My Guys

I got to spend a little time with my boys this weekend, and got to meet Bryson's girlfriend Shaylynne for the first time, too...I thought I'd share a couple of pictures of my boys, and of me & Adam...

Bryson w/his girlfriend Shaylynne - happy 7 month anniversary, guys!

My Zack, being Zack...

Me & Adam one night at dinner, taken by his son Koty...


Captain Adam on Saturday morning when we took the boat for a spin at Kerr Scott up in Wilkes. (Sorry it's so small ... I took it w/my cellphone.)

A View from the Hamptons

Okay, for those few who don't know...Adam and I are buying a place out in the country, up in Hamptonville, to have as a place to escape to on weekends. Okay, reality check...Adam's buying it, but he says it's "ours", so I say it's "ours"...and I love saying that. We were both born & raised in the country and love it, and it is so beautiful and relaxing there. Right now we're spending time trying to get the yard under control (waist-high grass takes a while to get knocked down), but I took a few minutes to snap some pictures of the views...

What's even better than having a barn & farm animals? Having neighbors who have a barn and farm animals! (Then you don't have to worry about the upkeep, feeding, etc...you can just enjoy the views!) This is part of the field that butts up to the front yard...

And here are some of the goats and sheep, and there's also a donkey...and possibly other animals that I haven't seen yet...it's a big field. You might want to click on this picture to make it bigger so you can see them better...

Daisies growing wild in the back yard...

A cool almost-irridescent mushroom in the back yard...


And here's the piece-de-resistance...the views of the sunset...

Ahhhhhh....now do you see why we love it so much????

The Ol' Fishin' Hole

Saturday night and into Sunday morning my dad and I went on our annual Father's Day Fishing Trip. This year we went out to Jean's in Mocksville - a place we used to go fishing a lot when I was a kid. I have many memories of toting carp around the pond to the scales, and when I was little it was always a thrill to get to have that important job. These days we go and let someone else carry the heavy buggers! Anyway, it was hot, but we had fun, and the weather cooled off pretty nicely once the sun went down. Only 2 carp were caught, but it was more about spending time together than how many pounds of fish were caught...though incidently, one was 12 1/2 pounds and the other was about 6 1/2. I got a few shots of the pond and the clouds, and one pretty cool one of the underside of some tree branches (don't ask me, it just looked like something cool to take a picture of!) in the dark. So where are the one's of me & Daddy? Or the fish? Ummm....all I can say is that I'm not perfect, and I missed a few good shots. I will definitely have to do better next time!

The pond by daylight w/Daddy's rods...

Cool clouds...

More clouds...

The pond at dusk...

The pond after dark...


See...I told you it was pretty cool!!

The Trio

I have spent the day at my Mom & Dad's house, and a good part of it was spent playing around with the digital camera and our dogs. (Sometimes this is a good combination, sometimes not!) Today turned out to be pretty good...we got some decent shots, along with a lot of the inevitable butt shots. During all this play-time I tried experimenting with some of the different options on the camera that I've never really tried before....different ISO speeds, different color choices, etc. I still have more playing to do before I get this thing completely figured out, but I thought some of these pics were just too cute not to share...

My girls Jazzie & Tinker, and Mom's girl Daisy,

looking like they've been interrupted in the middle of

plotting the downfall of the treat jar...

Tinker loves watching the squirrels and birds out the window,

and raising hell at the occasional person/dog/leaf/bug that happens to go by...

Poor Jazzie - I think it's time for another trim -

I promise that there are eyes under all that hair!


Who me? What? Are they laughing behind my back?

The three stooges...Tinker, Jazzie, and Daisy

...I love the old-timey feeling of this one...

The Clearing

Over the past few weeks the lumber companies in our area have sold out of lumber and nails as people began building their own arks. Okay, not really. But with all the rain we've had, it wouldn't come as a surprise that someone out there might have tried. The days have been dreary, one lead-gray sky after another. Friday night we finally started to see something other than a dull gray outside, and hmmm....who do you think was there with her trusty camera? Here's a few shots taken late in the day....

This was what first caught my eye as we came out of the store...

...quickly followed by the two scenes below, which in my opinion are even prettier...