Saturday Springlike thoughts

Copyright 2015 AJ Horton

It's Saturday!!  We worked all week for this.  And here it is a gorgeously sunny day.  Very soon the roses will be in bloom and we won't have to buy the greenhouse ones.  I love real yard grown roses.  They smell so good.  When you buy ones from a greenhouse, like the ones above, although they are very pretty, they just don't have that wonderful scent.  And when spring is here even the air seems sweeter.  I don't know why that is, maybe it's all in my head, but the air is just, well, better.  Of course there is that pollen stuff and I have many allergies, but that doesn't stop me from enjoying the beauty, the warmth, the roses, the extra daylight.  

Oh, that reminds me, remember to set your clocks forward one hour before you go to sleep tonight.  Yippee!  I hope you had a great Saturday.  Remember to stop and smell the roses.  Thanks for looking.  See you tomorrow.

Friday's Sunset

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I know you've been busy all day working toward the weekend.  Congratulations, you made it!  This is today's Tega Cay, SC sunset.  We had been out all day and were ready to get back home.  But, when I saw how pretty the sun was we took a detour to the "beach".  To the left we could view the actual sun setting, but there was also a "cloud" coming from the nuclear plant across the lake so I ruled that out.  It was still pretty though, just not what I wanted to show you.   I find myself staring at this photo and getting lost.  I can enjoy the Friday sunset as long as I want.

I hope you had a wonderful Friday.  I hope that, no matter where you are, you enjoyed your sunset and now are enjoying mine.  Thanks for looking.  Have a great after sunset Friday.  I'll see you tomorrow.

Thursday and I need Water!

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My big alligator is so dry, it needs water!  Since it's so rainy here it can have some of mine.  And it's cold again, so back into hibernation it will go.  Fortunately for me this alligator lives in one of the Florida Zoos.  According to the defenders.org website, there are 1.25 million alligators in Florida!  Now that's a lot of gator.  And this one has a little lizard hitchhiking on top. I guess it's a gator wannabe.  The website says that alligators can swim swiftly because of their tail and on land they can "move quickly for short distances".  I have actually seen an alligator run.  A friend and I were riding on a bike trail in Florida when I saw it.  Thank God that part was fenced!  We stopped as all of a sudden the alligator began running toward a small retaining pond and then rolled down the small embankment before the egret could react.  I thought the alligator moved very fast that day and from now on I want to always be behind a fence when I see an alligator.  

I hope you had a great Thursday.  Maybe you enjoyed the rain.  Maybe you're in an area that didn't get any today.  Maybe you'd like some rain like my alligator.  Either way, I hope you are having the day you want.  Thanks for looking. No matter what the weather, I hope you keep a sunny outlook!  See you tomorrow.

Wednesday???

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Wednesday?  What can I say about Wednesday?   This ostrich from one of the Florida zoos is curious as to what I'm able to say.  Well not much unfortunately.  He has me mesmerized with his eyes.  All I want to do is stare back.  I'm pretty sure that, since he's now a photograph, that he will win any staring contest we/I play.  And yet I continue to stare at him.  I wonder what he was thinking at the time.  Was he wondering what that weird thing was at my face making that clicking sound?  Was he thinking that was actually my face and how strange I looked? Was he thinking I was annoying him and wishing I would go away?  So many questions come to mind.   I think maybe I'm the only one with questions.  Maybe he has no questions.  Maybe he lives just for the moment.  Maybe there are times that we all live just for the moment - and that's when we have our most memorable times.  Yes, maybe. 

Were you able to have some "just for the moment" times today?  Something you'll remember and retell later?  As the days and years pass, is it easier to have those times?  Or is it harder?  So many questions.

Whatever happened today, whatever you did, I hope you enjoyed it. It is Wednesday after all and the week is half way over.  Always a reason to celebrate.  Thanks for looking - even staring if you wanted.  See you tomorrow.

Tuesday Talk

Copyright AJ Horton

 So it's Tuesday!  Wanna talk?  This baby cardinal does.  I'm pretty lucky because this one and his/her family visit my yard often.  I've seen them from very little to this size to growing up and leaving.  The parents seem to stay and have a new batch every year.  I love having birds in my yard and watching their  interactions with each other.  They bring a lot of joy.  And, with the bird feeder properly placed, I can get a lot of pictures which also brings me joy.  They enjoy being fed and I enjoy photography.  It's what I'd call a win-win situation!  Haha

I hope you had a good Tuesday and there's something/someone in your life at the end of the day with whom you experience joy.  Thanks for looking.  See you tomorrow.

Headless Monday

Copyright AJ Horton

Monday's here!  Back to work.  Remember your head!  LOL!  So many of us go back to work on Mondays and just put ourselves on autopilot.  We go through the day not thinking of how we could make things better for ourselves or others; not wondering about new ways of doing "the same old stuff"; we just do things the same way because, well, "this is the way I've always done it".  So we just trudge through the day hoping it will be over soon and we can go home.  But today I challenge you to take your head to work with you!  Bring it out from where ever you keep it on Mondays and use it.  Yep, it's the same old stuff today, but you can make it better.  You can have a different and better attitude.  You can find a new way of doing at least one thing differently today.  You can make today great!  And, at the end of the day, you can go home with your head up and know that this Monday was your best Monday.

My bird is a shy bird.  I found him in Charleston, SC.  He still takes me back to the fun I had on that day.  And he reminds me of how I, too, feel on Mondays.  So I'm going to take my own advice and go about my Monday with a better attitude as well.  I hope you have a wonderfully marvelous Monday.  See you tomorrow.

Sunday's Friends

Copyright AJ Horton

Today is Sunday.  I've had a long day.  It's late as I write this.  And as I look for an appropriate picture that lets you know how I feel about Sundays, I come across this gem.  Sundays are special days and they require special feelings, special events.   As I look at this photo of my friends I am taken back to a special, although cold,  day in northern North Carolina when we joined a group for a paddle down the (I believe) Roanoke River.  We paddled, we talked, we laughed - an all around great day.  Isn't that what Sundays are about - getting together with like minded people and celebrating  the joys of this earth and of our creator?   This is my "church".  I don't need a building.  I need the creation.  I need the earth, the sky, the trees, the water, the family, the friends.   This is where I feel closest to my creator.  I believe this particular photo was taken on a Saturday - but it was MY Sunday, MY most grateful day of the week.  

Thanks for looking.  Hope you had a great Sunday celebration.  See you tomorrow.