Photo 365 #32

September 8, 20143 Comments

If there’s one thing I love, it’s writing. Of course, I also love music. Put the two together and I’m a happy girl. 🙂

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What’s that? That’s my pretty new necklace from our trip to Northeast Iowa over the long weekend and a brand new short story, inspired by today’s prompt on The Daily Post. I’ll post it just as soon as it’s finished.

But for now? Back to work. While the thunder lasts. 🙂

Photo 365 #29

September 5, 2014September 5, 20144 Comments

I spent a good half hour or so tonight walking up and down my road trying to get a good enough signal on my phone to upload a picture (more on why tomorrow, with any luck). Our internet is down and I was too impatient to just wait till tomorrow.

Naturally, then, my phone failed to cooperate. I finally got four (out of five) bars and it still wasn’t good enough.

I know – totally a first-world problem.

But, lucky me, my little walk wasn’t a total loss. It’s been raining off and on all day, so there’ve been plenty of clouds, and they make the most brilliant sunsets. I managed to get this picture on the way back home, as thunder rumbled to the south and the breeze filled my ears with the song of crickets and the scent of growing things filled my nose:

It was a calming walk. I should do more of that.

I should also wear proper shoes next time I venture out on my own. Slippers just aren’t meant for gravel travel.

Photo 365 #28

September 4, 20144 Comments

Among other things, our holiday weekend involved a trip to Spook Cave:

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It was a lot of fun, except for the part where you had to bend over till your nose met your knees for half the ride. Still, we had a good tour guide and a lot of fun.

Photo 365 #27

September 3, 2014September 3, 20148 Comments

We get some of the prettiest sunsets. This one’s from last night:

I could look at this picture all night long. 🙂

Photo 365 #26

September 2, 20146 Comments

Yes, it’s another picture from our weekend trip up north. It’s one of the trails at Effigy Mounds National Monument.

This could make a pretty book cover. Hope you’re all having a happy Tuesday!

Photo 365 #25

September 1, 2014Leave a comment

This is a portion of the Great Bear Mound at Effigy Mounds National Monument. Though the mounds have settled over the centuries, this one was still too big to fit in the frame.

I love the way the shadows play out in this picture. I didn’t really notice them when I took it – I was more concerned with getting a picture of the mound at the time – but the more I look at it (and the one I took after this), the more I like it. It’s like looking at the clouds on a summer afternoon and trying to put a name to the shapes they form.

I see a stag in these shadows. What do you see?

Photo 365 #24

August 31, 2014January 12, 20152 Comments

We took the kids to see Effigy Mounds today. This was the view from Fire Point:

It was a beautiful day on the Mississippi River.

Photo 365 #20

August 27, 2014January 12, 20159 Comments

Today’s photo post is accompanied by a little piece I wrote a couple of weeks ago about the humid heat of an Iowa summer combined with the indescribable heat of a hot flash. It’s more an experiment in painting with words than anything else, and I hope I’ve achieved what I set out to do (which is to attempt to convey the misery of having a hot flash in high summer). Comment away and let me know how I’ve done!