My Favorite Cup

We all have them, that thing that is just right. It fits. It makes us feel good and fills us with joy. This is the cup that does those things for me. There is a story behind the cup but that is for a different time and space. Right now I will enjoy some hot tea with locally produced honey and rest in this moment my favorite cup.

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Around The Place Challenge: My Kicks

Yesterday before going to Thanksgiving I tried to capture some of the snow and icicles as the melted. As I was coming back in I thought I need to take pics of stuff around our house. Since the green and blooming things are not around that will be my challenge once a week. If you feel you can play along as well. Here is this weeks Around The Place Challenge: My Kicks. Other than the text it is an as shot capture.

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Back Stage and Waiting

I took this photo back in 2011 as I was waiting to take the stage for Andrew Peterson’s Behold the Lamb of God. The venue was small, about 600-650 max capacity, but is one cool theater. We did this show for six years,the last being in 2012, and I enjoyed it but all things must come to an end. And I miss it. A lot. But I miss this view almost as much as I miss letting the music and the story flow through me as I played. There is something wonderful about the butterflies in one’s belly and the anticipation of doing something musically and doing it well. And it all starts with one being back stage and waiting. A Side Note: this is my 800th post………Thanks to all who have dropped by and have encouraged me on this Stage as well.~Peace.

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BeDazzled Pens

The Bride and I went to a festival last month where a bunch of vendors come to pawn their wares. Among the many stalls of pre-fab and china produced “stuff” was some very nice hand-made crafts. The pens here are an example of such things. I took this with my iPod but thought it was pretty cool even though they are a little to bedazzled for my taste.

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My Teddy Bear

This is my Teddy Bear. We rescued him back in 05′ and he was a scrawny little kitten with a very serious respiratory infection. I had to teach him how to be a kitten since his momma was not around. I had to show him how to use the litter box…………no I did not do that but I would put him in it when he looked like his little legs were crossing. After he did his “business” I grabbed his front paws and showed him how to cover up. After the second time he was fully trained. There was me teaching him how to feed from a bottle so I could get him to take his meds. He recovered well and other than a problem with left ear he is fat, sassy and happy. So everyone meet my Teddy Bear!

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Inside The Globe

As the silly season quickly approaches we in the Thrift Shop biz have our version of Black Friday. At our shop this is the biggest fundraising day for us. Since we are part of a non-profit it is especially helpful to us and our mission. I take pictures of the setup, and of the big sales day, to help us promote it for next year and hopefully drive up donations of goods to the shop….also it help us remember how we set it up since we are brain-dead by the end of the day. One of the items that are donated I enjoy is the snow globes. It harkens back to my youth I guess but none the less I find them to be a simple pleasure and one that is hard to photograph. Here is a bear in a Santa suit inside the globe.

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