Summer is winding down......

The shadows are getting longer...even for Gidge!

Wow! What a terrible blogger I am! I guess the nagging and guilty conscience of starting something and not finishing it has finally persuaded me to get ‘er done. Thanks, Dad…all your seemingly endless supper time lectures about finishing what you start were not totally wasted! I think what has really done me in, is Flickr. Ever since I got an account with them, I just plop the photos in and I’m done. That is just lazy and like I tell Jim, that is an excuse, not a reason for not doing something.



Pretty soon the frost will be on the gourd..oh wait..it's on the punkin!

Here we are close to the end of another summer. For most people that is a sad thing, but I’m not usually too sad to see them go. This one had some very hot days and I don’t think too many of us enjoyed it. Thank you Delaware Electric Coop for not giving me a stroke when the bill came in this month! That poor AC was a chugging along nonstop several days last month and it was still 85 degrees inside! So, I will not be sad to see that kind of weather go. I know we are not out of the woods yet, but every day brings us closer to fall and cooler weather.







Oh how I wanted to pluck this last, lonely beauty from the tree!

Finding interesting things to photograph this time of year can be a challenge.  It's kinda of in between the verdent landscape of summer and the awesome colors of autumn.  That leaves us with dying plants, harsh shadows and bugs.  Bugs make great photo subjects but trying to get a good shot is like trying to get a good shot of a toddler!  And I'm convinced it boils down to one thing...dumb luck!  So, I figure if you keep trying you just might get that one awesome shot and if you don't, keep trying anyway!

I finally got that kayak I wanted and have so enjoyed going out and paddling around some of Lower Slower’s ponds. It has afforded me time to just think and relax and reflect on things. I’m not a particularly busy person but it seems that my mind is always in 10 different directions; thinking about what needs to be done right away, tomorrow or 3 weeks from now. I also spend a lot of time thinking about the next vacation. Sometimes you just need to “be” and relax and quit trying to force things into those compartments in your mind.

I do enjoy this time of year even if we do get a few more toasty days. I always looked forward to going back to school and meeting up with friends again. I didn’t get to see too many of them during the summer; only the one that I could ride my bike to and luckily she was only a couple of miles away. I always looked at the new school year as a fresh start, a time to try and get it right this time! I think I have still carried some of that with me into adulthood. Labor Day is kind of my, take inventory, clean out the closet, see what is working well and what is not and get off my butt and fix what isn’t time.  I know most people do that at New Years, but hey, what can I say, it takes me a while to get with the program!





pretty soon we will see more of you!

It’s been an interesting year so far. I’ve met new people and developed deeper relationships with people I have know for a while. And like most things in life, some of it has been good and some not so much, but regardless it is a very important part of life. Those experiences create who we are. I always am curious as to what makes a person tick and I want to know their “story”…’cause good or bad, we all have a story. I firmly believe people come and go in your life for a reason. Some become part of your life and some are just passing through. I don’t want anyone to just pass through my life. I want to hang on to them and find out how they are supposed to fit in my life. I liken it to how my Mom used to holler at us kids when we kept running in and outside to play, slamming the screen door with each pass. “Either stay in or get outside!” I want everyone that comes into my life to be a “stay in”.  They have to be in my life for a reason, so sit and stay a while and let's figure it out!  The best part could be just around the corner!

The upcoming fall and winter gives us that down time to think and reflect and remember what is important in our lives.  And to dream about what the next great adventure might be! And what cool pictures are out there just waiting to be taken!  Bring it on!!!

better not fiddle too long, winter will be here before you know it and the ant is already way ahead of you!!