Virtual Coffee

Hooray! It's Tuesday! Time to meet up with Amy for some Virtual Coffee. I had such a great time last week. I think I'm really starting to look forward to Tuesdays!

So, if we were really meeting for coffee today...I would have to be honest, and tell you that I'm pretty sure I've never really met anyone for coffee before. I love to have coffee in the morning...need it, actually, but I don't like to talk to anyone or think about much of anything while I'm having it...can't, actually. Well, I can, but it's not pretty. I would much rather meet you later for lunch, when my brain is functioning, and my mouth can speak coherent sentences.

What I can do with my morning coffee though, is take it out into the backyard, and photograph it, and laugh about what a weirdo my neighbors must think I am. Haha! It's the little things...

I'm feeling a lot like these two apples today...one rotten, one ripe...side by side in total contrast of each other. As soon as I saw them, I said, "Hey, that's me."

Yesterday would have been my 13 year anniversary, if I had stayed married, and even though I'm in a pretty good place about it all now, it still kind of makes me sad. I guess it's the ideal.

My parents got divorced when I was 12, so I always had it in my head that that was never going to happen to me. I wanted a 'normal' family, but what's normal these days anyway, right?

So, on one side, I'm sad about what isn't, and wishing that it was, but on the other side I'm grateful that it isn't, because life has become so much more. Rotten and ripe...that's me today.

And that's about it. Not too much else going on here today...ahh...so nice to say. It's just going to be me, the dog, and the rabbit hanging out at home, playing some loud music, and getting some cleaning done.

Do you have big plans for the day? I'm so glad we got together. Those flowers are from Macy's garden...take them home...I want you to have them.

Quote of the day - Everybody should believe in something. I believe I'll have another coffee. - Author Unknown

'F' is for Fair

...and Funnel Cakes, and French Fries with vinegar, and Fun!

We forced ourselves out of the house yesterday, and took a trip to the Great Geauga County Fair. It was a beautiful day!

The perfect kind of day to walk around, eat some sinful fair food, play some games, and absorb all of the swirling colors.

Blue skies, lemonade, and powdered sugar...that's the stuff dreams are made of.

'F' is for Foto, too

It's not, I know, but I'm taking a liberty here. I just wanted to share something with you, and I felt the need to be quippy.

I have a decent camera. It's not a great camera, but it's good enough for me..for now. It's relatively new, and I have yet to figure out all of the bells and whistles, or any of them. I just play around with it, and mostly I use it to tell a story, rather than take good photographs.

I rarely edit any of my photos either. Mostly because my monitor is broken, and I can't really tell if what I'm doing looks 'normal' on a normal monitor, but sometimes I play around anyway.

I don't have any fancy editing software either. I just use the Windows photo editing stuff, and that works for me...for now.

This photo below, obviously, has lots of sun glare, so I pushed it with the brightness and the contrast. It really doesn't look good before or after, but the difference between the two is exciting to me.

I'm excited and inspired to do more, to try more things, maybe even read my camera's manual.

I just wanted to share, that's all...for now.

Quote of the day - Fun is good. - Theodor Geisel

The Corn Fairy

The Corn Fairy came today! Aren't I lucky? There is an angel of a lady that lives down the lane from me. She called me up and said, "Kelly, I have produce. Drive your car down here and get some!" So I did.

Holy scarecrow, that's a lot of corn! She apparently received a windfall of things left over from the Farmer's Market today. I took the corn home, along with some other good stuff; eggplant, tomatoes, basil, and peppers, and divided it up amongst my neighbors. A couple of them weren't home, so I felt like the corn fairy myself leaving the bag at their door.

Now, what to do with all this corn...some corn chowder or corn salsa maybe? Does anyone have a good recipe they could share?

Quote of the day - Faeries, come take me out of this dull world, For I would ride with you upon the wind, Run on the top of the dishevelled tide, And dance upon the mountains like a flame. - William Butler Yeats

Under the Weather

It's gray and rainy here today, with some sunshine peeking through the clouds every now and then. It's a good day to lay low, and we are.

I picked Griffin up sick from school today. So we are all moping around here with some degree of cough, cold, fever, or stomach virus. I'm hoping this means we are getting our annual October illnesses out of the way early.

I'm actually kind of glad it's so yucky outside today. It makes snuggling up on the couch with a blanket the only logical thing to do.

How's the weather where you are today? Is it matching up with your mood?

Quote of the day - The best thing one can do when it's raining is to let it rain. - Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

Freedom?

I was wondering what I was going to do with myself, now that all three of my kids are in school full time. So far this is how I have spent my days of freedom...

Day One - stress all morning about Griffin's bus/seat belt ordeal, pick Macy up early from school and take her to the doctors for her well check.
Day Two - not officially a day of freedom, since Griffin doesn't have school on Wednesdays.
Day Three - successfully get everyone off to school, two hours later...pick Madison up from school sick.

I guess I didn't need to worry about feeling like I was suddenly going to lose my purpose in life. I have to laugh. Don't you love a little irony?

Quote of the day - Irony is just honesty with the volume cranked up. - George Saunders