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I found a small patch of Bluets on the lawn yesterday. Fortunately, the weather was oh-so-good that I laid belly down on the ground for a sweet little cuddle with my macro lens to get a closer look at these fairy like flowers.
And, now I most go get dolled up. My husband is taking me out for dinner tonight! I promise to chew my food.
Teenage daughter: "Mom! Where'd you put all my clean clothes? I can't find any of my hoodies."
Me: " I washed 'em, folded 'em and put them in the basket for you to put away."
Teenage daughter: "Well, I can't find them anywhere. I looked everywhere. I even checked in eldest daughter's room and they aren't in there either."
Me: "Well I promise I didn't eat them."
Teenage daughter: "But I have noooooooooo clothes to wear unless I find them."
Me: "You should have put them away when I asked you to."
Teenage daughter thinks for a moment and then looks inside her closet: "Oh there they are. See, if you hadn't made me put them away, I would have found them immediately."
Me: "It is my fault then?"
Teenage daughter says with a smile: "It will always your fault."
....And this said on the morning that she went to get her drivers license. She passed.
And here is something fun to ponder. The same gentleman who granted my daughter license to drive in the state of North Carolina is the owner of Meth Dog .
Remember those winds that I talked about in my previous post? Well, they whipped up a mighty brush fire between the Watauga and Caldwell county line in the southen section of Blowing Rock early this morning so I've not had much time for pleasure photo snapping. As I post this, I still smell of smoke.... just heard several homes are being evacuated so I must leave you but will update you later this evening.
I don't mind getting dirty, but I must take a shower or else I get downright ill-tempered. Just ask my husband and children. It is a long story, but basically my mood is caused by a leaking water heater that flooded our basement last night....
On to other things. Here is a photo of a robin singing. Is it happy? Probably not. At the moment I took this photo yesterday, it was pouring rain and about an hour or two later, winds gusted to 60 mph. This morning there was a dusting of snow on the ground.
I'll post more later, after I have a shower....
There is no better smell this time of year than freshly turned soil. Truely, if the musty smell of dirt don't get your sap risin', then you must be dead already. Today I joined some of my husband's friends who teamed up their horses to plow an acre or two of soil near Ridge Rd in the northeastern part of the county. I didn't know at the time that my husband likes these folks and often frequents their local millwright shop but nevertheless, they made me feel welcome as I took oodles of photos. They even let me lead the team for a couple of seconds. S'ok, I even let Kent hold my camera and take my photo for a couple of seconds....
'Why do you continue to do this?' I asked one of the fellas.
'People pay good money for this kinda therapy,' was his reply.
Indeed.
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