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                                            zinnia

'y' certainly

                              

                                       yellow warbler

a walk in the woods

i had a meeting today in nashville....a short meeting.  afterwards,  i  planned on going to work.  now...nashville is 1.5 hours from home, and the clinic is about that from nashville...so i doubled my driving time today.  however....the past couple of times when i've taken this route back to the clinic, i've passed a sign for a state park and nature trail.  i decided today i was stopping to check it out.  it was a rough hewn path and very wooded....looked like it would be teeming with wildlife, but all i saw was a few birds...and i was quiet!!  really!!  but it was a beautiful walk on a narrow and steep lil path to a small creek and waterfall.  my 30 minute detour was well worth it.  :) 

    

      

monday photo shoot

John Scalzi's Monday Photo Shoot: What's Pretty?  You know what you think is pretty. Show us. It can be a person, a place, or thing, just as long as the primary reaction you (and hopefully others) get from seeing it is, my, that's pretty. It's so simple that your major difficulty, I expect, will be narrowing down the field to one thing.

ok...i'm a day late....seems like that happens a lot.  John was right...the difficult part was picking one photo.  ;)  i finally decided on a great smoky mountain sunrise....

 

vestige of fall

it has been a great thanksgiving weekend...and as the old adage says - all good things must come to an end.  oman...these past 4 days have sped by!!!  today was absolutely beautiful....warm, sunny with bright blue skies...just perfect for a nice long walk.  :)  here are a few shots from today's trek.

         

       

hope everyone has a great week!

a few that got away...

ok...a few corny thanksgiving jokes.....

what did the turkey say to the farmer on thanksgiving morning?  cock-a-doodle-do!!!

why did the policeman arrest the turkey?  he was suspected of fowl play

what do you get when you mix thanksgiving dinner and an office message?  turkey with all the faxings!

knock, knock. who's sthere?  gladys.  gladys who?  gladys thanksgiving.  aren't you?

lol...ok, ok...i know...these are bad, very bad....but... they were fun.  :)

and yes...i'm baking....it's almost time for my cakes to come out and pies to go in the oven.  ;)

thanksgiving eve

i'm such a procrastinator!  i left work early yesterday to start my baking.  after that hour drive home though, i sat down and never got started.  again, today i left a little early with the intentions of  baking.  here it is late afternoon, and i've yet to crack that first egg.  aaaccckkk....procrastination!!  i blame my dad...actually, his whole clan - as many of them seem to have this nasty habit...the coleman curse....alas...sigh....i really have no one to blame but me.  lol

thanksgiving....a time to give thanks...i am so blessed....so much to be thankful for...i'm happy, have a wonderful hubby, great kids and grandkids, and a wonderful family...good health, good job, the list goes on and on...i realize how blessed...how fortunate i am and i realize that there are many who are sad and or hurting this thanksgiving.  my heart goes out to them.

tomorrow most of my siblings and their families will meet at mom's and dad's.  mom makes her famous (all the colemans,smiths, thomas', browns, etc know it's true)  cornbread dressing and a few sides. the rest of us bring in side dishes and desserts.  there is generally way too much food and we are all stuffed before it's over.  the main thing is that most of the family comes together to celebrate this wonderful day.  the house is getting smaller and smaller as each year the grandkids are now bringing in the great grands....almost bursting at the seams!!  :)

and still...i procrastinate....i've got to get started if i want to finish tonight.  i just wanted to wish everyone a very happy and blessed thanksgiving!!!