framed!

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Framed!

 

I'm being framed I tell ya, FRAMED!

The last time we saw my parent's cat miss kitty, she was sitting on her throne, enjoying a nap in the sun. To show that she can also get on the ground and associate with us mere mortals, Miss kitty deigned to allow me to photograph her under the kitchen table where there also happened to be a nice warm spot of sunshine.

old wood

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Ok, I have some friends and family that are rolling over laughing right now. However, this post is about old wood. Specifically, some old wood I found at my parent's home, here in Atlanta. The weather has pitted the wood with deep holes & I like the way the light and shadow interact on the surface of the wood.

So, go ahead and laugh at the old wood, I think it looks great.

building walls

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One of the common features of my parents yards has aways been the rock walls that snake their way around the house and gardens, framing in the yard or bordering the drive. My father will spend years building them, using rocks gathered far and wide. When my parents move on to a new home, he starts the process all over again.

Many hours of the youth of my siblings and me was spent helping to gather the rocks. Usually the process consisted of my father driving like mad down back roads until he saw a good candidate. He would then slam on his brakes and all of the kids and grand kids piled out and wrangled the unsuspecting boulder into the van. I am sure that we startled many an onlooker over the years.

Once home, the rock would be added to a growing pile of similar stones until Dad had enough to continue building on the wall or until the project was finished. The result has always been the same. Gorgeous gardens and yards, all accessorized with their own custom built stone wall.

 

good morning

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Good morning everybody. Yesterday, I woke up at 5:30 and hit the road early. Drove from Ohio to Georgia and arrived around 3:30. Dad grilled steaks for dinner and after dinner, we all played 31, laughed and nibbled until around 9:30 when we decided we could not take it any longer and went to bed. By "we" I mean anybody above the age of 21. Josh and Katie probably stayed up longer.

When I woke up this morning at 7, the birds were singing and the light was just beginning to peek into the window. I took this photo and it looks as bleary as I felt. However, I slept like a rock and I am ready for what ever adventure the day has to offer. I don't think it is possible to have a bad night's sleep when you are in your parents home, even if it is not the house you grew up in.

Tim

travel day

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Today I drove from Ohio to visit my family in Atlanta. The trip is usually fairly uneventful. However, today I drove through a snow storm as I crossed over the mountains between Kentucky and Tennessee. I am not sure of the name of these mountains. But, I am sure that if you were to look at them on a map, they would be called "White Knuckle Mtns." Yep, it says so on my map, right under the words, here there be monsters.

Tomorrow is supposed to be gorgeous. I will be sure to post some pictures for my snow bound friends up north.

Tim

spring snow

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Here in Ohio we have a saying; "If you don't like the weather, wait an hour and it will change." That was certainly true today. We had a surprise Spring snow storm. Nothing that won't melt in the next day or so, but still, the precipitation was a good reminder that until April is over, cold weather can still come and go.

I love Ohio weather!

 

welcome to the new ephemerallife

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If you have been with me for a while now, you will instantly recognize that the site has changed. Why would I do such a thing? Well, the old site required a very cumbersome process to create and upload a post and lacked features like RSS feeds, archiving, etc.

While this new site gets settled in, please let me know if you run into anything odd or broken or if you think a feature is just plain missing. Expect some changes to this site over the next couple of weeks until the design completely settles into place.

If you still want to look at posts from the old site, you can click on the old site link on the left.

Thanks for following me around,

Tim