Empty Nest

So I was playing today...

Thanks to my daughter and Pioneer Woman , who I thought only cooked.  I just wish I had Photoshop, but she helps with Photoshop Element.  Here are the two I messed with today..

This is before


And this is after...
I don't know if there's much of a difference, but maybe I need to play more..Flower is pretty though!!

Sunglasses?

Don't you think he's wearing sunglasses?  Although, sure hasn't needed them around here lately!!!

Half Better

Every single rechargable battery in my house was dead or.......me thumping it a few times worked.  I took the picture above, now if I could just figure Photoshop's little tricks I'd be fine...Now, anyone with any ideas why my other computer isn't even acknowledging the wireless network?

OUR TREE..AT THE OFFICE

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This weeks theme is "Plastic"
This is the first thing that came to mind.  The birds that I watch outside my window feed all the time out of the "plastic" feeders I have for them

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Today's theme is FUNKY...so I found this funky photo of my funky doggie at a family get together.  He was keeping company with two grayhounds.....hence the expression on is face!!!

This Morning..

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Today's theme is Tiny



This is one of the many really tiny little finches that gather at my bird feeders.  I've so come to enjoy watching them and trying to get a picture.  Thank goodness for zoom lenses!!!

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Today's theme is "shadows"

Today is Zoots birthday, you know the one...my daughter
So, in her honor, here is a picture of her, her son and my son visiting in November of 2002.  I love these children and grandchildren of mine so much. Please go wish her Happy Birthday today, won't you?

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Today's theme is "Sweet".  Is there anything sweeter than brother and sister playing together?  Especially when they're your grandchildren?   

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Today's theme is "shiny" so here's one I found that fits even if it is out of season


Maybe it'll help when its 90+ later today!!

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Todays theme is art. I've decided to use the best "art" pictures I've got. The ones crafted by God so we may all enjoy them...



I could look at these all day long.....Have a nice weekend..

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Today's theme is cooked/ing.

Here's Maxi meeting my dinner

Here's the pots our dinner is going into


And here they are......right before they turn into our dinner.....

My son and his fiancee came for a visit and this is what we had for dinner.  What a treat and a wonderful time!!!!

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Today's theme is childhood...This is LilZ in a box I made for him one year for either Christmas or his birthday.  He had so much fun with it.........

Picture

This banner is the view down a friends driveway.  I love it..that's all..its pretty

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Today's theme is "Steps"....
What could be better than a child discovering their "steps" and having a ball doing it

This is a shot of my granddaughter having a ball with her Dad!!!

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Today's theme is "Empty" and rather than just leave my blog here and declaring it the picture of the day I found this one.  It's of out Thanksgiving tables before everyone got there.  It was the first Thanksgiving dinner my sister ever hosted and it was so wonderful.  It brings back some wonderful memories.

The picture on the table is of our mom.  I love that picture too!!
Have a great weekend everyone

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Today's theme is architecture
I looked and couldn't find anything that went with the usual interpretation of "architecture" so I used the works of the best architect I know.. Use any name you want

Here's two of my favorites...Enjoy

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Today's theme is ANTIQUE...since there isn't a picture of me available I'm using this one.  I don't really own anything antique either but I did find this picture of my grandparents and my godfather. I think it was taken in or around San Francisco which is where he lived.

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Todays theme is broken

This is a picture of my son and his dog Sadie.  It breaks my heart that I'll probably only see my son once a year but the fact that I'll probably never see Sadie again really breaks my heart. I fell in total love with her.  "Broken Heart"
CLARIFICATION: Sadie isn't dead they just live so darned far way I can't see me ever seeing her again. but she is very much alive, many apologies if I misled anyone;

No, I'm not crazy...Mr Linky was giving me some issues this morning and I tried it....Now I don't know how to get myself off of it..............such is life

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TODAY'S THEME IS "SILVER" AND THIS IS EXACTLY WHAT POPPED INTO MY HEAD AS SOON AS I SAW IT...AND NO, I DIDN'T TAKE THESE PICTURES, I'M CONFESSING IN ADVANCE BUT I COULDN'T THINK OF ANTHING ELSE TO PUT UP..........

AND ONE MORE

This was one of my favorite shows when I was growing up and I loved "Silver" the horse..Have a great Saturday everyone, I just woke up..

