy - yes me. I wasn't even sure I was going to keep doing it. Didn't know if I'd have it in me to be a blogger... but since I think it is doing okay, I thought I'd finally share it. Welcome to the blog.

Happy Birthday Rhonda

Happy Birthday to my friend Rhonda in Oklahoma.

Thinking about her birthday made me think about our long time friendship. We've been friends for 29 years now!

I have been so lucky to have so many good, longterm friends in my life. Rhonda is one of the best.

Basil vs Bowl

Take one bowl that you love (and is in a set of 6 thank goodness). Add eggs. Pick up bowl, walk over to the spice cabinet. Set bowl down on counter top. Open cabinet door.


Fish the jar of Basil Leaves out of the bowl after it falls out of cabinet and lands a perfect 10 into the bowl. Clean eggs up off of counter top. Throw bowl away when you realize the jar broke a hole in the bowl.

Lizard

One of the lizards wasn't so lucky today. Willy stalked him, and we thought he'd gotten away and that Willy had given up after the lizard made it to safety underneath the freezer. A while later, the poor lizard was a goner. Chris was rather impressed with Willy's tenacity.

Deer

There is a family of deer that live in the woods behind our house. We hadn't seen them in a while and I had never been successful in my attempts at getting a photo of them. Chris called me out on the porch this evening, so I tiptoed back in the house to get my camera. Shot a few through the screen, then remembered the garage door was open, so I quietly went out and managed to snap a few decent shots.

Patience pays off

Patience pays off, I got a bunch of photos of the bluebird, this one is my favorite.

Bluebird

We have some Bluebirds that hang out around the house. I've been trying to catch a photo of one of them for a while now. I was sneaking outside to snap one on the birdhouse, but by the time I got out there, it was flying away. I managed to get this one when it landed on a nearby tree. I'll keep trying.