180 - SCALE

A picture from the archives. All I can say is I am so glad I wasn't there that day to assist in cleaning this bunch. Scale, gut, filet. Scale, gut, filet. What a night of dreams that would have been.

179 - CULTURE

A bit of oriental culture represented at the Japanese Tea Garden in San Antonio. A culture I've always had some curiosity about but for some reason not enough to make me want to travel there. During my more youthful years, we were blessed with the opportunity to live in Okinawa for a couple of years. I remember it quite well. I was quite fascinated with the culture and was disappointed when our stay there was actually shortened. I think about those days quite often...you know those days when you sit and think about life, the paths you've taken, the what ifs and wishes. A culture that brings out my curiosity. A culture that captures me when I come across stories and articles on it. Maybe someday...I will travel there to satisfy a bit more of that curiosity....but there are so many other bucket list items that would have to be removed before I add this one.

178 - POINTLESS

I was on a short guided hike which for some reason...seemed quite pointless. I, of course, had my camera around my neck. As we stopped to listen...although at the end of the line on the narrow pathway, not much could be heard...I snapped a shot. A picture which at that moment also seemed to add another pointless fact to what seemed to be a day of pointless moments. A little artistic touch. A bit of vignette...maybe not quite so pointless any longer.

177 - HINT

It doesn't take much. Just a hint of seeds left in the feeder tray yet this little chipper found his way from his little nest below the walkway, up the poles of the deck, across the banister and into the feeder.

176 - OVER

Another Family Reunion over. Another group picture captured for the memories. Although we are short two people from this picture, RIP Sis and Dad, we know that in reality...they are there...right beside us...guiding us as much as we will let them. I love my family...regardless of all our different personalities, our spats, our differences and our distances. Mom did good raising six of us practically on her own with dad in the air force. We all turned out...pretty human....well most of us. (hehehe)

175 - WELL

Well...sometimes you just have to figure out how to entertain yourself....no matter how many people surround you. Or...maybe...well sometimes the kid comes out in all of us.

170 - MOST

This is what makes me continue taking shot after shot after shot most days. Somedays....snap snap snap. This is what makes me want to crawl under the blankets on a daily basis when my alarm goes off and I know if I climb out of bed it means another day locked up within four walls...in front of a computer....answering emails....fighting daily fires in a very inefficient environment. The surprises...that I find in my pictures when I look back at them. The flowers that I can literally smell when looking at the pictures. The magic that warms my heart and soul. Most days...this is what I look forward to. Most days...this is what I daydream about. Most days....this is where I find peace.