it's contagious

even with a good night's sleep, his mornings usually start out with something similiar to this...

continuing with this...

and ending like this...

he knows he will have made me yawn, too.

did you?

be blessed,

t



there are wild beasts, even in the morning

not-a-one came back into the house.

they were all bundled up nice and cozy.

 one may have been ready to get up before the others. 

 this one looks like he could still get his sleep on.

because the wild beast seems to be still lurking around.

 do you suppose he will be ready for what is to come?

they were sleeping on a TRAMPOLINE after all.

be blessed,

t

sleep overs

i grew up with winter's weather being 70 degrees one day, and accumulating 5ft of snow within the next.

if we were lucky the wind chill didn't make it down to -40 below.

remember how we used to walk building to building at SHS during those blustery days?

last year, here, we had at least 2 snowfalls that accumulated up to 1.5 feet, each snowfall, by Christmas.

i never would have thought that yesterday's sleep over would take place where these wild beasts wanted to sleep.



on. the. trampoline.

the weather was beautiful.

probably won't be a nicer night the rest of the winter.



it's amazing what you can see in the night time sky.



it was Airforce One, passing by.

their tough exterior say that they were committed to sleeping out there all night.

we'll see!

happy Sunday, my friends!

be blessed

t

if you can't pick it yourself......

you probably know that i miss hawaii.

and if you don't, you don't read nearly enough.

i do.

immensely.

last weekend i picked up something that reminded me of driving up to the north shore.

there is nothing like the smell of fresh pineapple.

cutting them can be a little tricky.



you have to make sure you cut the core out. it's rather tough.

but when all is said and done, you have a delicious little snack.

i needed this today.

be blessed,

t

house hunting

we've decide to take the plunge....

and buy a home!

unfortunately, because we want to stay in the same school district, it means nearly cutting off our limbs to make that happen.

so while i wade through the few houses that are listed, and which are mostly out of our reach, i look to see how i can make the house my home.

and you know where i found it, right?

you can find it here



i fear my kitchen will never be this big, but a girl can dream, can't she?

and so on with my day i will go... hunting for the perfect dwelling we can call home.

be blessed

t

pets

some of you have commented on photos of O and Rubicon from yesterday's post to facebook.

she gets her name from being a red (Rubi) tailed boa constrictor, and from Con: the constrictor from "the Jungle Book".

here she was in j's hand, Dec of last year. she was no more than 6 months old.

here she is yesterday at a little over 18 months with my favorite O.

she's kind of big, yeah?

she climbed up the vacuum handle (shown in the background of the second photo, and climb onto the table lamp)

do i touch her? no

am i scared of her? maybe, but i won't tell for sure

do i feed her? yes

what do we feed her? live rats called crawlers. the last time i fed her i really wanted to keep the rat, instead. it was so cute. really. really. cute. it broke my heart to use it as a source of food. but that's life.

whose snake is she? j's. he got her for his birthday in 2010.

and yes, sometimes she gets out of her cage when we have it open, and it takes a bit to find her.

and yes... sometimes that is scary for me.

in other news...

i am taking an online Jack Hollingsworth iphoneography class today and tomorrow.

do you use your iphone for photography?

do you know the ins and outs?

what are your favorite apps for shooting/editing?

next week i will be posting what i've learned, so don't forget to check back.

be blessed!

t