Category: Things I Find Cool

Some Reflections Of Days Past

As I sit here working on this post The Bride is taking a nap after her first day back to work since last week. On the recliner laying above her head is one of the cats from the pride and The Boy is laying at her feet. All is calm, All is Bright.I am amazed  it was just a week ago we were heading up north to see TSO perform The Lost Christmas Eve.  It was just seven days ago that I had on this earth with my Pop’s. Less than twenty-four hours later I would be parent-less.That process started a year ago this coming weekend when my mom died.  It is even more amazing that through this valley of death, my folks lives still shines through, for though I mourn I must do what I was raised to do: To Love, To Give and To Live.  I will do my best to live this legacy of life my folks have given me. So as I live out my life I will love as best I can, share as long as I am able the things I see. Here are a few from the day.

Butterfly enjoying the warmth of the sun this afternoon.
Butterfly enjoying the warmth of the sun this afternoon.
A Husk Cherry of some kind....I think.
A Husk Cherry of some kind….I think.
A little bit of green and red rebelling against the coming winter ;)
A little bit of green and red rebelling against the coming winter 😉

As A Side Note: WordPress just told me this is my 500th post!

Little Blue Thing Amongst The Green Things

I was out and about a lot this past summer taking pictures on our place. Most were not keepers as I have experimented more with all the manual settings on my equipment and different techniques.  Though there were times I thought the end product was more important than the journey I usually landed back ta ground zero: contentment. It was an oasis in the desert that has been my life this past year or so. I found  new green and blooming things as well as fighting off a lot of the old bugs and flying pests! Good times. Quite times. Times of discovery. Did I mention good times? Well I found this yet-to-be-named-by-me-because-I-have-no-idea-what-it-is little blue flower on one walkabout. I took a few captures of this flower and my wedding band as comparison so you can see how small it is. Small in size but large with wonderment and awesomeness…I know that is not a real word but this flower is! So here is a little blue thing amongst the green things.

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Weekly Photo Challenge: Let There Be Light!

I am trying to stretch myself and learning to shot outside passion of natures wonderment. I hope you enjoy these as much as I did shooting them!

I was trying to capture the street behind me and the light in the door in front of me. Not great but I like it.
I was trying to capture the street behind me and the light in the door in front of me. Not great but I like it.
Fire good.
Fire good.
I took this with my anon Powershot S3is. Notice that all the light on the stop lights are lit?
I took this with my anon Powershot S3is. Notice that all the light on the stop lights are lit?

Weekly Photo Challenge: Let There Be Light!

Sunday Stills Challenge: Pets

Here are a few of the Pride, both here and gone, with The boy and my Pop’s Girls.

Butterfly laying low...now what is she really up to?
Butterfly laying low…now what is she really up to?

 

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This is one of my life's little surprises. Cute when they are asleep, no?
This is one of my life’s little surprises. Cute when they are asleep, no?
Freckles The Cat
Freckles The Cat

 

Picture of our cat, Mommy Cat, taken in our front yard. Yes a cat named Mommy Cat, because she brought us many kittens! And one beautiful cat I might add.
Picture of our cat, Mommy Cat, taken in our front yard. Yes a cat named Mommy Cat, because she brought us many kittens! And one beautiful cat I might add.
My cat showing me how it is done. He has this bed rest thing done pat!
My cat showing me how it is done. He has this bed rest thing done pat!

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Miss Grace, or Grace for short, was rescued by The Bride and I. She was wandering around a very busy intersection that saw a lot of off and incoming Interstate traffic. That is another story in it's self but we gave her to Pops. She landed in a very good place. Cute, Yes?
Miss Grace, or Grace for short, was rescued by The Bride and I. She was wandering around a very busy intersection that saw a lot of off and incoming Interstate traffic. That is another story in it’s self but we gave her to Pops. She landed in a very good place. Cute, Yes?
Little Bit is a rescue dog my mom adopted.Cute, no?
Little Bit is a rescue dog my mom adopted.Cute, no?

SUNDAY STILLS CHALLENGE: PETS

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

An Early Autumn Find

As I was perusing  my-way-back files for a worthy capture for the day I came across this one. I took it with my Olympus SP-350 in early Autumn. You remember back when the sun was making daily appearances, quite unlike this late Fall fun known as the gray days of Fall around here. And the pollinators were drinking in the last of natures harvest before it beds down till Spring. So I share with you an early Autumn find!

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