…back in mid-January. With the cool weather the last couple mornings I remembered this draft post I never completed.
Overnight, a heavy fog settled over the lake. The waters were calm. It was me and the ducks, gulls, and one grouchy egret. One ought to take a recording device of some kind and capture the squawking everyone makes at dawn’s first light.
4 state troopers in 8 miles doing their part to balance the state budget around the Texas Motor Speedway, ironically enough it’s not a speedway at all today. Continue reading Slow down…end of the month
And here I thought the Weekly Photo Challenge was “Beach”….
When you say “beach”, I’m not thinking of the local beach down by the lake. “Beach” = Ocean, and it has been since August of 2007 when the last time I step foot in one (ocean). I am of the recent opinion that that fact in itself qualifies for a much needed “beach” vacation…I’ll be in Galveston for nearly a week next month! Maybe that will count as long as I avoid the jellyfish and tar balls.
In the mean time these photos will have to do: Our trip to New England. What a blast this was. FD took the train from NYC to Providence, FS flew with us. The four of us – most likely our last foursome vacation – was very special. Continue reading “Weekly Photo Challenge: Ocean”
Who did this?
Who got me on this mailing list? It came Saturday.
I am not amused…. Continue reading “Nice Hat Wise Guy”
I hope you guys enjoy my style of photography because pictures might get more plentiful here in the next few days…
The latest (today) addition to the arsenal is on the left.
Despite the fact of having a blog, trying to write a post-a-day all year long, and linking it to Facebook and Twitter, I really don’t mean to go on and on about the life and times of…well…Mackie and Zoey.
I’m probably the first in line to get somewhat disinterested at those posts that each day describe the length of toenails, the loudness of steps others take when you’re sick or still hung over from the night before, or the amount of Friday donuts consumed by a least favorite person at work…for example. So this week I do it again.
No one will convince me otherwise: you create your own interest in life and you alone choose to share it with humor, pity, blandness, annoyance, or not at all. Some might say I’m doing a self-description (did I mention conceit, self-infatuation, and boastfulness?), but whatever it is, here goes my week log – whether it is interesting or not, is up to you: Continue reading “A week (weak) of interest”
Look who we got to share burgers and beers with tonight… Continue reading “$42 I didn’t mind spending tonight”
Pictures of the Week, from my collection:
3/5/2011: Lake Dallas, Texas
From my good friend and co-worker Larry, an avid mountain biker, who said he stopped along the trail and photographed this tree with my dogs in mind. It definitely looks like a Scottie dog. Is it Mackie? Zoey? from Texas. Perhaps Molly? Bonnie? visiting from Kansas. Continue reading “Tree Scottie”
This morning, the Queen and Princess watched the morning arrive and the first day of Spring.
And so it was yesterday, St. Patty’s Day that the FD had lasik done to her eyeballs….
All is well today – she has 20/20 vision per her 24 hour post-op checkup. Hooray!
“Much learning does not teach understanding.” – Heraclitus Continue reading
“This is my “depressed stance.” When you’re depressed, it makes a lot of difference how you stand. The worst thing you can do is straighten up and hold your head high because then you’ll start to feel better. If you’re going to get any joy out of being depressed, you’ve got to stand like this.” – Charlie Brown Continue reading You’re a good man CB
It was Pi Day today…Who knew?
OFGalP Angela knew! She organized and conducted a Pie Pi Day contest at work today. That’s how we celebrated – dag-gum-it, we had pie! Continue reading “3.14159265”
We enjoyed a wonderful weekend in North Texas.
80° on Saturday…I actually (yup I admit it) turned on the air conditioner for a brief late afternoon cool-down). We then had an Irish dinner Saturday night that was simply my fortune (luck) to be invited. Daylight Savings Time kicked in this morning, but it did not make me late for church nor throw Mackie the Queen of Scots off of her usual get-out-of-bed-you-limey-fish roust to get her breakfast. Yard work today in 78° weather…until the weedeater batteries wore out. I had dust flying everywhere and I’m almost certain the neighbors slammed shut their windows as the dust cloud slowly drifted north.
All this made me go searching in our junk-filled garage for a yard hat to wear. I’ve always been a bit over-the-top with my hats and have a hang up with sunburnt ears. And I found a hat…errrr, several (each has its own story too). Continue reading “Weekender Hats, Weather and a Wee Bit”
Cooze I have me a dilemma and two this fine day my dear laddie and lass.
I have no camera as she went in to be cleansed. I’ve done me photograph-o’day before without using me fancy camera, but now that she’s not at at a staff’s reach I feel a wee bit exposed to the brisk Irish breeze. Perhaps I will hand draw me pictures for the next several days, and call them photographs. Continue reading “Both me hands on me Arse”
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