Life Post - Photos from Everyday Life 2014

These first two are actually from 2013.  My beautiful daughter shortly before she moved to L.A. to attend USC.

And the garland she made for me decorating our fireplace.

Of course every home life post has to have my fur babies!

I bought a used lens so I was testing it on my bookshelf.  This is the "fantasy" section.

An attempt to be artsy inspired by the red umbrellas at this building.

I do like this building...

Those claws though!

As a former military brat, I love aircraft of all kinds.  I get excited whenever I see an increasingly rare Jolly Green Giant fly over.

Driving down the River Road (Hwy 160) one day, the sun was setting over a field and there were bushes of wild "sunflowers" dotting the shoulder.  I felt like I found the treasure at the end of the rainbow.

This squirrel would sit in the pine tree just off the balcony and stare at my cats.  I think he was trying to decide if Chavy was a squirrel or something else. 

Blue hour...

More yellow treasure. 

xoxo

Raindrops on Roses & Whiskers on Kittens

I have all these random photos from just...life.  

Normal, everyday life.  

So, since this has been a tremendously hard, exhausting, and draining week, I thought I'd post them.  

Because it's easy.  And I don't have to think (much).

We'll start off with the Raindrops on Roses

I love taking photos of flowers in the rain.  Of course that's something we Californians rarely see anymore.  These were taken probably two years ago at Gigi's house where my mother lives. 

Also these gorgeous hydrangeas.

Mushrooms in the rain look cool too.  And slightly phallic.  lol

And this one time?  In LA?  We went to Milk.  Delicious.

And on the way back to Sacramento, I stopped at Frosted.  Because I love cupcakes.

Yum...hazelnut.

Once back in my "lovely" hood, there was the usual police action. 

And that beautiful Sunday when I went downtown to the Farmer's Market and saw the car of my dreams.  

I want to go to there.

On a lovely Saturday, I went to the @SactoMoFo food truck meet up at the park by the river.  Good times.

Of course I have to go to as many Food Truck @SactoMofo events as possible, and this time I dragged Melanie, Gracie, and Kevonne along for the ride.  It was fun.  Food trucks and a concert in the park by the river.  

And one day there was a gorgeous sunset with awesome clouds.

Now it's time for the whiskers on kittens.

For a few months, whenever we went out on the balcony, a surprise visitor would pop up.  He scared me quite a few times.  

He would just sit up there on the roof...watching...  

Occasionally at night I would hear him galloping around up there.  

Probably chasing squirrels.  

We never, ever saw him during the day. 

And now for myriad pictures and poses of my two fur-babies.

Chavvy loves shoes.

Whiskers! 

  

Here is Chavvy trying to understand Ellie's fascination with being under the covers. 

 Upside down kitties

Chavvy loves shoes and Ellie loves ironing boards.  

I love my babies.  

And I love my life. 

Sometimes it's hard to remember to be grateful.

Photos like these help.

xoxo