203/365 Framed

'A Plan and A Plane"

This is a very quick photo before we head out the door to the airport.  Stay tuned for pictures from England over the next two weeks!

202/365 Urban Art

"Urban Art Texas Style"

Nothing says Texas better than a big ol' armadillo.

201/365 Shades of Blue

"Packing Shades of Blue"

Sorry, I forgot to post this yesterday.

Shades of blue should have been a no-brainer for me.  Everything in my physical world is blue because blue makes me happy.  Unfortunately, I didn't have a whole lot of time to give to this today.  We are leaving Monday for two weeks in England and so were busy getting stuff gathered and packed.  As I separated my clothes into the stacks of requisite concert black and the other stuff, I realized I had a huge stack of blue clothing.  Big surprise:-)  So here is today's photo - my shades of blue wardrobe.  Nothing special, but it is me.  I once heard someone say, "I don't wear outfits; I wear clothes."  Yep, that's me.  I  grabbed a bunch of my favorite stuff.  I hope when we get to England, I have something that I something to wear that doesn't make me look like a poorly dressed gypsy.

200/365 Two Scoops

"Frozen Family Fun"

Today was one of those days when everyone was a willing participant in the daily photo.  After a nice vegetarian dinner at home, prepared by Brooke, we headed to our local frozen yogurt shop for two scoops - each.  Mine is the one in the front - cake batter and cappuccino yogurt topped with reese's peanut butter cups and graham cracker crumbs.  Yum!

199/385 A Source of Happiness

"Eat, Drink and Be Happy"

I am blessed that there are so many, many things in my life that not only make me happy but bring me great joy.  Most of those things I photograph often.  I decided today to head toward the silly rather than the serious side of things that bring me happiness.  This is not to belittle the prompt but to attempt to document all the little quirky things that make me, me.

For the most part, we eat fairly healthily.  We buy organic and make and prepare most of what we consume.  I, however, do have a weakness for animal crackers, not just these iced ones, the plain ones too.  These just happen to photograph better.  As a child, my mom would give a box of the Barnum and Bailey animal crackers, you know the ones in the red and yellow box with the four animal pictures on each side and a shoelace-like handle, to snack on as I sat in the grocery cart.  They also took me to my happy place through all of the stresses of college and graduate school.  And diet coke . . .all I can say is that there is something about those bubbles.

We all have our weaknesses.  I feel so much better now that I have shared one of mine with all of you.  And in case you are wondering, there are plenty more where this one came from.

198/365 Begins With "S"

"S is for Strawberry"

I waited way to late in the day for this one - after choir rehearsal and a few beers at a local night spot with choir members as we celebrated our last rehearsal before leaving on Monday for our two week tour in England.

197/365 I Spy

"I Spy, You Spy"

I'm not sure whether this picture is I spy a cat in a box or the cat spies me with the #*@$ camera.