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WordPress Photo Challenge: Muse
This week’s photo challenge is to show something you photograph regularly, something that inspires you to take more photos. To show us muse.
Pretty clouds…and a sheltie.
For me it’s often the sky. Prior to retirement I had a window at work on the top floor and regularly posted ‘window weather’ photos taken on my phone of the clouds, rain, and sun streaming by.
Now that I’m not working I have to go a bit further to find that wide open sky. But it’s still one of my favorite things to photograph; it changes frequently, it can be beautiful or dramatic; sometimes both. I’m always watching the sky, early morning, midday, and late into the evening. You never know what you’ll see.
Oh. Yes there’s also the sheltie-girl Katie in this shot, another muse. I have a few thousand photos of her in her many different moods. Today, as you can see, she’s a very happy girl. Because she loves to run, and because she knows I have treats.
You can see other interpretations of ‘muse’ at the original post. Or if you like, check out a few of my favorites, here, here and here.
And don’t miss this one.
What’s your photographic muse? You have time to show us, just post a photo on your blog and link to the original post. I can’t wait to see!
Katie-girl.
WordPress Photo Challenge: ROY G. BIV
Do you know what Roy G Biv is? I didn’t. It stands for red, orange,yellow,green, blue, indigo, and violet, the colors of the rainbow. Yesterday I went over to my local nursery to find examples of those colors. You can see other interpretations at the original post, or see a few of my favorite shots here, here and here. And don’t miss this one, it’s wonderful!
My turn
Katie here.
I’ve been bugging and bugging mama. Every single day I ask her if I can tell all of you about my adventure visiting my friends Ricky and his sister Callie, but mama said I had to wait my turn. Obviously she has forgotten that I am a princess. Though I don’t know how cause I remind her daily.
Anyway, mama and I were taking Callie my teeter and some weave poles cause Callie is an awesome agility dog and I don’t really like to play on the teeter, so we took daddy’s truck. That meant mama couldn’t put me in my crate in the back of the car. So guess what? I got to sit up front with her!
This is my daddy’s truck!
My boyfriend Reilly sent my mama a seat belt and she got me a harness and I was her copilot! I’m not so good at reading maps, so she used Garmin to find our way, but it was awesome being up front. Mama says, though, that when we’re in the car I’m still going to be in the back seat cause it’s safer back there. Whatever mama.
I was a good girl and didn’t bother my mama at all except when I wanted to get out and do my business. Then I just stood up and stared at her. She’s pretty good at reading my mind so we’d stop at the next rest stop and I’d get to sniff around a bit before we moved on our way.
Resting at a rest stop.
After a long time (OK, 5 hours) we got to Ricky and Callie’s house! Ricky and I are old friends so we weren’t that excited to see each other, but Callie was very excited to see me! I guess she’s never seen a real life princess before.
Beautiful Callie
I tried to be very regal, but it was totally hot that day. Mostly I sniffed around the yard and hung out in the shade with my mom and Ricky and Callie’s mom. I wasn’t interested in playing on the teeter or running weaves but it was fun to watch them do that!
Tandem teeter!
And guess what else? I figured I’d have to come clean and show my mama that I can do stairs after all. Outside I had no problem going up and down the deck stairs, but inside I would only go down the stairs, and only if my mama was going down. Then I’d race down so as not to be left behind, which startled mama the first time.
Handsome Ricky!
The next day we went for a walk in the park. It was still so HOT that I was pretty slow, always lagging behind. My mama decided we better not go too far so we cut the walk short. We’ve decided we will visit again sometime when the weather is cooler!
Going to the park!
I had a really good time. I think if I was around other shelties every day I’d learn to play with them. Poor Callie really wanted me to play but I just wanted to sit near my mama. She even offered me one of her favorite toys and I wasn’t interested. Ricky says he understands and we just hung out together.
Me and Ricky near the pool.
Mama and I left that afternoon, heading home to daddy. It was a long drive home because weather wasn’t very good and we stopped a lot along the way. I pretty much rested my eyes the whole way, no sleeping, but a lot of head nodding. Toward the end I put my head down and with a big sigh fell asleep. My mama laughed at me, but I think a princess is allowed a little nap, don’t you?
I really want to thank Ricky and Callie and their mom and dad for letting me and my mama visit them! We had a lot of fun and we’re looking forward to another visit sometime!
Posing for the camera.
Retirement Reflections
Reflections
It’s Monday morning, sometime before 7:00 a.m., and I’m up and out the door. Only as I’m backing down the driveway do I remember all the past Monday mornings when I’ve headed out about this same time on my way to work.
