The Kitchen Rug

In the kitchen, there is a rug. 
It's a large rug, and it's nice and thin.
It's almost the weight of a very heavy blanket, with a little more tact.

Well, Pickles loves it!
It's where she is everyday when we come in the door.
She'll sit there..
She'll lay there..
She'll roll around and pull it up over her face.
She'll get a running start and burrow underneath it, so that it looks like this.

And then Cornbread comes along, and plays to.
But it's mostly Pickles having all of the fun!

Let's talk about 400...

When I become President, the first thing I will do will be to fix the area of highway around 285 and 400, particularly the 285 East to 400 North section.  It's a bit ridiculous in it's current state.  And although Gary says that that is a bit "selfish" of me given the whole state of the Union, I figure that if I have a platform and a goal, then fixing it right away would probably boost my approval ratings.  :)  Those are important, so I hear. 

Here is what I would do:
1. I would make the 3 right lanes applicable to the 400 North and South highway, and also the Glenridge connector exit.  By adding 2 extra lanes (one of which would be the connector exit only), I believe that there would be less of a line backing up for miles - which in turn would mean that persons incapable of waiting in that line (for whatever reason) would be more inclined to follow the rules and not be selfish pushy cutters...  By the way, it is amazing the amount of camaraderie and fellowship happens when people come together and try to prevent cutters!
2. Once you get into the 400 ramps, I propose one would go North and one South, or at least have 'exit only's with that middle lane that could be either.  Puhlease.
3. And then when you finalllllly merge onto 400, I think that it should be less of a 100-ft stretch before you meet oncoming traffic and more of a we-will-give-you-3-miles-to-consider-getting-over.  That would be your lane and no one already on 400 would be allowed to get in it.  I think it would make everything so much happier and copacetic.

Also, I would not be afraid of using those road divider pole things.  If people aren't willing to wait, then a divided lane will be erected to the effect that they will have to find another way around because, as emphasized, cutting will not be allowed!

I hope that these plans would make our one hour drive through the 3 mile stretch much more relaxed, and that the poor guy in the Jeep who kept ramming his body against his seat and pointing at the poor souls who could not wait, can find solace in the newfound order, as will everyone else! 

End of rant.  Debates formally accepted at this point, in writing only.
Future President Nancy, signing off.  All the best!

Boil-less

A watched pot never boils.

Plants

  Today, we played in the dirt (again)!  We are working on getting the house in ship-shape foor next week's soiree, and today we worked on the yard.  I found these huge coco fiber planters at Home Depot for 80% off original price and since we've been looking for something sort of like this, we jumped at the chance to get them and then went from there.  And today, while at Home Depot for some plants, we fell in love with the red twisted crotons, paired with these pruple flowers, and these yellow ones.  It's a lot bolder then we have gone  in this space so far, but I absolutely love it, and am so glad we went with this combination!  I am getting real good at planting things here in this space.  lol.  But hopefully, these will take and will prosper.  It'd be great if we could get a whole lot of rain!  That'd be so nice!

These huge bees were all over the flower at HD.  I refused to touch them!  lol.

In other news, I managed to get dirt everywhere.  I think that it's part of the process though.  Forget about just under the nails... we're talking on every inch of exposed skin, and in the nose..  lol.  But when you are digging up weeds, filling planters with soil, flinging soil everywhere, planting plants, and mulching, it's bound to happen.  And that's when  I feel really productive anyways... playing in the dirt is quickly becoming one of my favorite past-times!

I hope everyone had a great weekend!
A very happy Monday to you all!
Love!

Bird and Sky

I was glad to see some storm clouds today!  I know we had a teeny-tiny storm last night but it was dark when it happened, so we didn't get to see any of it.  But today, the clouds had been developing all afternoon, and by the time we got home, the thunder could be heard off in the distance.  And although it never got really close or really windy, we had a spot of rain, and some low rumbles.  It's been nice!  Oh, and we have quite a few trees that are starting to turn, and there were a few times throughout the day that I found myself watching leaves fall to the ground.

::sigh::

Fall is coming!  :)

But anyways, when we got home, I got out of the car and looked up to the storm-developing sky.  The clouds were a nice shade of gray, and just in front were the power lines and a little bird perched perfectly still!  The picture has a sort of vintage/ film noir/ Hitchcock feel to it that I love!  I like that the lines aren't parallel, and that the sky is soooo still in the background.  And the bird is a nice touch. 

CR Shadow



Today was long and busy and good!

And I'm sleepy...

Not much to say except that I liked the way the corkscrew rush had created a shadow on the chair cushion, as shown above.  Oh, and I think that 'CR Shadow' would make an excellent pen name!

Doodleler

It started with the grocery list as a 3-D box tunnel-thing. 

Draw a few lines, add some perspective, add more lines for weight, etc.

Then came the heart, the star, and then the whompy lines.

Eh, so I'm a doodle-ler.

But then I really wanted to doodle with the cool pencils.
So, I got my high school sketchbook out, and the woodless graphite pencils.
I turned to a empty page, and went to town.
... for a good 30-45 minutes.

It's an outlet... draw and shade and color-in.

I could probably sit and draw lines forever!  I developed a love for swirls and endpoints, and in high school, learned how to make lines look like the bottom of the ocean - with it's ebbs and flows and undulations.  It's soothing to look at, and soothing to create.  The simple act of drawing bumps on a single line and creating pressure points and larger and smaller hoops create illusions and waves.  And it's one of those little things that mades a rough day feel light. 

:)