Stubborn Leaves
by Lynn Daniels on Wednesday, December 3, 2008 at 2:00 pm
Today is a special day in my household; it’s my SoundGuy’s birthday. He’s– well, let’s just say he’s a lot older than me. Centuries. Eons. No big plans, though. I’ll pick up a cake at the grocery store and I picked up a gift for him. His birthday is tough with gifts, as so much of our money is going toward Christmas.
Kind of like how my birthday is tough because it’s right before Valentine’s Day. I think he got the shorter end of the stick, though.
I’m taking a few days off of writing to do some crafts. LittleDude’s teacher has a baby due soon, and I’ve got to get her gift finished so LittleDude can take it to school with him on Friday, her last day before maternity leave. I’m also trying to make a bunch of ornaments for the upstairs Christmas tree. This will be our first year with an upstairs Christmas tree, and I thought it’d be cool to have one with all homemade ornaments. I don’t know if I’ll get enough made before Christmas, though, so that upstairs tree might be pretty naked.
Maybe we’ll just dub it Naked Tree.
Oh, and it’s December! Do you know what that means? It’s time to check in with Huey, Dewey, & Louie in my front yard. If you need a refresher on last month’s look (for comparison purposes, of course), you can find that post here.
Now, for December’s pictures. What a difference a month makes! I just went out and took these about an hour ago, so they’re extremely up to date.
Here’s the first picture. As you can see, the leaves have most definitely changed color. You may also notice that many of them are still clinging to the tree. The bane of SoundGuy’s winters.
Picture #2. SoundGuy actually foiled my plans this year. The leaves you see strewn across the yard are those that have fallen after SoundGuy’s gone out twice during the last month and cleaned them up! While many of the leaves are from our trees, we’ve also got a forest across the street that deposits beaucoup leaves in our yard.
And finally:
I realized that I had managed to decapitate the trees in the first two photos. That’s what I get for being a smart ass and running outside in my t-shirt (it’ll only take me a couple seconds!) to get the shots. In 46 degree weather. I’m lucky I was able to hold the camera steady. Seriously. So anyway, here’s Huey with most of his head intact to show how many leaves he’s still holding on to.
And now I leave you. I’ve got to get crackin’ on that baby blanket! Have a great day!
Saturday Shot-Free
by Lynn Daniels on Saturday, August 16, 2008 at 11:25 pm
I’m sorry to say there won’t be a Saturday Shot this week. We’re still waiting to see if the company we brought my storage drive (the one that died) to will be able to retrieve the data. They needed a drive to transfer the retrieved data to (if they’re able to retrieve it), and SoundGuy brought them the drive I had all this year’s vacation pictures stored on. But he didn’t give them the picture files; those he transferred to our second computer — the one he does all his video editing on. A great idea, since that computer has tremendous drive space.
What it doesn’t have is any photography programming. My pictures are there, but I can’t do a darn thing with them. Can’t even view them! One of the hazards of shooting in the RAW format instead of JPEG. But you don’t want the technical details, do you? 
This week, I’ll be backing those photos up to DVDs, and then I’ll be able to work them on any of the computers. Which means the Saturday Shot will return next week.
Right now, I’m going to go grab a beer and enjoy a little Andy Griffith after seeing the weirdest night of dirt track racing I’ve ever experienced.
Hope you’re having a great weekend!
The Pickle and the Otter
by Lynn Daniels on Thursday, August 14, 2008 at 11:15 pm
So we left off in the last post at the Bear Hollow Wildlife Trail with Dill Pickle and the aardvark. Across from their enclosure is the cute little opossum. Many people don’t find these creatures cute, but this one just captured our attention. It could be the expression on his (her?) little face with eyes that reminded us of one of our dogs. That and the fact he/she stumbled around the cage as though drunk. MiniMe and I stayed and watched it for a while before SoundGuy and LittleDude joined us and we were ready to move on.
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Eagles and Bobcats and Bears…oh, my!
by Lynn Daniels on Monday, August 11, 2008 at 8:02 pm
Six days a week, I get my kids up in the morning and we all drive to our local high school to walk two miles around the track. It’s been good for me — I’ve dumped five pounds so far. 
But a couple days last week, we skipped our walk in favor of trips to the zoo.
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Leave it to Me
by Lynn Daniels on Tuesday, April 22, 2008 at 10:42 am
With all the doom and gloom I’ve been erratically posting lately, I thought I’d give you kind of a fun story today.
Okay, so the real reason I’m posting this is I finally got the pictures downloaded from my phone. But it’s still fun. Trust me.
Week in Review
by Lynn Daniels on Saturday, November 17, 2007 at 10:05 am
But just the good stuff, I promise.
First, I have actually made headway with NaNoWriMo. Not as much as I’d like, but I did it. However, it does look like I’ll have to put it aside — and that I’ll explain later. At least I know I was capable.
Yesterday was a HUGE anniversary for me. A day known in my household as THE BIG DEAL. And one that makes SoundGuy turn to me every so often and blurt I’m so proud of you. Yesterday at 12:00pm, I was officially a non-smoker for 18 months.
Saturday Shot 08 SEPT 2007
by Lynn Daniels on Saturday, September 8, 2007 at 9:02 am
Once again, I’m giving you slightly different Saturday shots. Heather had asked if I was going to post a shot of me all dolled up before last month’s formal gala. These are the pictures. Not the greatest — the lighting really sucked — but you’ll get the general idea.
Don’t They Have Any of Their Own?
by Lynn Daniels on Thursday, August 30, 2007 at 11:48 am
The other night, I was helping SoundGuy update his resume.
Okay, I’m being kind. I wasn’t updating anything. I was trying to pull the damned thing together. From notes he’d scribbled down on scrap paper while at work.
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