2013 Project 365 – Week Eleven

Spring keeps trying to arrive – and I have some flower pictures to prove it – but darn, it’s still an icebox around here! Brr! I keep waiting for the 15 minutes in spring when I have nothing to complain about regarding the weather. Ha!

Sunday, March 10^th    

Backyard critters.

Monday, March 11^th    

I love this picture Dr. M took of three geese – their wings are all at a different place as they get up to speed.

Tuesday, March 12^th           

Brooding sky pictures.

Wednesday, March 13^th   

Early morning campus deer.

Llama!

Junkyard deer.

Thursday, March 14^th    

This morning Steve Reed was talking about Victoria Falls on his blog & I mentioned that I just happened to be wearing the earrings that my mom bought for me in Victoria Falls when she & my grandmother came to see me in Zambia. The State of the Bug – wearing 26 year old earrings. Ha!

I had to get a picture of the giant leprechaun hat on the sign of a restaurant near where I work. This is the same restaurant that had the ginormous spider on its roof at Halloween.

I do believe that this cow is staring at Dr. M. Actually, that looks like the Evil Eye to me…

My birthday primrose is blooming again! It always looks a little rough, but I love how it just keeps on keeping on.

Got this in the mail today. Heck yeah I’m unhappy with my maid service!

Friday, March 15^th  

Birds in the ‘hood.

Dr. M doing one of his favorite things – maybe it will actually be warm enough to sit out there soon!

Saturday, March 16^th      

Dr. M had to go to school today for a meet & greet. On this way home he saw a red winged blackbird singing its heart out. Love these guys.

And the flowers that we saw last week have opened up.

While he was gone I made soda bread for a benefit we were having at church that afternoon. It’s been a long time since I had to cut in butter – it takes more energy than I remembered!

We had a good turnout – good food (corned beef, cabbage, potatoes, green beans, things with green icing), & good music. I helped serve & was there for about five hours. The look on my face is “uh oh, that third cupcake was NOT a good idea!” I came home & went to bed at 9:30 & didn’t wake up until 9:00 (which means I was late for church – oops!).

While I was gone Dr. M was making our own St. Patrick’s Day soda bread. It’s very tasty. And huge! We put some in the freezer for future soda bread emergencies.

Go to Mamma Fran’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! 

2013 Project 365 – Week Ten

Oh what a glorious week! It was Dr. M’s spring break & we decided to have a staycation. I accomplished a couple of things on my 50x50 list, but mostly I just slept as late as I wanted to, read books & crocheted. Nice! It’s going to be a Rude Awakening tomorrow when I have to get up for church an hour early.

Sunday, March 3^rd    

After church Dr. M took me out to eat for my birthday. Of course, we had to meander for a bit on the way home. We saw snowdrops and buttercups (eranthis) – lovely signs of spring.

Lambs were everywhere!

We saw two red-tailed hawks.

I didn’t get a birthday cake this year – there were too many other sweets around. This is a chocolate peanut butter cupcake from church, with fudge ice cream & French vanilla cool whip – yum!

Monday, March 4^th    

On Monday I went to get my license renewed. When I got back I took this State of the Bug picture – surely I don’t look as bad as my driver’s license picture!

Here are my last three licenses – I was amused to see my hair changes. This year’s is my least favorite.

Dr. M stalked took pictures of a chickadee.

And this terribly cute sparrow.

Tuesday, March 5^th           

It started snowing Tuesday night.

Wednesday, March 6^th   

We woke up to a winter wonderland!

I shoveled the driveway (it was a wet heavy snow, but relatively easy to shovel). While I was shoveling I noticed this robin looking lost. Dr. M took his picture as he (the robin, not Dr. M) surveyed the world around him in confusion.

Thursday, March 7^th    

We have a whole host (or quarrel) of sparrows who live in the shrubbery in front of our house.

Ninja squirrel.

We took a drive to check out the snow & somehow ended up here.  That’s rural Ohio for you.

Friday, March 8^th  

Birds in the ‘hood.

Martha Goose & Heather the Sheep (and a pair of Dr. M’s slippers) patiently wait on me to finish vacuuming.

Saturday, March 9^th      

I call this my "John Wiseman Mark." In this post I talked about how a group of us has been marking off the 100 most critical days since his stem cell transplant in January. He has been doing really well. But about 80% of the time, when I take the cap off the marker to mark the calendar, I get a dot of red on my hand. I have to laugh at the fact that I'm apparently not capable of removing a marker lid. :) 

Otis the singing dog (he sings My Girl, hence his name) & I model my latest hat creation. I’m not sure what I think about it. Although that won’t stop me from wearing it!

It’s a beautiful day here & most of the snow has melted, so Dr. M decided to get his bike out for a spin around the neighborhood.

Oh, & don't forget!!

Go to Mamma Fran’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! 

2013 Project 365 – Week Nine

I have to say that I’m missing being able to rant & discuss random Very Important Happenings with all you people. In fact, there are going to be at least two mini blog posts within this one. So grab a cup of coffee (or a Sun Drop) – this will take a while.

First – a rant: My email is Capricious. The definition of capricious (whimsical - wayward - fickle - freakish – crotchety) is “Given to sudden and unaccountable changes of mood or behavior.” People aren’t getting emails from me. I’m not getting replies from them. Randomly. It’s most frustrating. So, in case you were expecting to hear from me: Happy birthday Jenny! I vote yes on the parochial report. I need to trade with someone for the Eucharistic visit next week. The book came!! I can’t wait to read it! And if you’ve replied to any of these emails – I’m sorry I haven’t received any of your replies. Please try this email address instead: danarhyne1964 at yahoo.com. Rant over. Whew.

Sunday, February 24^th   

The moon!

Monday, February 25^th   

Even ducks stare at Dr. M!

Fat robin – maybe spring will be here soon?

OK, here’s the second mini post. The State of the Bug – rather inept. I took this picture of myself.

And then I decided that I’d like to try to get a picture of the back of my head. I had braided my hair after I washed it that morning & I wanted to see what it looked like. I didn’t have very much success.

Then I remembered that my camera had a delay feature. Duh. I thought I had figured it out, but apparently not.

Success! Sheesh.

Tuesday, February 26^th           

I had a doctor’s appointment.

My tulips are still lovely…

Wednesday, February 27^th  

Dr. M saw some crows…

I took a picture of the sheep in the snow.

Thursday, February 28^th    

It was a cute little snow…

Friday, March 1^st  

My birthday is on Sunday & my coworkers gave me a card – M made it (& wrote the little poem – ha!) – and a cinnamon roll :)

I had to laugh when I saw this car in the parking lot at work. The sign says, “Reserved for Hybrid Vehicle Parking Only.”

The Tax Time Pig is feeling goofy.

The weekly squirrel.

Saturday, March 2^nd      

I bought myself a little birthday cake at the grocery store. Actually, I expect there will be cake at church tomorrow (it’s brunch Sunday), so I didn’t want to give myself TOO much cake.

Dr. M gave me Val Kilmer for my birthday – this is movie #3. Yum.

Go to Mamma Fran’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!