Friday, August 14, 2009

I've been busy...

Chasing spiders with a ginornous red truck...
Taking kids to Oreo stacking contests at tiny grocery stores...
Stacking 17 Oreos, the Kid won!
Finding just exactly the Crepe Myrtles covered with Spanish Moss that you might imagine...
When Moms stay up til all hours of the "ahem" morning drinking Lemon Drops the kids will put themselves to bed...

In the recliner...
In the rocker...

And of course the couch...

Some mornings even Opal doesn't want to get out of bed...

Adventuring here...
Looking at Mother Nature's porn...

Aaahing at Mother Nature's cathedral...
Posing for terrible photos...
Taking good photos...

Taking bad photos of waterfalls...

Going down 232 stairs-and then back up...
Observing strange fungi...
Applying "permanent" purple make-up...

Posing for a gratuitous bikini photo...
Saving a snake the size of a linguine noodle from a spider web...

Running from the PoPo cause we were having too much fun...
Laughing with my sister about our horrible dining experience...

Enjoying a small park in a tiny town...
Admiring my artist in residence at work...
Proving that my eyes are blue...
Pondering the whys of crooked trees covered with fur...
Ooooohing over boat shaped houses...
Aaaaaaahing over lighthouse shaped houses...

Checking my bank account to see if I could buy this $1.5 million house made out of grain silos...
Excavating fishy remains...
Observing cousinly love...

And cousinly annoyance...

Enjoying time with my sister at sunset... Being grateful for that one last great day with Loved ones...

I have indeed been wonderfully busy.

18 comments:

Amy said...

LOVE,LOVE,LOVE THIS!! Great pictures and wonderful captions. Thanks for sharing your fun adventure with us.

Brook said...

Amy-it has been the most wonderful of times! Better than I can say. I still hope to "drop by" on my way back up-late next week, maybe Thursday?

Huff Daddy said...

Nice, very very nice.

Amy said...

maybe Thursday. I am working till noon Thur and Fri-but anytime after. :)

Brook said...

Amy- Working????????????!??!?!?!?!?!?
Ok. That would not be bad with my timeframe. email me your # on FB and let's try!

Dark Cloud Nine said...

that picture with blue eyes? love it!! should be your FB pic :) you bombina.

Love the "roman photo" vacation story.

Dark Cloud Nine said...

oh duh, can I take my comment back? I feel so dumb.... but I loooOOove the pic!!!

Brook said...

DCN-no need to take it back, upon due consideration I did indeed change my FB photo. How did things go in NY? Roman Holiday'ish I hope. Damn, with all this travelling I'm getting used to, anything seems possible these days-even popping out to SD for a few days next year...Are you feeling more the "thing" today?

Dark Cloud Nine said...

YOU ARE SO COMING TO VISIT ME WOMAN!!! whenever!!!!!!!

NYC is great :) I loOOOOove this city I loveitloveitloveitloveit!!!!!!!

I love this place!

Brook said...

DCN-I am sooo glad to hear you are loving it after your Paris visit home-and yes, next year...I am there chickie!

Amy said...

DOnt freak-it is just 6 hours a week-on Thur and Fri morns when Logan is at Mothers Morning out...this was 2nd week. It is at my last job. The Lawson Neel MEdBank-think FoodBank-but RX drugs.

Brook said...

Amy-sounds like it's the perfect job til Logan is up and running at school. Maybe I could...nahhh!

PorkStar said...

Very nice pictures and that one of you laying down is absolutely beautiful.

Brook said...

Porkstar-why thank you! Are you off to Europe soon? I need to check your blog huh?

Victoria said...

These are great! I, too, love the blue eyes photo.

I feel sort of like I've been on a vacation seeing your photos - thank you!

The waking dream thing - yes. Totally.
:)

Brook said...

Victoria-So you think they are blue too? B(my oldest)has convinced herself that they are green. I would love to have green eyes really but they're blue! It has been a busy crazy summer, surreal in many respects. I have found myself looking back at the photos I've taken repeatedly, trying to convince myself that indeed it has happened-especially since now that it is nearly over-with me barely having had time to catch my breath-I find it incredibly hard to remember.

Nej said...

I'm living vicariously through your vacation photos in this post!!! I'm without words, the pictures and comments speak for themselves!!!

Brook said...

Nej- =)