Finally Caught Up! :)

Good morning peeps and grackles. :)
It's an overcast, breezy, and beautiful morning.
Have a great week!

Halloween is Coming!

Almost ready for Halloween! :)
Aaaand The Walking Dead comes back on tonight.
Eek!

I've known Chris for seventeen years and he still doesn't understand that the peanut butter cups are for me and not the kids. ;)

Light

:)

Back To Color!

Good morning peeps. :)
Have a good day.

Facebook Challenge

For a Facebook challenge from a friend. "Seven days. Seven B&W photos of my life. No people. No explanation." Every day we were supposed to nominate another person. I don't do well at things like that. I didn't know if I'd even did the whole seven days but it became kinda fun. I'm not a copy/paste if you agree type of gal. Or a forward this to seven people if you agree type, either. 
But I'm sharing my participation. :)

Every Moment Isn't Sunshine

Sadness is very relaxing if you're lying down.

Back To Various Kinds of Work

Someone was drawing on the table at work. I'm adding color.

Playing Catch Up

Hi!
So, we took a vacation. And this post was really for family and friends that aren't on social media. The pictures are pretty terrible for a photo website. But this is just my blog, so I can do whatever I want on this part. ;) 
And although I stayed on Facebook and Instagram...because they're so easy...I neglected this site. Now is time to play catch up. I've been sharing a lot of phone pictures lately. Something about not wanting to put everything on the internet to be copied, or whatever, but more so I have new work to show at exhibitions. I'm silly this way? I will share a few of my better pictures randomly in the next few weeks. :)

We took a driving trip up the east coast, all the way to Montreal. Yes, 3,500 miles in the car...oh boy. It was kind of a vacation from everything. I didn't take a lot of photos, didn't exercise, didn't shave my legs. Ha
But what we did do is visit some family members and that was wonderful! With stops in Virginia, New York, and North Carolina we spent time with seven people I'd love to see more. ♥️
The leaves were starting to change. The weather, although a little warmer than they usually have, was beautiful! Our trip back had us pinned in at our stop in North Carolina from tropical storm Nate. Yikes!
I regret that I don't know how to upload my silly phone videos here, because I find them entertaining. Perhaps I'll look into that some day in the future.

Day One
Driving Into October!
#from the road

Interesting personalized transpo... ?
#fromtheroad

Give it a go.
#fromtheroad

A little family stuff. :)

My awesome sister-in-law offered to take me with her to yoga. I thought I was going to hang out with her and laugh at myself but I dug the class, too! 

Driving under the water always freaks me out. :)
Under the Chesapeake Bay....Yikes!

Ever see a guy dancing through a parking lot and he looks like he's dancing to the song inside your car?
"Well-a-well-a-well-a-well....tell me more tell me more did you get very far...tell me more tell me more like does he have a car.....
....summer days drifting away...but-oh those summer nigh-ights..."
He had shaving cream on his face. I know not why.

Just a drive by this time.
Very high on the list of places I don't want to be during the zombie apocalypse. :)

Fun! :)
Saratoga Springs is pretty cool. 
Live music, yummy food, pretty area.

Mirror Lake in Lake Placid is highly recommended. We stayed at a hotel called High Peaks Resort. Be sure to get a spot on the lake! 

I'm near the top of Whiteface Mountain wondering how I'm going to get back down. It's beautiful, the elevator is broken, Chris is at the top, and my legs are jelly. Haha
I don't think I'll be doing Machu Picchu after all. Wahhh...

Montreal....
As cool as it could have been, we couldn't wait to get back to nature.
But the music, the food, and french being spoken all around was wonderful!

Best wake-up greeting! :) 
❤ Praying Mantis ❤
(Chris took pic...I only have two hands.)

A little early for the full colors but have still had some golds, reds, and oranges...
Yes, this is through a window...forgive me.

Hello to Nate. Not the view of the mountains we're used to but still beautiful. :)

Don't they look suspicious? ha

Last sunrise of vacation. Wahhh...
 

Riding and riding and riding back home.
And listening to some awesome folk rock on one of my newly discovered radio station GotRadio Folklore. 

Human Rights

"The greatest glory in living lies not in never falling,
but in rising every time we fall."

-Nelson Mandela

Human

"...As we are liberated from our own fear,
our presence automatically liberates others."
-Marianne Williamson

And some silliness because we need it to survive....

