Does it Get Any Better?

This weekend was just great. Saturday - slept in late, had my breakfast served to me in bed, went to Hunter Park and did my very first geocache (my first, my husband's second), had a great hamburger for lunch, played with my camera in between just being lazy on the deck, went to Michael's with my husband, had a great steak for dinner and finished the day playing on my computer. Sunday - slept in late, had breakfast served to me on the deck, played with my camera while my husband went and checked out some letterboxing sites, attended my polymer clay guild meeting, played with my computer, had a great dinner. Weather was hot and somewhat humid but it doesn't matter, I love summer and can take a little heat and humidity. A great weekend. Here's a picture of my hubby admiring the first cache I found:

If Summer

If Summer wore a watch, it would always be happy hour.
If Summer were a perfume, it would smell like clean sheets with notes of melon, lime and toasted marshmallows.
If Summer joined a band, it would play the windchimes.
If Summer went on a roadtrip, it would drive a Ford Woody with all the windows rolled down.
If Summer carried an umbrella, it would be in a drink.
If Summer had a nickname, it would be Skeeter.
If Summer went to school, it would take hula lessons.
If Summer had a favorite movie, it would be Picnic.
If Summer were a dog, it would sleep under the house all day.
If Summer were a country, its flag would be a faded t-shirt.
If Summer were a job, we’d want to work weekends.
If Summer were a party, we’d crash it.
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I love Summer, heat, humidity and all.

Photography Lessons

I've been taking a digital photography class online and thought I would post some of the pictures I've taken. The class is primarily geared towards learning to use your camera, rather than composition and design, but the teacher is also stressing that we need to learn to compose in the camera rather than depending on a graphics program to rescue us from bad photos. I think I've done pretty good so far...

A Peaceful Time

Every day after work, when the weather is nice, my husband and I sit on our deck and drink coffee and quietly enjoy life. We watch the birds at our bird feeders and in our bird bath. We watch the squirrels play. We watch the fish in our fish pool. It's one of my greatest joys in life, a peaceful time.

Vacation Over Blues

Tomorrow I go back to work. And that makes me really, really sad. I've had four wonderful days of vacation (plus 2 days this weekend) with glorious weather, no demands, no getting out of bed early and no demanding boss making life miserable while I smile and act like it's ok. I loved EVERY minute of my 4+2 days and I'm really depressed that they are almost over. I set up a photography studio on my deck and played around with learning my camera, I went to a small plaza downtown and took stop action photos of the fountain. I ate lunch at my favorite restaurants. I spent lots of quality time with Cowgirl, Sidekick and Stripes sitting peacefully on our deck. I just generally loved my life. Sigh. Guess I had better get out on the deck and enjoy my last few hours instead of pining away inside and dreading tomorrow.