Picture Pages

Mom, Dad, Tam and Kyra went to Yellowstone in July and had a blast. These are some of the pics Tam took with mom and dad's digital camera. I've decided I want this camera. Not that the camera did all the work by itself. Tam is a darn good picture taker person. The buffalo in the pics tried very hard to keep my family from crossing the bridge on which he was standing. Maybe he was expecting a toll. Or maybe he was protesting the invasion of humans on his stomping grounds. Who knows? But, when it's a buffalo vs. your vehicle you should probably let the buffalo win. They can leave a pretty big spot on your paint job.


This bird is a Western Tanager. At least I think that's what Tam told me. All I know is that it's pretty. The following pic is a moose that Tam spotted. They were all playing the "Spot the Animal" game. Kyra saw a grizzly bear but because (for some reason) they decided to keep their distance the pic came out kind of fuzzy. Or maybe that was just the bear. Anyway, Tam got credit for spotting the moose but dad took the pic.


The final pic is just a pretty spot that Tam liked. She thinks it should have scripture with it. If you have any ideas please forward. She would love feedback.


Anyway, I hope you enjoy the pictures. I hope to go back to Yellowstone some day. I went when I was young (I think I was 9 or 10) and all I remember is Old Faithful. Sad, but true.

I hate Fall!!!

Okay, not really. I'm just frustrated that with the change in weather I am having allergy problems. Normally this would just be a nuisance but I'm going to a SCW retreat this weekend in which we sing for hours and I'll be glad if I can muster up a soft croak. Grrr!!! However, I have found that when I get sick my voice gets deeper therefore taking me from a tenor (okay, contralto) to a low baritone. Yes, I do feel feminine and dainty, thank you for asking.

Speaking of singing...if you're one of the 2 people who read this you need to check out this blog: www.thesearemychurchclothes.blogspot.com. This is an OLD (tee-hee) friend of mine and I just logged in to see what's new in his world. Apparently, it's a song. He recorded it in his garage and I think it's pretty darn good. Despite his disclaimer. Actually, it just dawned on me that one of the two people who read this blog is the person I just mentioned so Robin, go check out Tim's blog. :-)

I just realized when I published this post that the link mentioned above isn't set so that you can just click on it. As my head is in a fog right now I can't be induced to figure out what I did wrong. Let me tell you, though, that it is worth the two seconds it will take to hi-lite, copy and paste the link into the browser.

Okay, me again...I added a link to Tim's blog in my Links section. I already knew how to do that so I didn't hurt any brain cells with the effort. I'm okay...really. Well, sorta anyway.

Fall

I am so ready for Fall to get here. The weather has been cool in Oklahoma the last few days and has really made me anxious to start bundling up in warmer clothes, making cold weather food and kicking back with a good book or movie. Not to mention the fact that it's nearly hockey season. I overheard someone the other day saying that some of the hockey games have been cancelled due to the fact that the games conflict with the OKC Thunder. I haven't checked yet to see if this is right but if it is I guess I'll have to find it in my heart to forgive them.

I am going to the Pumpkin Patch with my family again this year. If we can talk dad in to going it will be the first time we've all gone together. I'm sure that most people would think this is not too incredibly exciting , but I have looked forward to it the last few years. You get to walk out in the patch and pick out however many punkins you want to take home. The kids get in free if they wear their Halloween costumes so it's a lot of fun to see them all dressed up. My niece went through the corn maze last year and had a blast. She got through in no time. I would have been hopelessly lost. Somehow, last year I got wrangled into scooping out all of the punkin guts before we carved them. Oh well.

Not a whole lot else is going on in my world right now but I seem to be constantly busy. How does that happen? I know that once I'm back from the trip to the Pumpkin Patch I'll go full in to Christmas mode. I wish I knew now whether or not I am going to be able to go home for Christmas. Here's hoping.