I've been told I need to do self portraits. 
So here I am in my bag of Cheetos. 
You have to start somewhere, even if it's at the bottom of the bag.

Me at the gym today!
Ok, maybe not.
Me taking a picture of a picture on the wall at the gym today.

Good Morning Peeps

Pulled myself out of bed to try a run to the sunrise. The sun didn't really make a good showing but it's always worth the trip.
Have a good day. :)

Good Morning Peeps

Have a great weekend!

Welcome the Laughter of Autumn

🎶

It's a Groove Thang

Kickin' back this morning. :)

Give a Little Bit

🎶

🎸 Beyond the Horizon

Good Morning Peeps :)

The storm did not blow away any of the noseeums! 
Holy cow, stand still at your own risk.
I'm trying to ignore the new tropical storms and hurricanes my internet keeps showing me. At least until my apocalypse nightmares slow down to their normal frequency. :)
Is it really Sunday? The past week went really fast but last weekend seems like a month ago. Does this make sense? 
I hope you have a good day, peeps.
People still need help out there.

🎶 ...you're a disco reptile a funky alligator...

-Some throwback music to make me laugh this morning.
The gators are out and about.
It smells piney out at the park, like fall...sure doesn't feel like it yet!

Happy Birthday!

To my amazing Christopher. :) ♥️

Post Hurricane Irma

I'm adding a few photos from the past few days. I stayed on Facebook and Instagram but wasn't posting on this site, partially because Squarespace wouldn't allow me to save anything. I had a couple of videos, as well. If you ever don't see me for a few days, check there. :) The hurricane hit our area on the evening of September 10th and I'm posting backwards from today.
We're recovering! Looking back at the posts, it is really scary when a category 5 hurricane is headed your way. We were so lucky that it weakened enough and changed course at the last minute. We were also lucky to only have some minor fence damage and lose power. Many, especially south of us, are devastated. If you can donate, donate cash to legitimate organizations. Many of us had a lot of anxiety, expected. We were worrying about our families and friends stretched along the path, as well as ourselves.
There are jokes about eating all of your rations before the storm, but it's true. Nervous eating went into too nervous to eat anything. The frantic search for plywood, water, making bags of ice, filtering through tips and making sure you aren't doing the wrong ones (for example, dishwashers don't float). Putting together emergency bags with important documents and necessities (not suitcases because they won't stay dry!). Have you ever tried to pick out the only clothes you may end up with? Taking pictures of everything in your house for insurance purposes. People were freaking out to find water to purchase. Gas=Nope, gas stations running out. Cut down on your water use because the sewers can back up...if your house is still there. Close all of your doors inside, turn off your stove if you were cooking when the lights went out, empty your ice maker so when the power turns back on you won't try to use it and break it because it's turned into a solid block of ice. Generators!.....the correct and incorrect way to use them so you don't endanger the linemen or fry your circuits. Your pets!
Everything! I could go on and on and on.
I want to help people and have been offering constantly to everyone around me, including strangers. There have been a lot of stories of neighbors helping neighbors that are heart warming. People are mentally and physically exhausted.

Thursday, September 13th
Yoga at sunrise for the Irma warriors.
Hang in there peeps. Help your neighbors and take help when it's offered. 💛

Wednesday, September 13th
Good morning peeps :)
I hope you're getting back to normalcy. 
It's still not crazy hot again and the grocery stores are opening. But there are still a lot of power lines and traffic lights out of order and a ton of people without power so be careful. The power companies are working their butts off!
Let me know if I can help you.

Tuesday, September 12th
Sitting in my car to try to get better cell service and charge my phone. 
Although we are lucky because it could have been worse, it still sucks. 70% of Pinellas County is still without electricity and yesterday I heard them say half of Florida. The mosquitoes are loving this! 
I need to find a shower soon and start throwing out the stuff in the fridge before it starts to rot. Ewww....
Good luck everyone. I hope your safe. Please treat those darn stoplights as four way stopsigns.This is a long couple of weeks we're in but it'll be over soon.
💛 Peace out, yo.

Monday, September 11th
A couple of downed trees in the area because you haven't seen enough destruction today.

Sunday, September 10th
Godspeed everyone.
I'm hoping we're all left mostly in a position to help rather than need help. 💛

Saturday, September 9th
Sorry for the impression of vulgarity, but it's true. 
It's entering the radar. :(