I have trouble coming up with things to write.  I have plenty of photos but the stuff to write just doesn't come.  Like a reflection off the water, anything that touches the mind sends ripples through the though process distorting the memory.  I should learn to concentrate better.... but then my pictures would probably change since most are taken on impulse.   

I logged on today so I don't forget my password.  I should be outside fighting the bees trying to nest under my balcony.  It's a beautiful day outside.

Back again

I've sat here and tried to think of something witty to write but keep coming up blank. Facebook seems to take up most of my time. I hadn't thought much about my blog until I got an email notifying me about a post on my pictures of Mosheim.

I have taken pictures of places that don't get too many visitors now but are still vivid in many people's memories. It always feels good to hear from one of these persons. I am going to go through some of my photo's and post some more pictures of these out of the way places.

Thank you Ms. Dorothy Sellers Walcott for sharing your recollections of Mosheim.

The photo is from by back fence of the setting sun. Thank you all that have visited.

Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year!

One dead rat or a doggie snack

Two weeks ago both sons came over to help me set the storage shed on a better foundation. I locked the dogs up in their pen just in case there were any rabbits still living under there. We emptied the shed and moved it about 15 feet. There were still two young rabbits there and they took off running as soon as we got near them. Maiko found a mummified rat. He was so proud of the complete skeleton. I put a pan on the ground and told him to put it there until we finished working on the shed. He called his girls over but neither one was very impressed or willing to get near the dead rat.

This brought back memories of why Elfida stopped checkingMaiko's and Carlos' pockets when she did laundry. As kids they would put dead lizards, dead birds and dead bugs in their pockets. She had too many scares while checking pockets.
This was an impressive specimen and even my sister Dora would have been proud of it. It had skull, legs, feet and even the tail.
I collected skeletons too and had never gotten a complete skeleton. Well we went back to working on the shed. We did a great job on it. Maiko and Carlos screwed the plywood floor to the 2x4s we had laid under the shed. Elfida went and got some foam sealer and Maiko did all the edges to keep the rats out.
While we were busy doing other things. I decided it was time to let the dogs out of their pen. I don't like to keep them in there too long. The like to run around the yard and their is plenty of yard to run in.
I was by the side of the house when I heard Elfida screaming at the dogs. She screamed at one and then at another one and she took off running after them. I ran to the back thinking they had bitten one of the girls. Well, it wasn't that bad. Sister found Maiko's rat and took off running with it. Elfida saw her and screamed at her. Sister dropped the rat.... but as soon as it hit the ground Izma came running and snatched it up! She took of with it. Elfida gave up on saving the rat. So all we have are pictures and memories of this magnificent rat skeleton.....

Were did I go....

I have been here all along. Working, laughing, traveling, learning a little, living a little, etc. I was looking at two of our dogs as they slept. What a life. Sleep, eat, walk around outside, get hot, bark until they get back in the air conditioned house.

This one is to big for her bed, but her life is almost the same as the other dog's.