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Life, such that it is

Quiet Time

by Kay~Kacey on 9/6/2012

Sometimes the only way to get through a day is to take a quiet break. A tea break is one of my quiet times of choice.

tea time

Even better since I can use one of my grandmother’s antique teacups. Makes me smile every time I use it. Oh, and the teaspoon? That was from my grandmother’s everyday set. I rescued it from my mother’s basement. I just love things like that. Things that link me to my ancestors. Think how many times my grandparents and my mom used that teaspoon. How many times I did as a child. But you know I’m kind of an antiques nut anyway, don’t you?

Anyway…what do you do when you need to take a short break? What’s your quiet time of choice?

(I should have more house construction photos to show soon! Cabinets are in! Some of the flooring! Some of the trim! It’s really starting to look like a real live house.)

The Week of Animal Photography

by Kay~Kacey on 8/29/2012

I guess this is my week for posting animal photography. Monday was birds in the rain, today is my ever cute and adorable puppies.

Here is my ever so naughty and adorable Murphy.

old soul cavalier

I know, he’s just so stinkin’ cute.

cavalier puppy close up
Look at his eyes. You could get lost in those eyes. So soulful.

Here is Murphy looking every so mournful because he’s on the other side of the gate and he’s sure that SuperGuy is up to something very exciting…if he could just get through the gate.

let me out Mom

Here is his imitation of an innocent puppy…because he is NEVER innocent! This is his “I didn’t do it, Maggie did” look!

Maggie did it

Oh, and Maggie, our diva. Here she deigned it okay for me to take one photo of her. She did ask me if I got her good side though…

black and tan cavalier

Save us…SuperGuy and I have become crazy dog people.

Rainy Day Play

by Kay~Kacey on 8/27/2012

We had rain! We’ll…kind of. Like for 30 minutes and not very hard. But the birds were very excited! They all came out to play.
chickadee in the rain

SuperGuy and I were sitting in my office looking out the window and, of course, I had to grab my camera. There was so much bird activity going on! Look at this cute yellow finch balance up on a leaf.

yellow finch perched on leaf

This young cardinal came out to play too. See how he still has some sheaths on his head where his head sticky-up  feathers will be? I’m sure that’s the technical term…

baby cardinal

The birds had such fun. This little yellow finch was drinking the water drops off the leaves!!

yellow finch

It has been awhile since I had a bird shoot and thoroughly enjoyed myself. Almost as much as the birds did!

black cap chickadee