Tuesday's Sunny with a Chance of Frog 09-06-16

Copyright 2016 AJ Horton

Hello and happy Tuesday.  Today, it looks like it's going to be sunny with a chance of frog!  Well, what do you know - my forecast came true!  Relax, I'm not psychic, I just ordered up a sunny day after the Tropical Storm Hermine came through (it happened) and the frog - well we were just lucky.  He was found at the bottom of a 5 gallon bucket filled will water from the storm.  I'm guessing he was just drying out after he was pulled from the water since he let me get so close to him without jumping.  

There was a time I didn't really care for frogs.  They're slimy, I always thought they caused warts, and some of them are even poisonous.  One day my mother told me that she loved frogs and everything changed.  I started looking at frogs differently, I began to appreciate frogs and now I love to see them. My mother died over a year ago and now, every time I see a frog I think of her, and smile. 

I hope you have something you can look at and smile today.  Thank you for looking.  See you tomorrow.

Monday Love 05-09-16

Copyright 2016 AJ Horton

Hello and happy Monday.  I'm thinking a little love is in order today.  I have for you a flower from the hibiscus that my sister, Toni, and I bought to pay homage to our mother, to her life, to her love of life, to her beauty - inside and out - to her adventurous spirit, and to all the love, laughter and adventure she brought to our lives and to those knew her.

I've always liked the hibiscus flowers, but I just never looked at them closely until now.  There's more to them than just a pretty flower.  They are beautiful - inside and out - just like our mom. 

I hope you had a beautiful and love filled Monday.  Thank you for looking.  See you tomorrow.

Almost Full Moon For Sunday

Moon Day

Copyright 2015 AJ Horton

Happy Sunday to all.  This moon I found big and orange on Highway 501 on Saturday night.  I had to stop, get out and take pictures of course. To me, the moon looked closer to the traffic than I what shows up on the photo.  When that happens, it is actually an optical illusion and the actual reality shows up on camera.  I thought about splitting the image, taking part of the space out and make it appear how I viewed it last night, but then I thought, "nah, it's good like it is".   It, to me, looks like a panoramic shot.  And maybe I will, one day, split the picture up, take out all that black space between the moon and cars and put that big, orange moon closer to the cars,  I think that will be cool, too.

Another thing about how that moon looks to me - it looks like there's a face in it.  I see the eyes, the nose and and mouth,  Can you see it with me?  When I was younger, my mother pointed out that face to me, and to this day, at certain times, I see that face again.  And I smile and I think of those times with my mother.  (We'll talk about what we find/view in the clouds another time.  :)  )

I hope you had a sensational Sunday.  Thank you for looking.  See you tomorrow.

Thursday's Flight

Copyright AJ Horton

On this Thursday, I stood by and watched as the MOST wonderful person, who I have loved longer than I have been on this earth, flew above the clouds to HEAVEN.  She was always my biggest supporter, but never let me get away with anything.  I always got caught when I did something wrong.  She taught me so much, she encouraged me always, she helped me even when I didn't know I needed help.  She always had my back.   And now, I had to have her back.  She told us her wishes, she actually put her wishes on paper so we had to abide by them.  And we did.  Today, an angel flew above the clouds, we stood by her and supported her decision as she began her new adventure.  Oh my, how she love adventures.  My life has been one great adventure after another.  Even when she made a wrong turn and we became lost, instead of panicing, she would just laugh and say, "We're not lost, we're just off on a new adventure."  

So today, my precious Mother, my precious mentor,  you go on this adventure and you leave all of us on earth that love you so much and you enter a realm we can only imagine.  I am heartbroken!  What am I going to do now?  How could you do this to me?  I didn't have enough time with you.  COME BACK!!!  DON'T LEAVE ME!!!  I LOVE YOU!!

And then I come back to my senses, and I realize that this is not about me.  This is not about what I want, or how I feel.  This is about her.  This is about what she wants.  I love her so I support her, so I will do what she wants no matter how I feel.  But it's not easy.  I don't want to - but it's not about me.  But I don't want to.

I know you'll always look out for me, but you won't be "here".  You'll be above the clouds.  That is just not the same.  You know I will talk to you every day.  But that is just not the same.  

There are a lot of things, that, from now on, won't be the same.  One thing that will be the same - FOREVER - is the fact that I had the greatest MOTHER on earth and for that I will be eternally grateful to GOD for gifting me with you.  You will always be with me.

I LOVE YOU MOM!  HAVE A GREAT NEW ADVENTURE!