mountainmelody

grasshopper

Oops.
--thought in the middle of the night when I realized I had left the folding chairs on the porch

Uh oh.
--thought a few minutes later when I heard a chair fly through the air and crash into things

Ooooh.
--thought when I heard that my work was delaying opening all the way until 8:30

Hmmm...
--thought when I went outside and saw that both chairs were still in place, and realized that something else must have been flying through the air

car (I don't park under a tree)

For those of you who haven't been here, here's the view from my house (when there's not a hurricane).

pre-hurricane sunset

sunset

leaves

bush

flowers

I just heard that noise again: the one that sounds exactly like a squirrel, cat, or possibly larger animal just hurled through the ceiling and crashed into the bathtub.

If you were here, you would think it sounded like that too.

But I never do find any squirrels in the bathtub.

roof

weed

crack

pot

Things I Like
The smell of rain
Going barefoot
Email
Hiking
Cookies, brownies, ice cream, candy…
Mountains
History
Playing on the internet
Sleeping
Planning/administrative details (especially for events)
Traveling
Children (other people’s)
Roller coasters
Alabama

Things I Don’t Like
Out-of-focus projectors
Loud, obnoxious people
Practical jokes
Smelly animals
People who think I’m a college (high school, middle school…) student
Background noise
Watermelon
Calling people on the phone
Being late
Stupid people
Traffic
Seafood (unless it's fried)
Dressing up
Days it gets dark at 4:30

shadows

What I need to do:
Clean my house
Do laundry
Cook some real food
Get caught up on my work
Call some people about church
Get a life

What I am doing:
Nothing
Eating junk food
Reading
Sleeping
Taking pictures
Playing on the computer

:P

I know you were wanting to see some pictures of ants today.

upside-down ant

ant dance