Early morning.
But this morning I’m not going to work.
I’m headed out to a hillside I’ve noticed over the years. Yesterday on our way to somewhere else I noticed the grass was a beautiful golden brown and I knew I had to get back with the camera soon before the farmer turned it all into hay.
As I park on the side of the road, pausing to let commuters zoom by, I begin to smile. I smile because it’s a beautiful day, the sun just topping the trees, small puffy clouds in a blue sky, a cool breeze gently tossing the grass.
Field of grass.
And I smile because I’m not on my way to work.
Driving leisurely back toward home after capturing the field I stop at a local park to enjoy the glassy pond.
Swimming hole.
Sigh.
I’ve got to say that even weeding is looking pretty good to me right now.
Summer arrives
Wordless Wednesday
WordPress photo challenge: Off-Season
Do you know what these are?
Deep in the basement these wait for their season; one filled with snow drifts and cold. But that’s a long way away. I hope.
You can see other interpretations of off-season at the original post. Or check out a couple of my favorites here, here and here.
Wordless Wednesday
Epic, windy, wet adventure
Our beautiful campsite!
Katie here. Mama says I’m monopolizing her blog but what’s she got to talk about anyway now that she’s retired? Right? Of course I’m right. I’m a princess.
So anyway, last January mama reserved a campsite for this weekend right on the shore of Lake Michigan! It’s about five hours from home and I have to say I was an excellent traveler. I didn’t bark at her once the whole way up there!
But I’m getting ahead of myself.
First there was the planning and the packing and the loading of the car. I was afraid she might forget to take me so I stuck really close to her.
Don’t forget me mama!
She didn’t forget me but she did forget my bed! GEEZE mama! She must be getting old. That’s OK…I figured I’d just sleep on hers.
This is for me – – right?
Our campsite was really beautiful, right on the shore. Friday afternoon mama took me for a walk along the sand by the waves. I did not like it. Not one bit.
Not getting any closer than this mama!
The only water I want anything to do with is the water in my bowl and it doesn’t make scarey noises like those waves did!
Since all mama’s romantic notions of walking me on the beach were dashed we went into town. This was more like it! I went up and down the steps of the marina no problem. (Mama is beginning to realize I’m scamming her about not doing steps at home.)
Buy me one of these mama!
I even went out on the floating docks at the marina, and the boats were rocking and squeaking and the docks were moving and I was OK with it. Mostly.
I guess I’m more of a city kid than a beach bum. But I did like my tent! Every night my mama made a campfire and settled in to read her book next to it and every night I went over and pawed at the tent door. Cause I wanted to go to bed already. Mama just sighed and we went to bed.
Mama made me a bed out of her pillows.
Because a princess always gets what she wants. Don’t you know. And every morning I got my mama up around 5:00, because even though we were on vacation I didn’t shirk my responsibilities.
Time to get up mama!
Do you know that people in campgrounds don’t get up that early? That was cool, we had the whole place to ourselves. We tiptoed down the road and I did my jobs and then we tiptoed back and went back to bed. It worked out great
We had two evenings of beautiful sunsets. Mama made me go back out on the beach to see those. It was OK, I was sort of getting used to the waves.
Friday night
And in the end whatever makes mama happy makes me happy.
We were supposed to be there three nights, but there were thunderstorms coming. The clouds were low and heavy on Sunday morning. Mama began to worry.
Mama used the ‘dramatic’ button on the camera to show you the clouds better.
She talked to dad on the phone and decided we’d leave early. Of course we had to go into town to use the phone and by the time we got back it was raining. Mama packed up the car as fast as she could.
Hurry up mama!
Everything was soggy. Even me!
Can’t we stay mama?
We were sad to leave a day early, but we are very happy that we got to go at all!
On the way home we stopped at a little park and I got to walk on a bridge over the Au Sable River.
Still raining.
Mama says she used to canoe on this river when she was a little girl. It made her smile. And I found her a beautiful flower along the river too! Cause I love my mama.
Along the river.
We had a wonderful time, but I’m glad to be home. I missed my dad a lot. Plus it was cold, and I don’t like cold so much. And then there were those waves. And the sand. And the mud. I got wet. I wasn’t that thrilled about the campfire either. Hmmmm…..maybe camping in the back yard isn’t all that bad!
Anyway…I guess that’s all for now from your friend Katie – camper extraordinaire.
Kind of.
Don’t like sand in my fur mama!
