Tim and I spent today in the beautiful rolling hills outside of Shelbyville with a family who both delight and inspire us. We don't get to see them much and the time we spend together is always delightful. We never fail to leave smarter than we were when we arrived. You can't be around these folks and not learn stuff.
Former educators, all of them; smart and creative, patient and realistically encouraging. We got to relax and catch up with friends, to share ideas, enjoy cats, hummingbirds and the world's most amazing Great Pyrenees who I have loved for a long time!
We laugh a lot and smile a lot. Spending time out there always seems to be the best medicine for whatever ails you. Between the five of us, Tim is probably the only one who is still a strong and healthy so what "ails us" could be just about anything!
I finally get all of my camera gear into one bag and can have everything I could need at the ready whenever I want it. This was the first time I take my gear out for a spin in its new digs. Do I need to mention that the new digs are heavy as heck? Suffice it to say, they never made it out of the car!
I did take a few (maybe 4) and only did that because the elusive Socks the cat ran by when I was close to the car! It's okay though because our friends' home and view are so beautiful that no photo I could take could do it true justice anyway. I did, however, stalk Socks the jungle cat and got the bigfoot sighting style Socks photo!
I also learned today that if I take Bonine, I can write in a moving car without getting car sick or tired. I have been having trouble with a particular essay assignment (My Story in less than a bazillion pages) so it was also nice to have all that travel time to work on it too.
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