Friday Photos

As usual, some garden photos and a Boomer photo. As a bonus, at the end are the finished blankets for our friends who had twin girls recently. One's a brighter pink, done in a plainer pattern. The other is a paler pink, with a little more interest in the pattern. Now - on to the next blanket.

Friday Photos a day late

This is part of a series of photos I took yesterday - showing little Mr. Bumblebee hard at work in my garden. I am terrified of bees - thankfully a zoom lens let me stay a decent distance away, while still catching him doing his thing.

Random Thoughts

We got back from Seattle last night, tired and missing the sunshine! Our welcome back to NYworld included a rain storm as we went to our car with the luggage. Oh well. So - just some random thoughts here.

While having lunch on Wednesday, we saw this guy with a hat on that proclaimed "Ground Zero" and had an embroidered picture of the Trade Center. A little tasteless if you ask me. Who goes around with a hat that says "I visited the sight were 2,500 people were murdered."????? Then, as we walked by him to leave - he's also wearing a Hurricane Katrina t-shirt. This guy was a walking disaster advertisement!

Seattle is a lovely city. Hillier than I expected. (Is hillier a word?) There were a lot of homeless people/beggars, which really surprised me. We went to the Public Market - loved it. We also strayed out of town to Woodinvale to visit some wineries. High marks to Janiuk/Novelty Hill, low marks to Chateau Ste. Michel. I would say though that the Chateau itself and its grounds were lovely.

People in Seattle are super nice.

I think I may be over being a bitter bitch about the whole president of the association thing. I hope.

I miss my dog. I hope he had fun at doggie camp while we were gone. We'll be doing yard work and cleaning out the garage today - then off to get the Boom Doggie!

I came back with some fresh ideas for things to do at work. I feel a little revitalized! I'm going to work on doing more revenue forecasting for one.

It was good to see my friends - I wish that it were not just once a year. Some of us are planning to try to make it more often. That is such a wonderful bonus I got out of being on the board - the friendships are lasting.

I gained a couple of pounds with all of the good food and the alcohol and the lack of exercise - back to the diet today. I will take a diet-break tomorrow though, considering holiday calories don't count.

No pictures today - sorry. I was kind of busy this week.

Friday Photos

As usual, some pics of the Boom Doggie. We got him a new toy - a flying squirrel. Thanks Hannah for the recommendation! A flower picture or two as well. And a guest star - my niece who graduated from High School this weekend. Couldn't resist including the beach ball picture! Note - the pictures of my niece are the first I have taken with my big zoom lens - which does not have auto focus, so I did it manually - it was a learning experience. One thing I learned is that I focus better with my left eye than my right - not sure if that's do to my contac lenses or what.

Happiness is...

....a snuggly dog. I love it when Boomer gets snuggly. He's so cute, propping his little head up on my leg and looking at me with those big puppy dog eyes so that I'll pet him. He's sweet. He's quirky too. One night recently when it had rained - could be any night recently because it's rained 19 out of 24 days in June - he saw his reflection in the wet, shiny garbage bin. This was not something he was used to seeing - so he started posturing and leaning in trying to figure out what it was, and growling at his reflection. It was funny. Silly dog.

Friday Photos/Happiness Is..

A combo post! Last weekend was busy, with parties for my uncle's 100th birthday and a "welcoming" party for my new nephew. So, I saw lots of family - which is my happiness thing this week. We had 4 generations at my uncle's party. Cousins came from Florida, Texas and Alaska. And of course - a new baby is happy. It was a little sad for me - wishing for what I can't have, but he's a cool little dude. Here are some photos.

Friday Photos

As you can tell by the sunshine, these were not taken this week!