I was not alone

Ever get the feeling you are being watched? It happened to me today. I had no idea, however, just how small the eyes watching me would be!




Sauve-toi!
Scram!

Remembering Red with an open letter

Where are you now ole buddy? Are you enjoying the wet fall mud under your feet? Are you well fed? Where do you sleep? What do you eat? I hope you have someone to throw you a frisbee. Red I just want you to know I still love you and miss you, and if you should come home, it would be a glorious day, Love, Pam

Halloween 09

Ok guess this picture is sideways, thank you Imac!

Chicken Mushrooms! WOw these were good!

A Miracle!

Last night, after a week of sleepless nights, posting flyers with my contact info (which were pulled down by the next class periods) I got a call from a professor that he had my flash! I am so relieved. As soon as I get it I am uploading all the photos to photobucket and our new portable hard drive. He apologized, saying, it seems I have put you through some distress! He said he realized when he saw my flyers that it was mine. So my efforts did pay off eventually. So many people thought that I wouldn't get it back, and that my photos had already been deleted, and the flash drive put in to use by the "thief." I am so relieved. I think I said that twice. Ok THIRD time...

I AM SO RELIEVED!!!! The above photo was taken at the Great pumpkin patch in Arthur Illinois, long before Martha Stewart was aware of it. If you are in Illinois, you must go there, take the kiddies, it's a blast.

Riding ahead

To the future with what I have, a lovely child, sweet memories, and a bright future.

Melancholy frost

Did you even pause for a moment to look at my photos before you deleted them? Ten years of precious memories. The day we got Red. the day Leah got Bunny, little Nibbles. Did you notice her hair in Heidi like braids, smiling before the Christmas tree? Or her pretty skirt and clunky boots as she stood nervously on stage, singing her first solo? So many memories I cherished, preserved in that little chunk of plastic. Why didn't I plug this into the new computer and upload it? Why didn't I print these photos? They are all gone. My 2 semesters of work, hard won little triumphs for a woman of my age, returning to school. all proudly bearing my name, did you even glance at that? No you took the $25 monetary worth of what you found, and deleted the memories which now only reside in my heart of hearts. I feel so violated, like the time I was robbed of all my childhood jewelry and victorian silver right before I was married. The thieves took many memories then too. But this is far worse, you stole most of the pictures of my only baby, you thief. If only if only, I can't sleep, can't dream. The pain of this loss festers and digs at me constantly. I prayed you would turn in my little flash drive, you thief, but it seems you decided that $25 was worth more than another persons thousands of memories.

It's fall, y'all!

Here's this years hen of the woods mushroom. Not so big, but oh so tasty! I haven't had much time to go mushrooming. School has kept me busy. I did substitute teach last Friday for the first time this fall, and it's soooooo much easier being a teacher than a student!

Here are some photos of my last foray. I don't know what these are.

This is the path, and it is very steep, and the large root is a step up, although it isn't too obvious from this picture.

Another view of the trail.

These tiny pearls are mushrooms! So incredibly lovely! Pearls of the forest!

American slippery caps in my yard. These went into the frying pan and then into veggie lasagna with white sauce. It was pretty tasty, but I wish I had had some asparagus to put in it.