Just Because....

I took this picture last night and it just captures Bob-the-Bulldog perfectly and I love it so I thought I would just go ahead and post it:

How can that face not make you smile?

This Time of Year

You know I love this time of year. Well technically it would have been a couple of weeks ago but Fall seems to have hit later and the colors have been really pretty last week and this. Like this:

And this:

And this:

Now I really wanted to take pictures with people in them, like Sean Michael and Mom and Hector, and I had actually planned on doing that this past weekend. I even took Sean Michael and Mom to the railroad tracks on Saturday, just to discover that the memory card I had in the camera was protected, so I couldn't use it. Darn!! And by then it was already 4ish, and I didn't want to go back home and get a new one, etc etc etc, so we didn't get it done. I figured ok, we'll do it Sunday and Hector will be there too....except it turned out too chilly so we didn't.

As I've driven around these past couple of weeks, a part of me wishes that I had my camera with me to take pictures of all this beautiful nature around me, but then I think I would really rather have people in them and not just trees. But as you see in these pictures, there are no people in them, though I did try to get Sean Michael to get out of the car once so I could have him in one, but he declined. Bummer.

Probably by this weekend all the leaves will be gone and I won't get any pics of the family in the leaves which is just my luck because the weather never seems to want to cooperate with me when I want to take pictures.

Still, of any of the four seasons, I think Fall is my favorite especially when it comes to taking photos and putting me in the mood to get out there with my camera.

If only the weather would be nice......

One More Pet Peeve

You know those people who are driving (a lot of my peeves seem to have a lot to do with driving, you know?) in the fast lane, yet they are going 10 miles under the speed limit. And they won't move over. Self-appointed cops, my grandma used to call them. Also people in the middle lane and going 10 miles under. They should at least be going the freakin' speed limit. Grrrr.

Also any traffic north of Richmond, in case you forgot. :-)

My Top Pet Peeves

I was going to make this my Top Ten Pet Peeves, but then thought I probably have more than 10, so I left the 10 out. So here they are (not like anyone cares, but this is my blog so I don't care if you don't care.):

1) Driving in Virginia any where north of Richmond

2) Putting on my turn signal so that I can move over to the next lane and the cars in that lane speed up so I can't get into it

3) Driving in Virginia any where north of Richmond (can you tell I hate driving here?)

4) People that mean "lose" and spell it "loose" (also "their" instead of "they're")

5) Rude people

6) People taking everything but the kitchen sink onto an airplane, even though they KNOW they have too many AND their bags are too freakin big to fit in the overhead compartments

7) When it comes time to get off of an airplane, and people take their sweet time getting said luggage from the overhead bins

8) Driving in Virginia any where north of Richmond (in case you forgot)

9) When you are trying to back out of a parking space, and you're halfway out, and yet cars come speeding by and won't let you out

10) Stupidity

11) People who think Obama can do absolutely no wrong

12) Well, come to think of it, Obama period.

13) Driving in Virginia any where north of Richmond

14) Getting old (yeah that one definitely sucks)


Ok I'm done for now. :-)