puppy chronicles

or affectionally called puppeth and a variety of other names !

I was home this week and so the puppy took naps out of crate, he made himself a new bed ! Man, they sure dont make beds like they used to !

"pottery sale today"

My friend Lainie and I were out and about on Saturday, we had some definite errands to run but both of us spied a "pottery sale today" sign about the same time and went HMMMMMMMMMMMM. So after of our scheduled stops, off we went to find this sale. We drove and drove and drove down a pretty country road, but no pottery sale signs. I finally said well it mustve been LAST weekend or something ! We started looking for a place to turn around and another "pottery sale today" sign was spotted ! We happily turned in... it was a winding dirt road, in fact so winding that I started humming the banjo song to deliverance. Finally we spotted a garden, guarded by a nice post top













We got out to see that he was also guarding some tasty raspberries










Then we spotted a nice metal flower in the woods














Our next site was the LOVELY pottery studio ! Oh it was so cute ! I was just in love with the building. The potter was there, Cora Willow, who was renting the space from a friend. I think shes done a wonderful job with the place, not to mention I loved her pottery.








I bought this piece, it was a second but I still liked it. I also bought another piece but I cant post it here, because its a gift for my sister and she will read my blog :)

Wings

As parents, God entrusts us with these little beings that we are to nuture and grow and then let go. Even with the ups and downs of life with children, nothing prepared me for this moment in time....




The contrast of emotions is striking, so happy to see the accomplishment while the knife goes through the heart to know that its more than a baby step; that she truly is out in the world now.



As been said, the days are long but the years fly by...

home invasion cont'd

After a LONG day of graduation festivities (more on that later), I was cleaning out the fridge to make room for cake, took out the pizza box and also apparently dropped a carrot (he kept trying to eat it and kept spitting it out lol). I turned around and this is what I saw (sorry for the blurry nature of the pic, I was in a hurry before the terrorist moved)

HOT HOT HOT

MAN ! This record heat (100+) is absolutely killing me ! I never thought that hearing that the highs later in the week will be in the lower 90s would sound good, but I cant wait lol

Inspite of the opressiveness of the temps, I did manage to snap a few pics, I was playing around with one of them and cant decide if I like this effect or not.





These I am planning on redoing the shoot when I can get there in the morning or later in the evening when the sun isnt so direct. This is quite a striking patch of cactus ! (or is that cacti?