Update on Officer Josh Bain

From this on May 4th

to this,
(pictured with sister Brittney)

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to...

HE CAME

HOME TODAY!

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He will be staying with my Travis and Jordan

until he can stay at home on his own.

What a witness of modern day Miracles

this whole thing has been.

Thank you all for your prayers

and thank You Heavenly Father

for your love and tender mercies!

Talk To The Hand

Painted

Saturday Photo Hunter

May 16 Theme: Painted

My remodeled kitchen at the

stage of being painted.

Finished product.

Next weeks theme: Plastic

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Friday Home Town Shoot Out: Transportation

My Town:

Brunswick GA. USA

This weeks assignment was:

Transportation: HOW PEOPLE IN YOUR TOWN GET AROUND WITHOUT A CAR. IT COULD BE..... BUS, BIKE, HIKE OR WHATEVER.

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We have no form of public transportation. I guess you could call a taxi. We do have a few taxi companies.

So I'll show you how we get around if don't drive the trucks.

Looking over my shoulder I snapped these two pictures of the GRAND~girls.

I was on the front of the Easy Go.
The sweetheart just built the cart
to pull behind it. He still has a
few things to do to it but when
finished it's going to be a cool ride.

As I was trying to get a picture the 2 year old got off and squatted down and put her hands to her cheeks and said "cheese"! That was a first for her. She never wants her picture taken.

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We use the Easy Go to cruise the neighborhood and to chase down the Ice Cream Truck.

You could use the Flintstones

car to get around the yard.

Or the Scooter or the Radio Flyer Trike.

This is my bike.

It is much easier to ride when

you are not pulling two children.

The sweetheart gets around on this or sometimes a wheel chair. He does walk short distances if he has your arm to hold on to.

(during heart by~pass surgery he suffered a slight stroke and it caused him to lose the hearing in his right ear and he lost all of his equilibrium. He hasn't let it slow him down one bit.)

The children in the hood ride the bus to and from school.

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Well, that's the best this country girl can do for Transportation with out a car. I could have shown you the riding lawn mower and our tractor.

But you get the picture.

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Swing~in

Rea Sliding

Tall Tale

The 4 year old GRAND~girl's teacher

quit the first day of May.

(She was a great teacher, the kids miss her.)

Instead of hiring a new teacher for

the last 4 weeks of school they've

asked one of their part time teachers

to step in and help.

Mrs Dottie who is the 2 year old's

teacher on Tuesdays and Thursdays is

now teaching the 4 year old M-W-F.

I pick the girls up on Tuesday

and Mrs Dottie and Mrs Audrey

ask me if Harrison has a pet snake.

I say "no." and they are a little

shocked. "He doesn't have a snake

about this long?"

holding out their hands about

2 feet apart.

Um "No".

They look at each other and just

start laughing. So they proceed to

tell me that as they discussed pets

in class the day before, the 4 year

old told them that her daddy had a

pet snake. The snakes name was

"Chandler." When Harrison goes

hunting in the woods he catches

small white rats to feed the snake.

Now the child has a great imagination.

And apparently she is a very

good story teller, because both of

these silly teachers believed her story.

I had the 4 year old yesterday

afternoon.

I ask her about her daddy's

pet snake, Chandler.

Walking away from me, over her

shoulder she doesn't skip a beat

she says, " oh, he died!"

End of a 4 year olds story.

Portrait Photography

Last night was the last night of my Portrait Photography class. It was a 10 hour class. Six hours in class and 4 hours on two different field trips. The first field trip was at Drift Wood Beach on Jekyll Island and the 2nd field trip was at Epworth By the Sea on St. Simons Island.

Let me just say I was really out of my comfort zone.

I was so nervous and clueless.

We were provided models. That was really hard especially when I didn't know them and didn't really know what I was doing.

The teacher stops by and says "tell

them what you want them to do."

I look at them and say,"

"Look at me and say cheese!"

Not exactly what she had in mind.

Oh, I was so out of my element.

This is Avery.

Isn't this just a great shot?

Look how sharp the back ground is!

Oh, poor Avery.

Sorry doll, you're just a little blurry.

Just a little to dark.

But where did that random log

come from just jutting into the picture.

This was one of only a few

decent pictures I took.

This is Erin.

Again, look how nice the background

is.

I'm getting really good at backgrounds!

Try not to notice the horizon line going through her head either.

This is Lauren.

No, she is not an amputee!

She does have a left arm, somewhere!

She also has another leg :)

But hey, at least her face is

clear and not blurry!

Are you feeling my pain yet???

Oh, mercy...

Erin and Lauren are friends.

They wanted their pictures together.

Well shouldn't they have coordinated their clothing a little better??

Just saying.

And the Teacher says,

"NEVER WEAR RED for portraits."

Thank you.

Nice piece of drift wood don't you think?

But this is not nature photography.

Now, do you think "I" had

anything to do with this picture????

um "NO!"

The teacher posed Erin like this. I just took the picture. I guess if she were doing an ad for Ambien, this would be just wonderful.

I just felt silly taking this picture.

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Let's go on to the 2nd field trip.

I felt a little more comfortable

this time. Still had to work

really hard for these few decent

pictures. These girls are beautiful.

Avery was my model again.

I felt more comfortable knowing

her from last week.

She is such a natural beauty.


Okay, I know her elbows are missing!

Whatever!

This is Skyler.
Just a gorgeous redhead.
A little country girl from Jesup.


She had the cutest accent.

It was easier the 2nd time around. I sure wish the class was one more week and field trip.

I did learn a lot.

No, I'm not ready to start posing and taking pictures of strangers just yet.

But I do want to take better pictures of the GRAND~girls and my family!

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Next week I start Nature Photography!

I think I am going to be much better at taking pictures of Trees!

But then we will see :)

Help Wanted

My garden needs help!

But please wear a shirt.

The mosquitoes will drag you away.

Oh, and...

Please send an Indian too.

Rain dance needed right away!

Thank you.

Winner and Stamps

As most of you may or may not know, stamps went up starting today, two more cents! They will now cost you $.44 cents!

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Last week I celebrated my 500 post!

I know, Shock and Awe I know,

I'm as surprised as you are!

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I promised a little giveaway or something to celebrate. I don't like long drawn out giveaways so I decided to use the list of my followers and just use random org and let it pick a winner.

(This is how I won the William Sonoma gift card a month or so ago. "Our Best Bites" just chose one of their followers and that was me!! You remember, I bought that yummy Madagascar Vanilla with the gift card.)

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So with out further ado,

I'm giving away a sheet of Forever Stamps!

And the winner is "Cherie"

Congratulations Cherie!

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What is up with blogger and my pictures disappearing from my posts?? Is this happening to anyone else and how do I fix it?? UGH... Happy Monday!

Happy Mother's Day

Happy Mother's Day

to my sweet mama.

I sure love you with all my heart.

Sunday Stills

Today's Theme:

Black and White with a twist.

Not exactly what I wanted,

but it will do :)