Today Was The Day

Ugh....today was the day of my annual physical.  You know the one where you drop and spread your legs. At least I have a female doctor so there is no modesty issues, just the whole idea.  And now it is on to blood tests, mammogram & bone density, yurk.  I don't know about you, but I get myself all worked up about it. Yesterday that was all I thought about, silly me.  I have always been blessed with good health (knock on wood and say a little prayer) but as the age numbers climb I think I worry more about the what if's.  When I look at the obit's in the newspaper there are way too many that have passed on that are far younger than me and honestly I am not ready to leave yet.  Way too much left to do, places to see, people to meet.  You know.

Anyhoo, after leaving the Dr.'s office I treated myself to breakfast at Burger King, now wasn't that just the smartest thing to do after a physical to stop at a fast food joint???  But I did have orange juice along with a croissant with egg & sausage and their tasty little potato bites.  Hope that was so small you couldn't read it.  I decided to take my tasty breakfast down to the Riverwalk, enjoy my breakfast and stroll along the river, along with camera in hand (ofcourse).

The spirea bushes are in bloom....

Along with the brightly colored yarrow....

A dragonfly stayed still enough long enough for me to grab a shot....

And I spotted this tree that had the most beautiful red leaves, reminded me of Fall, oh no, not yet, we haven't even reached summer.  I think the young leaves were red and then changed to green as they matured, but they looked really beautiful against the bright blue sky.

And as I was walking back to the car I spotted a butterfly.  I was so excited you would have thought I found a wad of money.  I hardly saw any butterflies last summer so to see one this early in the year I almost peed in my pants, altho I didn't because I had left said pee in a cup at the Dr's office.  (too much information??)

Oh and if you have a chance, please hop over to my collaborative blog Focusing On Life where I teach you all about roses, what their color means and what the significance of the number given.

And fyi, these were all taken with my new lens, the Tamron 16-300mm.  It is very similiar to my Tamron 18-270mm but I have banged that one up so bad that I can't even get the polarizer off to give it a good cleaning.  And in my post yesterday I called a clematis a peony....age, I am blaming it all on age.

Until next time...

Good Fence Thursday

Didn't want the day to go by without posting to Theresa's (TexWis Girl) Good Fences meme.  I have always loved fences, I used to join Fence Friday's  on Flickr before I began blogging.  That seemed to inspire me to look for "out of the ordinary" fences each week.  So I am happy, happy that Theresa is now my inspiration for fence lookouts.  And speaking of happy, happy would ya look at those peonies??!!  They are so big and fluffy and multi-petaled they almost look like mums, but mums don't climb fences like these lovelies.

"Ridicule has historically proven itself a rickety fence for great ideas."  ~  Vanna Bonta

 Until next time.....

Spectacular

It's raining and very cool today, hasn't even reached 70 degrees, but that's OK...we have had some rather spectacular days lately, so I guess we need to balance our spectacular with some little less-spectacular. And speaking of spectacular....I got my new lens today.  Yeah, I know, it's raining so I really can't test it out quite yet, but I did take a couple of shots from inside looking out.  This one is thru the front window in the rain...not bad huh??!!

And then there was these two from the back porch....

I can hardly wait until I can take it for a real run....like to the Arboretum.

You would think I had a thing for pink wouldn't you.  I'll admit I do love pink in the garden, but then I love reds & yellows, & blues & purples...oh sigh, I just love summertime.

Read any good books lately??  I just finished "What Alice Forgot" by the same author that wrote "The Husband's Secret".  Both are about women who experience a moment that changes their lives.  Alice's story begins with her falling and hitting her head during her "spinning" class at the gym.  When she regains consciousness she has forgotten the last 10 years of her life.  Each chapter unfolds more and more of her life and the lives of the women who she holds dear.  I would give it 4 out of 5 stars.

And I have to admit I am watching "Fargo" .  What a demented group of characters.  Billy Bob Thornton has to be the best of the bad guys and Martin Freeman as the shrinking, unassertive man turned totally undaunted is outstanding.  It is a very character driven show, well worth a watch if you are a little demented like me. Martin Freeman is such a diverse actor, from Bilbo Baggins in the Hobbit movies to Dr. Watson in the terrific PBS series, Sherlock Holmes.  I had all the episodes taped (actually debating whether I was going to watch them) and one day last week I was feeling a little under the weather so I crawled in bed and watched all of them, one right after the other.  There are several summer TV shows that sound kinda promising, let me know if you come across one that catches your eye.

And just because....here are my kids.

They are happy that it's summertime too!!

"Every day do something that will inch you closer to a better tomorrow." ~ Doug Firebaugh

Until next time....