Gifts

     All around me I have gifts; the gift of a new computer and mouse, the gift of new/old table, the gift of some berries from a friend's harvest, the gift of a new/old camera, the gift of gab and laughter when friends visit, the gift of a new day. But the most important gift of all....love. Plain, simple, unconditional love.

Katie Rose All Grown Up

    Usually this is something I feel I get from my animals, especially my Katie Rose. She loves me just because I'm hers. And, of course, I love her 'cause she's mine. I called my Rottweiler, Pierre, one of my heroes because he never met a stranger. He was always glad to see you and always showed his happiness. He was there for me when others didn't have the time or inclination. I try to be like that. It's a hard row to hoe that dog left behind for me.

Pierre` Is Trying To Ignore This New Intrusion

  Trying to follow the example set by my critters is harder than you might think. Giving of yourself without expecting anything but happiness in return...it takes practice. I've had to learn to overlook it if someone forgets to say thank you as long as there's a sparkle of happiness somewhere along the line. But, recently, I've learned I have that kind of love from people, too. I've learned over the years not to trust people. They always have their best interests at heart, not yours. People don't know how to give of themselves the way a simple animal does.

Love Is a Good Snuggle

      Well, I think I am just a bit wrong about that. I know my daughter loves me because I'm hers. I love her because she's mine and that's enough. When I discovered, truly, that other people love me just because I am me....well...it's one of those things that makes you cry happy tears.

     I am so uncertain what my future holds, but it's gonna be okay because I have family. They are not of my blood, they never knew me when I was a child, but they are my family and they are the greatest gift I've ever been given.

They Love Me Because I'm Theirs and I Love Them Because They Are MINE!!!

Texture of Life

I took Little Pink Camera out looking for textures.

Celebrate Earth Day

 

When you live in the wilderness there's not much to see except, well....wilderness!! Mother Nature makes some of the prettiest things, doesn't She? So, in celebration of Earth Day I offer up a selection of some of Her creations. Take the time to plant a seed or encourage something pretty to grow in your life!!

On Living Alone......

Living alone has it's ups and downs. The ups......
No one is ever in a hurry for dinner, except maybe the cats.
No one ever complains when I leave my shoes under the table.
No one hogs the covers.
I don't have to share anything, except with the cats. They always want to share my dinner....and the warm spots. But, that's the nature of a cat. Golly, that's almost enough to make me sound like a crazy cat lady, isn't it? But, I'm not. I only have four of them. The fifth one belongs to Katie so I don't count her in with the pack. Holly and Katie make their own pack, and pacts as well, I think.

But, the downs of living alone are just as numerous.
There is no one to help with the hard chores. I greatly dislike having to carry in wood all by myself. Katie provides moral support, but even that is tiny. Katie is rather small herself, ya know.
There's no one to share my day with. Katie also listens, but her feedback is nil. She doesn't have much of an opinion one way or the other.

I suppose it all evens out and I have discovered during the long, cold winter that I really like being alone. I've had the chance to learn what I really like, what I really want, without having to take into consideration other's want or needs. I find that I have more time to devote to the things I really want to do.

I've been trying to improve my photography skills and I think I do pretty darned good, considering the camera I have to work with. Little Pink Camera got to go on vacation to Chicago while I had to stay at home, but she brought back lots of photos of the Big City. Katie and I decided that we really like living out here in the country after all and if it means we have to be the ones to carry the wood in by ourselves, then so be it.

In my efforts with Little Pink Camera, I find myself challenged by those who have really, really nice cameras that can photograph a flea on a bear's nose from a mile away. How can I compete with National Geographic caliber photographers? I can't, so I don't. But, it still inspires me to try harder, photograph more and look for the interesting shots in odd places. As if I don't do that already.

Spring has moved at a very rapid pace this year. Flowers that normally don't bloom until May or June are already in bloom and some are already gone. I've planted seeds for many different flowers and they are beginning to poke their tiny heads out of the ground. Soon I expect my gardens to be full of glorious patches of color.

The vegetable garden is coming together and I am looking forward to fresh tomatoes and green beans. I'm not much on gardening because I greatly dislike putting so much effort into feeding the deer and turtles, but I have friends that don't have garden space so I'm having a communal garden this year.
 

So, I suppose living alone is not so bad. I can go spend the day outdoors with Katie, with friends, by myself. I can be the one that picks the freshest beans and I can eat them all! I'll be the one that has the first tomato, but I won't have to be the only one pulling weeds. I have the best of both worlds and who could ask for more??

On Recuperation.....

Hello everyone...all five of you. Boy, am I ever going to get rich with the monetizing of this blog!!!  Spring, as I am certain most of you have noticed, is happening all at once, all over the country. It's been hard to keep up with everything blooming, but I offer up a couple of really nice blossoms I found recently.

I know the pink one is a peach but the white one...???? It was just beautiful and I stopped for a few minutes ....just to sniff the proverbial roses. Mmmmmmmm......

It's good to be back, although technology is not all it's cracked up to be. Recovering confuser has been a long process and I send an especial thanks and kudos to my guru girl Jeannie for all the help she gives when I have confuser issues. Without her I'd be wandering in the dark.

I have a couple of projects in the wings. They have been waiting patiently until my computer returned from the hospital. Now that everything is almost back to normal .....but then again....what's normal????

Around this crazy place, anything goes....except me. I just want to sit in the sunshine and enjoy Mother Nature at her finest. But, at least I can take the camera and make it look like I'm busy. Much easier than digging in the dirt, but as soon as those seedling grow, I'll be showing you some more beautiful blossoms.