2012 Project 365 – Week Ten

Oh my word – this week has a ton of pictures. And I didn’t even use half of the ones I wanted to. Hard cuts were made people, so you’ll just have to endure this marathon post.

Sunday, March 4^th    

We pretty much celebrated my birthday all day today. Look at this cake that Daddy& Amy got me! The bug is a rattle they saw in the baby section of the store – ha!

The State of the Bug - highly amused!

After we ate cake, we went to Jason’s Deli & ate salads with my brother & nephew #1 (my sister-in-law & niece were at a cheer competition in Buffalo. My niece won her individual, & her team won the team competition – woot!).

I don't know why B is sideways - it showed up this way in FB too. It amuses me.

Then we went to the mall so that nephew #2, who works at Dairy Queen, could give me a birthday sundae – it was about the best sundae I’ve had in a while!

Not content with sharing all my birthday photos, I had to share two more. The first one is some of the flowers in Daddy & Amy’s yard – they have daffodils everywhere!

And lastly, my dad is growing out his beard for his church’s Easter extravaganza – they’re doing a play using all the characters in the Last Supper painting – he’s Jude Thaddeus. He was performing his soliloquy for me – VERY impressive!

Monday, March 5^th

Today was for the birds. Dr. M took all these pictures out the windows of Daddy & Amy’s sunroom.

Tuesday, March 6^th

Another bluemillion pictures today. Dr. M took these on his way to & from visiting his dad.

Love this almost-full moon shot.

Plenty of robins around!

Wednesday, March 7^th

Here are a couple more bird shots. The cardinal made me laugh out loud.

Daddy & Amy wearing green for their St. Patrick’s Day performance with their singing group.

Moonrise…

Almost there…

Ah – the full moon!

Thursday, March 8^th   

We drove back home today. On our way we stopped at the New River Trail State Park – Foster Falls in Virginia. It was a glorious day & we enjoyed rambling around taking pictures of the buildings & river - & each other.

Friday, March 9^th    

Today it was back to work for me – this was the view from my desk. Beautiful day & lots of work!

Dr. M took these pictures of our crazy back yard.

Saturday, March 10^th   

Dr. M fixed my breakfast this morning – as I said on Facebook, he speaks my love language: grits, livermush & runny egg. Yum!

I saw that our daylilies think it’s time to come forth.

While I was taking that picture, Dr. M was stalking a little downy woodpecker – isn’t it cute? I think the second picture looks like a penguin – ha!

Go to Sara’s blog here to see the blogs of all the other Project 365 participants. Have a great week!

Most of our photos are taken with a 12 megapixel Nikon D5000 DSLR, using a 55-200mm zoom lens. This is the camera that Dr. M takes with him most days. He also takes pictures with our old reliable 7 megapixel Canon Powershot A710.  The Bug uses our new Nikon Coolpix S6200 most of the time. If you’re interested in which camera was used for a particular shot, just ask! 

And Thus The Things of Which Nurse Rudee Spake May Come to Pass

Forgive me interwebs, for I have eaten cake. And it was good. Also I have not always gotten to bed at the prescribed hour.  And that was bad. On the other hand I have said the rosary every night. So that was good.

Thus endeth my interim Lenten report.

I’ve been hanging out with my dad & Amy, walking at the mall, and mostly doing this:

I created an inadvertent pyramid

So I ripped it out & then did this, which is somewhat better.

But the best is my patent-pending small-waisted dish cloth! Obviously, the ends of my rows could use some work. Ha!

I bought this yesterday - 

I've already started working on the one that looks like creamsicle

...and now I'm afraid that what Rudee said on my post yesterday is going to come true:

Before you know it, you'll be enslaved by that crochet hook and fiber. The road is a slippery slope to a sheep farm where you will become enamored of the ancient art of sheering sheep and learning to spin the fiber into wool. Dr. M will be your enabler. Before long, you'll be dragging anyone who'll go to the Maryland Sheep and Wool Festival and entering the sheep to shawl contest.

It hasn't helped that my sister-in-law Bren taught me two new stitches the other day. Well, you know that if this prediction comes to pass you'll hear about it here!