Project 365-Day 2

I bit my nails...just started after quitting for nearly 20 years.  Go figure..So in my quest to stop I did this this weekend.   Now I have to type..............

Project 365

I'm going to do it...Project 365.  A picture a day, not of me, for a year.  What a challenge and maybe what fun.  I figure that I may have to take a picture of the phone book some days but we'll see. I'm also setting up a set at flickr for them too...So, in the interest of starting somewhere

Here is day one my doggie in heaven

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Today's theme is "Wild".  I found a few shots of some wild weather moving into town last May...Of course if it had the thunder it would be much more "wild"








And this "wild thing" was the first thing I saw on my apartment wall one morning.....I'm not a big spider fan...

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Today's theme is Technology...The one item that came to my mind (besides the obvious) was this little thing that Miss Zoot gave me for Christmas in 2004.  I love it and get it out first every Christmas

The picture doesn't do it justice, it turns different colors every few seconds.  They love it at work as well. 
The next is the obvious, my brand new laptop that I'm getting more and more fond of every day..

And just one more as I get a little sappy here but......
A picture of the beauty of God's technology and after all, he started the whole thing!!

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Today's theme is "NEW" so..

How about a brand new day!!!

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TODAYS THEME IS LINES...

I've found two...first the lines made by the planes.  Which is beautiful first thing in the morning.

The second is these lines, which are so ugly but so necessary...

MERRY CHRISTMAS TO EVERYONE.  BE SAFE

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Today's theme is RED.  Here's a few
What....you didn't think you'd see a tree?

My granddaughter in her "lobster" costume

My sisters lovely Christmas Footies

And finally, one of Zoots bostons, asleep on a red couch, under a red quilt..

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TODAY'S THEME IS LIGHTS



The lights of my life..

MMS

I found this on my phone. I took it one morning this past week as I was leaving for work. Kinda like it.

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TODAY'S THEME IS "PLUSH"
I forgot about today being Scavenger Saturday so I had to look for some pics that fit the category.  Here's a few..


The first one is me and both kids at Biltmore house many, many years ago.  The second one is Kudzu which,I know is a PIA and not good for everything it covers..it can be beautiful, and then next two are doggies in their plush environments.  The picture on the left is Maxi, my baby and the one on the right is four dogs on Chrismas afternoon......
Have a great weekend everyone.

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Todays theme is growth....

This one is of me and Zoot when she was born


and this is Zoot all grown up with NikkiZ today.


Those daughters just grow on you before you know it..
**She's running her first 1/2 marathon today.  If you get a chance go see her and say "hi". She's nervous as all get out**

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TODAY'S THEME IS WINDOW(S)

THIS ONE IS MY WINDOW AT WORK


THIS ONE IS MY BEDROOM WINDOW


HAVE A GREAT WEEKEND EVERYONE!!

Camera phone

Evidently the camera is working now....all at once....New phone new system etc...I'm going to watch Heroes  Night

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TODAY'S THEME IS SAFE!!


The world is safe from the lobster or....the lobster is safe from the world...
Happy Halloween folks


and here she is free and happy

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TODAY'S THEME IS DREAMING..
TODAY THE VOLS PLAY ALABAMA IN FOOTBALL..FOR PEOPLE OF MY GENERATION THIS IS THE BIGGEST RIVALRY OF THE YEAR.  BEATING ALABAMA CAN SAVE A FOOTBALL SEASON SO.........JUST IN CASE

This is Lil Z celebrating that wonderful win so long ago.  There are no pictures of me that morning for very good reason..

Here he was the day of the game.  Zoot worked very hard raising him just right.
So many of Vols fans consider the third Sat in October the day to dream.........today is no different.

I KNOW....

I'll go to work today......Saturday...whoopie!!  Loving this computer conversion stuff.  So in honor of that and the fact that this is Scavenger Saturday here is my tribute to lost....as in a big ol' fog...

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"LOST IN A FOG OF COMPUTER CONVERSION"


AND ON MY WAY TO WORK ON SATURDAY AGAIN!!!!  LIFE IS GOOD.
Oh yeah, and I didn't take this, draw it animate it or anything.  I just feel like that this week...Lost!!  Happy Saturday everyone I'm off to work!!!
Of course I do appreciate the fact that I even have a job and fully intend to celebrate that fact as soon as I have a day off..

