Bug's Eye View

Sunday, April 15, 2012

Sunshine...

Low & Slow over at Flight Plan has nominated me for an award (thanks Scott!) - & this one is pretty easy. The instructions are that you need to link to the person who gave you the award (done!) & then answer some questions. Then you're supposed to nominate other people, but this is where I always disobey the rules - just know that you're all sunshine to me :)

OK, here are the questions:

Favorite color: Purple, unless it's red. Or maybe blue. Sometimes it's yellow.

Favorite animal: Penguin!

Up with Penguins! Down with Bears!

Favorite number: 3/3 because that means it's my birthday.

Favorite non-alcoholic drink: Diet Sundrop.

Facebook or Twitter: Facebook. I don't have a fancy phone & don't have time to check twitter once I get home from work.

My passion: The Atlanta Braves! And my new passion is crocheting. And maybe someday I'll figure out what I'm doing.

Favorite flower: Peonies.

Favorite movie: Joe vs. the Volcano. Although lately I've been thinking about Blazing Saddles a lot.

Favorite painting: There are a lot of paintings I like, but I think that my favorite is the one that Dr. M painted for me.

Saturday, April 14, 2012

2012 Project 365 – Week Fifteen

I would like to apologize for the number of pictures this week. But, really, I’m apparently not sorry because I’m posting them anyway. Heh.

Sunday, April 8^th Easter Sunday

Flowers from church, plus a very special deviled egg.

In the afternoon I went to visit a local park for a bit.

I was on the lookout for this flower, but I didn’t go far enough down the trail. Fortunately someone left one behind for me to see.

Monday, April 9^th

Robin & starling fight! I think the robin won.

Tuesday, April 10^th

I did the 10 on 10 dealio – you can go here to check it out. I’ll just share this one picture – The State of the Bug – crosseyed!

Wednesday, April 11^th

Dr. M took some lovely pictures today.

Thursday, April 12^th

Surprise flowers that popped up behind the yarrow.

Friday, April 13^th

Well, it might have been Friday the 13^th, but apparently it was really “take a ton of pictures” day. Here’s the early morning moon, by Dr. M.

More flowers around his campus.

The Tax Time Pig wearing his namesake outfit!

Here are his minions– very blurry pictures. There is one goose who lives on the porch & one by the carport. I’ve still not named them. Maybe I’ll get brave one of these days & stop & ask the folks if they have names for them.

They’re building a UFO down the street from where I work! My boss says that this is how they build water towers. I’ll be driving by periodically to check out the progress.

I finished the scarf! Thank goodness – it was getting OUT OF CONTROL! I’m calling it The Bug’s Winding River pattern, for obvious reasons. Maybe someday someone can show me what I’m doing wrong.

Grackles have a goofy name & a bad reputation – but I love their iridescent colors.

Saturday, April 14^th

It’s a rainy day today. Perfect for all the things I want to get done (clean out my closet, for one thing).

Bug incognito. One last picture of the scarf before I put it in the closet. I’m hoping that it will be cold enough next winter to wear it (this does not mean that I want a Little Ice Age type freeze!).

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!

Thursday, April 12, 2012

Cranky Bug

Have you ever noticed that when you come up to an intersection with a four way stop, that people will wait until everyone comes to a complete stop before they go? So instead of going ahead & going & getting out of my way, they wait until I stop. So then I have to sit & wait for them to get through the intersection before I can go.

In the past have these people been the victims of people who just roll through stop signs without stopping?

Are they just extra cautious (like those folks who won’t read their Kindles in the tub?).

Are my expectations of law abidingness too high?

Do I just need to chill & go with the flow (or in this case, go with the stopping)?

Have I simply had too much caffeine today?

Sigh.

Wednesday, April 11, 2012

10 on 10

Yesterday I thought I’d try the 10 on 10 thing again, this time on the actual 10^th. If you recall I did 14 on 14 last month because I forgot. I should do 14 on 14 again this month because it’s on a Sunday & being as how the 10^th was on a Tuesday you mostly get pictures of my desk at work again. Note: I didn't edit any of these pictures because it's almost 9:30 at night & I'm tired. So there.

10:30 (This is when I remembered that it was the 10th.) I had just finished a task that involved a spreadsheet with tiny print. So, cross-eyed Bug.

11:30 Lunch! Yes, I usually eat this early. This is a Lean Cuisine (portabella mushroom something-or-other) plus some leftover shelled edamame, red beans & corn.

12:30 Since I ate while I was working, I spent my lunch time working on a crochet project.

1:30 Here’s a shot of some actual work – the UPS website where I printed a label for a package.

2:30 Snack time. It’s a very pink snack – pink lemonade & yogurt with banana & almonds.

3:30 I took the package I prepared earlier to the UPS bin on the 2^nd floor.

4:30 I had to use an actual calculator for a computation for a spreadsheet. Well, actually I didn’t trust my spreadsheet’s math so I was doing it manually to see if it matched. It did. Imagine that!

5:30 Drive by shooting on my way home from work. (With my camera – you knew I meant my camera, right?)

7:30 Took a friend to dinner (we were driving at 6:30 – I didn’t want to alarm her with my mad driving photo skills). I had the shrimp stir fry.

8:00 Dessert! Here’s what Joanne had.

And here’s mine.

No, I didn’t eat the whole thing – this is how much I boxed up to bring home.

OK, while I like my job a lot, it’s kind of boring to other people – plus I can’t really take pictures of most of the stuff I do (typing letters, running reports & organizing my case docket is just too confidential – ha!). I’m thinking that next month I’m going to do this project on a weekend day & see if it’s more interesting!

Monday, April 9, 2012

New

I’ve turned over a
new leaf so often
that my soul should be
a fine compost by now.

And yet.

Some days I see
a withered vine
(the sight of which
drives me to my
lip balm and
water bottle).

And some days I see
a vast green field
so terrifying that
I can’t speak of it.
Can’t speak.

I think a bonfire is in order.

Or, perhaps,
a new metaphor.

image: djajakarta

Yes, in fact, I did add that last line to make this poem (marginally) fit the Magpie. I woke up this morning with that first line in my head & had to get the poem written down. Then I saw that there was a new Magpie prompt. After wrestling with it all day (well, I had to work as well – ha!) I added one line to the poem instead of changing it. I know you can tell I put a lot of thought into it. (This is where the sarcasm font would be so useful).

Anyway, go here to read other offerings that were probably written with the Magpie prompt in mind!

Saturday, April 7, 2012

2012 Project 365 – Week Fourteen

Easter morning is tomorrow – the end of Lent. Out of the three disciplines I tried I only consistently did one. Fortunately the one thing I did every day during Lent was say my rosary every night. Since the other two things were really just New Year’s Resolutions in disguise it’s no surprise that I didn’t keep them.

Sunday, April 1^st

It’s the weekly squirrel!