2012 Project 365 – Week Nine

This week we have pictures of birds and squirrels and concrete Bug Blog mascots…

Sunday, February 26^th    

Dr. M took a picture of a grackle – I love their iridescent feathers.

The Weekly Squirrel.

Fingernail moon :)

Monday, February 27^th

Ducks ducks ducks!

The Tax Time Pig has been a bad boy! Do you see the feathers coming out of his mouth?

A feeder picture.

Tuesday, February 28^th

Dr. M took another picture of bare branches against the sky. I don’t know why I love these pictures so.

Wednesday, February 29^th

The State of the Bug – bed head! Since I’ve been inadvertently growing my hair out - & I’m tired of pulling it every time I roll over & tired of the tangles, I asked someone with long hair how she sleeps with hers. And this is what she recommended.

And here it is brushed out – it even helps make it bouncier. Thanks JoAnne!

Beautiful sky!

This made me laugh out loud & turn around to take a picture. That is a cut-out of a wolf – with terrifying plastic bags in its mouth. It’s supposed to be scaring off the geese. They look terrified, don’t’ they?

Thursday, March 1^st  

Dr. M found a few robins in our front yard.

This is my lunch. I don’t like carrots & when I pulled it out of the microwave & was so upset! The whole thing was carrots! Yuck!

Then I remembered what it really was – sweet potatoes. Duh.

The folks at work surprised me with an early birthday cake – it’s an ice cream cake. Yum!

Friday, March 2^nd    

The red winged blackbirds are back! Woot!

This morning when I pulled my reading glasses out a tiny screw fell onto my desk. Then I noticed that a lens had fallen out. Thank goodness it was in the bottom of my purse. What’s funny is that the other day I tried to use the glasses & I couldn’t see AT ALL. I was very concerned (what was wrong with my eyes - gah!) – but not concerned enough to notice that a lens was out of my glasses. Ha! Fortunately a nice guy from IT came down & fixed them for me (I figured he’d have a teeny screw driver & he did).

It’s the moon again! Pretty amazing to see it after all the terrible storms today. Fortunately our area was spared any damage – I really feel for the folks in Kentucky & Indiana.

Saturday, March 3^rd (It's Mah Birthday!)

Dr. M & I were SO excited that we were going to meet fellow blogger Karen on our way to NC - what a great birthday present! And now she's not just a "virtual" friend - we're friends in real life too! (Although I quibble a bit that there's a difference between the two in some situations). We met her for lunch & had a great time just talking.

She gave us a goody bag of West Virginia stuff - I'll need to give her some Cincinnati Chili the next time we meet :)

After we left her I worked on my crochet for a while. It's sort of starting to look like something - although all I'm doing right now is practicing stitches.

And then we saw sheep - of course! Next week you'll get to see the nice birthday banner & balloons that Daddy & Amy had for me at their house. This week, just enjoy the silliness :)

Go to Sara’s blog here to see the blogs of all the other Project 365 participants. Have a great week!

Most of our photos are taken with a 12 megapixel Nikon D5000 DSLR, using a 55-200mm zoom lens. This is the camera that Dr. M takes with him most days. He also takes pictures with our old reliable 7 megapixel Canon Powershot A710.  The Bug uses our new Nikon Coolpix S6200 most of the time. If you’re interested in which camera was used for a particular shot, just ask! 

Vessel

For the Poetry Jam this week Mary has given us the task of writing an Anaphora poem. Here’s the definition of an Anaphora: "the repetition of a word or expression several times within a clause or within a paragraph." I actually do that a lot in my poetry (here, here and here for example) - I just didn’t know it had a name. Here’s my effort for this week. After you’ve read it please be sure to go here to check out other responses to the prompt!

Vessel

I felt that sharp fierce joy

I grasped it with my right hand

I held it there encupped

Then I opened my fingers

And saw an empty palm

I felt that deep bitter despair

I clutched it in my left hand

I held it there imprisoned

Then I opened my fingers

And saw an empty palm

I couldn’t hold the joy

I couldn’t hold the despair

I felt freedom caress my cheek

Then I drank the wide blue sky

And poured it out for you