So, this isn’t my picture – it is my sweetie’s – but I still wanted to share. Since the week before Thanksgiving until Christmas morning, we had an extra house guest. While he’s a cutie, he isn’t completely house trained, so we weren’t as sad as you might think to see him go.
What was made it better was to see how excited my nieces were when they saw him for the first time. They had been wanting a puppy for a long time. In fact, my mom called it practically …

I can’t resist this opportunity to say that I love Apple. Steve Jobs was a creative genius that will be missed, especially by those of us who use his products every day. He pioneered technology that we all now take for granted.
I know many of you are like me, and the very first computer you touched was a Macintosh – part of the “Apples for Schools” program. I always thought that was a brilliant marketing strategy. Put Macs in schools and ensure future generations consider you their first love.
I’ve worked …

My hubby and I were able to put the almost final touches on the landscaping for the front of our new home this weekend after a visit to my uncle’s farm and his Japanese Maple nursery – Quail Hollow Gardens. Located on Crooked Oaks – Pat Dye’s home, farm and hunting grounds – the property could as easily be called a nature preserve. We took John and Kristi – friends of ours who also graduated from Auburn and were students in the 80’s while Pat coached there.
 
The Japanese maples are …

It was when I saw this picture that I was hooked on photography.