day 355

This is part 1 of 2 from the Minnesota Zoo.

I went sunday to work out the kinks of my new lens.

Can't remember what this thing is

Bald Eagle

My relatives :)

day 354

just a couple of photo of the effects from the storms over the weekend - more of just me taking photos than the damage

Tree branches everywhere

my vines were all wind blowen

day 353

My back yard was invaded by ANTS!!!!

grandma

My parents are here! However Ana is still not sure about my mom...my dad however she likes. It should be interesting when they watch them. I hope it all goes well.

sleep

no blog today...I need to sleep but not sure if I will be able too.

damn dogs :)

service

Most of you know I have 2 cars. I never sold one after Joe died I just kept both of our cars. Also you might remember the terrible experience I have at Borton Volvo in May when I brought my car in to be services.

With one bad experience in the car world and being busy I never got around to getting my other car's recall taken care of. (I never drove it all winter or spring) Till now. I drove out to Wayzata which is on the west side of Minneapolis to bring my car. I didn't bother asking for a loaner car because it was an afternoon appointment and Borton was always out and gave you an Enterprise rental car which seams like a lot of monkey business.

Anyway I got there drove my car in waited a little bit then a guy helped me got me a loaner car (with out me asking) and said my car would be done at 1:30. I got a sporty little number that if you barely touched the gas pedal you were going 80 and didn't even know it.

When I picked up my car, they called to tell me it was ready on my cell. (Borton never called my cell called the house which I thought was strange since they asked what number they should call) I got my car it was washed and if you can believe this they even filled it up with gas at no charge!!!!!

What a different experience with my two cars...

sweets!

I know alot of you have been giving me a hard time and some think it if cool that I have been doing the vegetarian/vegan thing since February.

Saturday my friend Ben got married to Julie and they had a dessert bar after the wedding. I gave in to peer pressure and had some...ohhh that was a mistake. My poor tummy did not like that I was bloated till Monday morning and felt bad and sluggish.

I knew I felt good starting to eat healthy but I guess I didn't realize how good I felt until I ate stuff I shouldn't eat.

Just another reason to not eat processed, dairy and other bad foods. You can be sure I'm not going to do that again, well not until I have pain chocolate for breakfast in Paris :)

day 346

I don't need to go to Scotland anymore...Nessie is in lake harriet!

Weather in Edinburgh today 65 where nessie is 68 with showers till June 29.

foxy friday

Foxy has really had a rough year since Joe died...She had the anal gland problem, then all her teeth pulled and now...She went to the vet yesterday to have her rabies shot and heart worm test. When they were talking blood for the heart worm she moved or something who knows what really happened but basically the needle rip her vain and she didn't stop bleeding for a while and had to have a big blue bandage around her neck.

Then I got her home and she started to puff up...back to the for a vet for a benadryl shot! Seriously my poor little girl.

Mom help me get this off!!!

day 342

I thought I would show you Joe's neighbors. I also got some new camera accessories so I went practicing in the cemetery. I can't believe that it is almost a year since the accident. Some days went by fast other dragged on...

Mr. Stockman - his family sold all there plots and Joe is now apart of his family plot.

Practicing my depth of field/aperture technique - took me many tries to get this right

The Hughes are right across from the Stockman plot