The other morning I was perusing the newspaper,
as I usually do, when an obituary caught my eye. While most obituaries say, something like “John
Jones, 87,” the heading for this particular one was “Harry Lengas, the Eternal
Optimist.” I had to read that one through
and take a second to say good-bye to this person who is someone I would have
liked had I known him.
The Eternal
Optimist…what a wonderful legacy.
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| A bowl of blueberries is pretty optimistic! |
We’ve had a weird spring. Usually, we go from winter to dog days
without much transition in between. But
this year it has been cool, overcast and rainy all the way up to Memorial
Day. I don’t mind the cool. It’s the constant overcast that has me
down. Oh, well, I WILL NOT complain
because there is absolutely NOTHING I can do about the weather.
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| Believe it or not...this photo is in color. |
I have less than a month left on my Flickr 365
and I have mixed feelings about that. On
the one hand, it will be nice to not have that obligation hanging over my head even
though it’s a self-inflicted one. On the
other hand, the day after my last 365 photo is posted is my next birthday. And
that is something I’m not so enthusiastic about. But, as they say, it beats the
alternative.
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| My latest Flickr post. The explanation is on my Flickr site. Poke on the green Flickr above if you're interested. |
Greg and I went to the Red Sox game last week
and came home with our very own World Series Rings. How cool is that?? Of course, the Sox lost that game and the
nine surrounding it, but they won yesterday.
I keep telling myself, the season is still young and while I don’t
expect them to repeat with another World Series win, I do have hopes that they
won’t end up in the basement.
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| BLING!! |
Thinking these random thoughts made me realize
how much I miss our blogging friend Nancy and A Rural Journal. If you happen to see this, Nancy, I hope all
is well with you and your world.
11 comments:
love your sock bling. :) pretty leaves. and i like that monochrome aka color shot! :)
How neat that your 365 project ends (almost) on your birthday. I think every photographer should do P-365 once. I learned so much from it. Your photos are amazing, especially the accidental b&w and the fiery leaves. Just amazing!
Beautiful cloud formations! Gorgeous leaves, too!
I love random thoughts!
That sky is incredible...
I do believe our Blue Jays beat the pants off your Sox!
Nice bit of bling!
Cheers!
Linda :o)
That second picture is one of the most gorgeous shots I have ever seen.
wonderful lake and clouds quite amazing that it is in colour! Those leaves are stunning!
the clouds....the leaves, WOW, just gorgeous!!
i love love love the clouds. ( :
but the last, the list is the best :)
Barbara, I read obits as well, both in the local weekly and whenever we are traveling and a newspaper is available. While I have never known the person (usually) i have come across some really interesting ones. I have never tried a 365 project, but commend you and others who have completed or are near completion. Sometimes self-inflicted projects are the hardest.
Today must be Second Shot day for me...again, I LOVE the second photo! I could look at it all day.
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