Foto Friday: Lens-Artists Photo Challenge #143 – Colorful April

By chance I came across this website and photo challenge: https://shareandconnect.wordpress.com/2021/04/10/lapc-4/ It's an "old" challenge in that another challenge has already been made, but I consider the find serendipitous nonetheless. Here is my colorful April: On a recent visit to Timberlane Ravine park, we found evidence of a whimsical and delightful imagination a few yards…

Thistle Me Lucky

Last Friday we went on another bike ride to the St. Marks National Wildlife Refuge. Practice makes near-perfect. I'm becoming more comfortable riding bikes which is a good thing since my knees and feet no longer want to walk the miles we used to at the Refuge. I rode bikes when I was growing up…

Nature, nuture, nature #natureismychurch #SMNWR #magic

Monday (March 29) we went for a bike ride at the St. Marks National Wildlife Refuge. As you all know, the Refuge is my favorite part of north Florida. It's a magical place full of birds, insects, flowers, trees, marshes, swamps, turtles, and alligators, to name a few of my favorite things. Without further ado…

Flying Blue Flags #natureismychurch #prairieiris

You know the day goes by pretty fast when I affix myself in front of my computer. I was going to wax all poetic about the flowers I've been photographing lately, but, my, it's late in my day. Pretty soon the four amigos will start checking in on us as we work away in our…

-4 + 4 Weeks: Buds and Blossoms and End of the Line #retirement #cats #thelastManicMonday

My husband doesn't like my math. He's argued that, with respect to a countdown, this should be week 1, not week 0. But it is the week in which I become untethered, set adrift. To me, it's a 0. In a perfect world, it would be a relaxing week, the last three-and-a-half days of employment…

-3 + 4 Weeks: Cat Slumber Parties, Magnolias and the Moon

Raji spent Friday night inside the house with us. The temps were in the low 30s and we were disinclined to heat the garage again. As you know, Raji has been spending more and more time in our house, eating his meals on the other side of a bookcase from Junior. He had gotten to…

-2 + 4 Weeks: Almost Spring #nature #springtime #cats

It's almost spring here. We had a few days of warmer temps and the magnolia trees in my neighborhood loved it. I was only able to get out a little bit this week so this post will be light on photos. Work is winding up instead of winding down, and I guess I should have…

-1 + 4 Weeks: Life with Raji and Cheating

Before I get to Raji and cheating, I feel I should explain the math in my post titles. Originally I had planned to make February 4 my termination date, my last day with my employer. But when I told my husband that I had a month of vacation time saved up, he suggested March 4…

0 + 4 Weeks: Life with Raji and Camellias

I'm very happy to say that Raji's transport to the vet on Friday was smoother than I dared hope for. It only took several weeks of stoic patience (on my part) and routine before-meals petting and brushing PLUS one week of frequently feeding him in the new large hard plastic kennel PLUS dosing him with…

1 + 4 Weeks: January Is A Long Month #nature #trillium #LifeWithRaji

I can't believe we're still in January, that another whole week stretches before us. My wall calendar is covered with green X's, but still a whole week awaits me and my Sharpie. This weekend I was busy, busy, busy; again, playing at being retired (I'm not retired just yet). I bustled and hustled and wore…