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TODAY'S THEME IS SLEEPING

If this ain't sleeping...I don't know what is!!!


My Sons dog Sadie at Christmas...knows how to celebrate doesn't she


and last but not least
My sweetie, probably watchng football!!

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THIS WEEKS THEME IS COMFY


THIS IS BAMBI MY DAUGHTERS CAT.  I TOOK THIS ON MY VACATION THERE IN 2005

THIS IS ONE OF THE BOSTONS...CISCO I THINK

AND THIS IS MY MAXI

IF YOU ASK ME, THREE VERY EXCELLENT DEPICTIONS OF COMFY FOR SURE!!!

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TODAY'S THEME IS EYES

My Grandson today


and my Granddaughter today
I am truly blessed..

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This week its "looking up"
Now I could have put clouds, God knows I've got a ton of those pictures, but...I thought I might take a different turn on that and show the one person I looked up to more than anyone else in this world..And she is my Mom.  She's been dead since 1992 but there isn't a day that goes by that I don't think of her. I think of her when I'm happy, when I'm sad, when I'm pitying myself and every other time.  She always had something for me no matter what. So....

Here's one of her having a great time at a family picnic.


She NEVER threw wrapping paper away.  She was the mother of seven kids and she just didn't throw it away. 


And here's one of the last ones of she and I together in the summer of 1991....Goodness I miss her. 

I don't really know why that hit me for an idea of looking up but it did and I'm sharing it.  I hope you enjoy.

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THIS WEEK IS "ON THE ROAD"
THIS WAS MY FIRST THOUGHT WHEN I SAW TODAY'S THEME...HEY..THEY'RE ON THE ROAD!!

ME ON THE ROAD IN DECEMBER

AND HERE'S SOME KUDZU BETWEEN KNOXVILLE AND NASHVILLE...
Have a safe Holiday weekend everyone.....

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TODAY'S THEME IS "BLUE"..and while I thought of a lot of ways to use blue, I stumbled on some of my favorite "Amazing Circles" and decided to share them...

This one is a Christmas Decoration, on my tree..


This one is at sunset one day


and this one is a day in January, outside my front door.
Thanks to Deb for showing me how to do these..

Scanning..

So I spent a good part of this afternoone scanning old pictures and sending them to Flickr....I have come to one conclusion.....I have the slowest scanner this side of the Mississippi..........geeze..But this one is cute

This is my Mom. I still miss her so much

You can go see more at Flickr if you have an urge, or not.  Anyway, scanning is just plain tedious and you should see the pile of pictures that I have...whooo. Don't forget BB tonight.. believe me its going to be rather interesting...I think

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TODAY'S THEME IS "YOUTH"...GREAT TIMING FOR ME..

My Grandchildren were here last weekend.  I've got so many pictures, and wonderful memories.. Enjoy

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TODAY'S THEME IS FUNNY

I can not wait until they get here this afternoon.   Babies discovering what their faces will do are just a riot.....!!  Have a great day everyone

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TODAY'S THEME IS PETS/ANIMALS..I LOVE IT!!
HERE'S MY BABY IN ALL HIS GLORY

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TODAY'S THEME IS "ACTION"
SEE.... THERE IS PROOF THAT MY GRANDBABY IS "SUPER"...SHE CAN FLY..
HERE'S MY BABIES PLAYING ON THE BEACH AT SEA ISLAND GEORGIA....

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TODAY'S THEME IS "DOOR"

My originality is dead today but I did find this one of Maxi in front of the sliding glass door to my patio. This place, in front of the open glass part, is where Maxi would spend every waking minute if I'd leave it open. Oh for the day I have a fenced in back yard!!!

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TODAY'S THEME IS SIGNS(S)

 SIGNS OF SPRING
OK. I'll admit, I forgot.
 This week has been so confusing with a holiday on Tuesday, 
and I didnt' take my camera anywhere so.... 
 I went through my pictures and found a few "Signs"....

SIGN THAT I MAY HAVE TRULY LOST MY MIND



OR THAT MAYBE ITS JUST SENILITY..