Time Out

We have been fairly busy the past few days and today is no exception. We are taking a small trip and I will be taking my camera along.

I will post something when we get back. Stay tuned...

I Never Tire Watching Deer

These deer were spotted when we were on our way home. Their habitat is not too far from our house. As far back as I can remember (and that's really, really far, folks), I have always been overjoyed seeing deer along the roads we travelled. Nowadays when we spy them we stop and watch. See the little one? Ain't it cute?

The photos are grainy because I used a zoom lens and zoomed farther than I should have. My zoom lens is built in and it goes up to 20x; however, I can zoom farther but then I lose quality. With these shots, I just wanted to bring them in as close as I could without compromising the shot.

For the life of me, I cannot comprehend how or why people want to shoot these beautiful animals. There is enough meat in stores on every corner, and I know some people like it because basically there's no fat and it is healthier, but come on people...they never did anything to you, why do you want to kill them?

I come from a strong hunting background and from the time I could understand just exactly what it was my father was doing when we ate venison, pheasant, rabbit, etc., I made a decision: I would never, ever marry a hunter. Two out of two ain't bad, so I have kept my promise to myself.

Thank God I'm A "C"

Have you ever wondered what the bra sizes A, B, C, D, DD, E, F, G, and H stand for?
If so, it's about time you knew!

{A} Almost Boobs...
{B} Barely there.
{C} Can't Complain!
{D} Dang!
{DD} Double dang!
{E} Enormous!
{F} Fake.
{G} Get a Reduction.
{H} Help me, I've fallen and I can't get up.

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The Right Stuff

The FBI had an opening for an assassin. After all the background checks, interviews and testing were done there were 3 finalists. Two men and a woman. For the final test, the FBI agents took one of the men to a large metal door and handed him a gun.

"We must know that you will follow your instructions no matter what the circumstances. Inside the room you will find your wife sitting in a chair. Kill her!!!"

The man said, "You can't be serious, I could never shoot my wife." The agent said, "Then you're not the right man for this job. Take your wife and go home."

The second man was given the same instructions. He took the gun and went into the room. All was quiet for about 5 minutes. The man came out with tears in his eyes, "I tried, but I can't kill my wife."

The agent said, "You don't have what it takes. Take your wife and go home."

Finally, it was the woman's turn. She was given the same instructions, to kill her husband. She took the gun and went into the room. Shots were heard, one after another. They heard screaming, crashing, banging on the walls.

After a few minutes, all was quiet. The door opened slowly and there stood the woman, She wiped the sweat from her brow.

"This gun is loaded with blanks" she said. "I had to beat him to death with the chair."

Experimenting In The Country

I love taking pictures. Around the house the only subjects I have are the cats, both inside and outside. And when we go away I rarely take my new camera along. I don't like leaving it in the vehicle on hot days and it is too big to slide into my purse. But on days where I know there will be photo ops, the camera most certainly goes along.

Such was the day back in June when we went for a ride in the country. When I get a new camera I tend to fool around with it and don't bother reading the manual. With that in mind, while riding in the passenger seat of our truck I decided to try and take pictures out the window while we drove around.

The following photos are what I shot and they seem to have come out fairly decent. Not too shabby for not reading the manual, huh?

Problems, Problems, Problems

Am I the only one having problems with Blogger? I pulled three photos out of my album to add to a post and after a long time nothing happened. I tried to do the same thing a few days ago,too. The pictures that I was able to put on my posts recently had to be put into Photobucket first and then pulled from there and added to my blog. What a pain in the butt that is, not to mention it shouldn't have to be that way.

There was a time, months ago, when I would want to create a post and pull photos out of my album, and within minutes everything was done and ready to go. That has come to a complete halt. And it is aggravating the you-know-what out of me. And that makes me cranky.

So tell me, am I the only one this is happening to? If so, can someone tell me what I am doing wrong? Or at the very least how I can overcome this gigantic problem?

Photos give me inspiration to write posts and that is why I haven't been keeping up every few days. It has become very frustrating for me.

***I think I solved my problem because it works now. All it took was a simple click***

Kitty Litter(s)

Lying in the front of this photo is Gizmo. She is one of the Queens. She rules the roost and most of the others steer clear of her. She is the grandmother of our Punkin' and is the oldest one born on our property.

The rest of them in this picture are all kittens from different litters that were born this summer. This is the most I have seen at one gathering this year. For the most part, they are not usually all up here at the house at the same time. They must have had a corporate meeting scheduled on this day.

We live in a rural area, so having this many cats and kittens is not unusual. It's those nosy ones that want to cross the street out front that take chances. They want to see what's on the other side of the road. When the farmer plants corn across the road, we cringe. Cats love corn fields. Yes, it is corn this year. We have been lucky so far in that we have only lost one cat this year, knock on wood. It's those mean drivers that aim for animals in the road that need to be horse whipped.

I would let you all know how many cats and how many kittens we have this year, but I don't want to start any controversies. Let's just say there are a lot and leave it at that. When people hear about them they tell us to trap and neuter or spay. I think a better plan would be some type of birth control substance I could put in their water. Until something like that comes along, we will go on feeding them and seeing that they have shelter all year 'round. They are happy cats and that is all that matters to me.

Birthday Celebrations

This is Punkin' who was born August 9th and is one year old today.

This is Junior who was born August 8th four years ago.

And last but not least our Princess, Dakota Sioux, also born August 8th four years ago.

(And I see I need to fix my date and time on the camera because all three pictures were taken on the same day around the same time.)

Still Here

Yes, I'm still kicking. I haven't had much to write about and what I want to write is nothing but complaints. And I'm sure people get tired of hearing me complain all the time.

Sports-wise, things just aren't going right. I seem to latch on to losers. And it makes me feel like a loser.

When I think of something good to say, I will. Other than that, I just don't know what else to say these days.

Have You Ever Wondered?

Of all the gazillions of people in the world, why don't any of them look alike? Yes, most of us all have a look-alike somewhere in the world, and a lot of us resemble someone, but I am talking about looking exactly like someone else.

There are mainly five components that make up a face: the hair, ears, eyes, nose and mouth. Five. That's all. That's not a lot to work with. And yet no two people are exactly alike. I find that eerily amazing.