Thursday Thoughts

I had a day of vacation last Friday.
It's month end at work.
Business is booming right now...which means....long hours again...or should I say longer.
I was out ill on Monday.
It's month end. The everyday 'needs to be done' stuff was pretty much taken care of before I left last Thursday.
I was quietly reprimanded for being behind on Tuesday. Two days behind...which turned in to many days behind before Wednesday was over because of the booming business stage.

Lunch is at the desk again...not much out of the ordinary. I did try to walk today....cell phone rang....it was work and five minutes into the walk...I turned around.
My brain...is exhausted....literally exhausted.

I worked out extremely hard last week....as I did in June....then came July....a 'holiday' month, right? I take a day off at work....and get behind. I take a day off from working out...and get...more of a behind. lol!!!!

I didn't have the energy to do much of anything when I got home almost 13 hours after I left this morning. I wanted to attend Music on Main today...with the Reggae music going on. I didn't. Wish I had.

I stood at my back fence for a few minutes...camera in hand...wondering what would enchant me today...with such an exhausted state of mind.

The river.
Down the hill.
To the river edge.
Meandering.
Frogs jumping.
Fish jumping.
Reflections.

We sit.
We watch.
We think.
We wonder.
We....take a deep breathe, a sigh.

The magic...the peace...the tranquility.........

Up Side Down

I don't know....what made me do it. I was cleaning out some photo folders, preparing for flickr additions and hyperventilating over the fact that I hadn't been able to blog much lately....thus causing claustrophobia for my creative needs....and as I looked at this one....I clicked the rotate button...for whatever reason....and Voila!!!

This picture is UP SIDE DOWN. Truly. The brown sandy area is actually the bottom of a sloping hillside going down into a pond low on water....with reflections of everything else above it.

The pond...actually reflecting a full landscape....Wood Duck house and all.

What can I say. I am simply pleased by such small surprises!!!!

A Windy Effort

I came home today to find my current 'favorite flower' in my gardens, broken off...by the wind I would suspect..although it was a pretty clean snap. I grabbed it up and floated it in the bird bath hoping it would extend its life a bit longer.

There was even a bit of rippling in the shallow bird bath water due to the wind. It made it very difficult to get the exact shot that I wanted. This one was way over exposed but the less blurry of most of the others. Again, surprised by an element in the picture that I didn't pay attention to until I reviewed the pics on the screen.

One. Refreshing. Droplet. All along I just wanted a picture of its reflection, colorful shadow in the room. Another...Mother Nature surprise...a refreshing one at that.

CatTail Trails...oh MY!!!

On the Left of us in our 'something larger than small' boat....was a wall of cattails.

On the Right of us in our 'something smaller than large' boat.....was a wall of cattails.

Directly in front of us in our 'something wider than skinny' boat....was a wall of cattails (from where we sat).

Directly below us in our 'something more than shallow bottomed boat....was a stream, a creek, a depth of three feet...if even...

As long as we stayed in the center of the flow.

Away from the cattail edge.

Where the red wing blackbirds flew in and out.

Chattering at us.

Begging us.

To remove ourselves from their quiet little home.

We travelled for what seemed like miles,

but was no further than two large city blocks.

To find.

The Sky.

Even brighter blue.

with clouds even whiter white.

And quiet....peaceful...awesome.

Tranquility.

The Chat

I just can't say it enough. I have some really awesome neighbors.

I had so much planned "to dos" tonight but as I wrapped up my evening hopeless "get rid of menopausal middrift" workout....I was invited over for a much needed R&R evening of refreshing, relaxing beverages and friendly girl gossip and chat.

The week....has been so long....and it is...ONLY MONDAY.

(Yet another...serendipity photo...taken in a haste...when it was almost too dark...because I did not want to give up again...on my Project 365. The reflections are awesome...are they not.

Reflections

Every chance I get.....every day it is as gorgeous as it was today....my Lexi and I go for a walk in the afternoon....to burn some energy (her's pent up from the day, mine built from daily 'challenges' in between 4 walls...different than hers), to ponder, to enjoy, to reflect on .....all the things in life....my life....my family's lives....Sometimes with my camera, sometimes without depending on the route I am taking....or rather whether I plan on walking....or somewhat jogging (as that is quite difficult sometimes with a camera strapped around my neck).

I was ssssooooooooooo glad I had my camera with me this day....and it is so true that this is one of the best times of the day to 'look through those lenses'....when the sun is setting...shedding it's quiet, peaceful aura across........everything.