Tuesday, June 09, 2009

That's MY World!

Another bug...
~dancing~

What is it with me??
I think I take a half-way decent artistic kinda photo...
And discover it contains a BUG...
of the real-life kind of variety.
Darn it anyhow!

And on the home-front?
Here's the snapper nest. Just ripe
with eggs soon to hatch!

~~~

xoabb
expect anything!

Monday, June 08, 2009

Le Chat says: I ALWAYS DO...

What I want,
Where I want,
When I want!
So, FEED ME!

~

Tho I love him, I'm not sure he's even a nice cat...
Most of the time, I feel I'm just a provider of his food...
But maybe, just maybe he has a heart and loves us too! 
That's what I'm thinkin'!
And I'm thinkin' I'm right...maybe...


~~~

xoabb
expect anything!

P. S.  Stella-dog adores him (and he adores her), so he really is a very good cat just based on Miss Stella-dog's judgment. It's a love-fest most every day between the two of them. Works for me! 

Sunday, June 07, 2009

Sunday Serenity

All Children are precious,
Eager eyes, willing ears,
Lovingly nestle to be near,
Waiting patiently, a tale to hear,
All Children are precious.
~Charles Garcia

~~~

xoabb
expect anything!

The above is a painting by artist Gretchen Greene of her granddaughter.
It ~speaks~ to me. Those eyes are incredible!
(Gretchen happens to be my sis's mom-in-law. She's good, isn't she?)

Saturday, June 06, 2009

My Community Garden...disaster...

5/27/9
I don't know...maybe I'm not cut out to be a gardener.  BUT
try I will! It's been incredibly cold and rainy here in the 
northeast, but still...could the plants planted just grow???
6/1/9
I guess not.

~~~

xoabb
expect anything!

Friday, June 05, 2009

Thank you!

Thank you for all your birthday wishes, my most dear friends & family. It truly meant everything to me. I had a lovely birthday - took the day off and slept in. Had a great lunch with Julie and that Mental Mama...and then spent the rest of the day preparing a ginormous amount of food for tonight. Yup, tonight's the night Julie threatened me with dire things if I didn't help her asked me to help her prepare (from beginning to end) the dinner for her school's closing house. 150 adults and 150 kids. I've never done anything this big. And it's the first time in my life I've gone to Costco and totally filled 2 shopping carts plus a dolly! It was simply thrilling! We got done around midnight. I am tired. If you have a minute, send good karma our way for a successful evening. I'm more than a little nervous!
~
My SWF photo is courtesy of my mom and the beauty of Missouri last spring. I'm at work and it's the only sky photo I have.

~~~
xoabb
expect anything!

Sky Watch Friday
Do join us!

Thursday, June 04, 2009

It's My Birthday...

POOH!
(But MUCH better than the alternative. ;-)

~~~

xoabb
expect happy!

Wednesday, June 03, 2009

NYC! To a T!


Toppled
West Side of 80th Street, 5/23/09

Tribute
Riverside Park, 5/23/09

Trail
Riverside Park, 5/23/09

Tell...
...me! What is this flower?
I've never seen it before...
Riverside Park, 5/23/09

Twisted & True
Twisted rail & a True friend
Riverside Park, 5/23/09

Squirrel
Ok, so that doesn't begin with a T, but it is just one letter off,
(plus I wanted to see if anyone was paying attention)!
NYC Boat Basin, 5/23/09

Touching
Apparently this is how one parks in NYC...
Makes leaving just a bit of a trial.
80th St. on the West Side, 5/23/09

Toes, such purty toes...
Anyone know who they belong to??
(Not giving it away by linking - ya gotta guess! You'll get it! Or not!)
Somewhere in NYC, 5/23/09

~~~
xoabb

expect anything!

ABC Wednesday - It's T!
Do join us!


6/3/9 NIGHTIME UPDATE - YUP, DARYL'S FANCY-SCHMANCY TOES ALL-THE-WAY! ;-)

Tuesday, June 02, 2009

My World Tuesday

Monday through Friday I travel down the road that skirts the Saugatuck River. No matter what the season, there's always something happening on my river (yep, I've claimed ownership). Because it's a river with tides, it's even more changing than inland rivers. 
If I didn't live on my adored pond, this is where I'd want to live. Perfection having that dock to walk down and be able to feed the birds of the river! 
Other activities are taking place, too. Crewing from The Saugatuck Rowing Club, is always happening in the no-snow months both when I drive to work, and when I'm going home. I understand they have a river crew class for women of a ~certain age~ that's really really good exercise. I've successfully avoided that class thus far. (And I expect this state of affairs to continue into the future.)
Oh, and someone's fishin'! Wonder if he caught his dinner...

~~~

xoabb
expect anything!

~

Monday, June 01, 2009

The Wild Blue Yonder


The Wild Blue Yonder, originally uploaded by annbumbly.

A Meal Paid Forward...

I was asked to Pay-It-Forward.
Such a good thing to do.
Dinner for 100!

An explanation: I was the happy recipient of not one (Diane) but two (Daryl) friend's pay-it-forward posts. Above is my pay-it-forward. In their names and in the name of all the good folks that comment here I've made the above donation to our local shelter. Don't know if they'll actually make a spaghetti dinner with the above, but all the ingredients are there if they want to! (And yes, something special is coming to MPM's picks amongst the commentors! I'll email the winners.)



xoabb
expect anything!