Camera-less

I promised myself I would start taking my camera everywhere I went so I would never miss out on a picture. Want to know how well that's working out for me? I can't even find my camera. It's probably thrown in behind my seat in the truck, or lying on the dryer from a busy afternoon of carrying in the groceries. Needless to say, I have missed a lot of wonderful opportunities to snap pictures of my everyday life.

I have missed out on being able to show you the new and innovative way of catching the horses at the ranch (which I created- and will never try again.) You would have seen me slowly driving the pickup and feeding carrots out the window to bait the horses. You would have gotten to see a picture of the dent in my truck from when they got in a fight over the carrots and kicked each other and my truck. You could have seen a couple of my friends sitting in the bed of that same truck pulling two roped horses, and hoping everyone else would follow. You missed out on the stampede that later took place when all the other horses realized the leaders were gone and then proceeded to pass the truck in a full out gallop toward the ranch house...followed by the rope burns on the hands that were holding the horses in tow when they decided to take off running with the herd. Hard to imagine? Yeah, I blame myself. They would have been some great photos.

You are also missing out on being able to see my husband's birthday party. The bullet cake that rolled over while being driven to the party, the lack of decorations because GIJoe got home two hours before he was supposed to, and the wonderful steaks that were slapped on the table and devoured in seconds.
Thankfully all is not lost. Because my phone has a camera on it, I was able to get a few important things that have happened in the last week or so.

This is my baby. He was bitten by a spider under his left eye and had to go to the doctor's office. It was scraped, poked, prodded, squished, and covered in medicine. This is him after the whole ordeal was over. He was quite happy to know we were headed back home, and that he was going to get a treat for being such a good boy.

...and this is him when I told him we were going to have to put medicine on his bite twice a day for the next week, and he would have to hold still for the heat compresses we would have to use daily.

This is our garden. It has really taken off in the last couple of weeks! I have been able to harvest a couple of strawberries (before the squirrels engorged themselves on the fruits of my labor) and have brought in two or three cucumbers, only to have them shrivel up before I could use them. I'm looking forward to being able to harvest other things from it, and make a complete dinner one night soon.

This is Jenny. (Or Jen-aye, depending on if you have watched the movie Forrest Gump) Born on April 2nd, 2011. She is three days old in this picture. If I had known the mom better, I would have really enjoyed scratching the little girl and getting some great close up pictures with her. However, because the horse is new to my friend Devon, and this was the first time I met either one of them, I chose to stay away. (Notice the Mom has her rear end pointed my direction? Don't think that is just an accident. She is like that in all of my snapshots)

Noticing an animal theme here? It's not lost on me...I guess now we both know what the really important things are in my life that I have to get pictures of. Not the hubby's birthday, but a chicken. Yes, one day I will have chickens. Until then, I have to be happy with going to a friends newly built chicken coop to play with their "pets". I like this little thing, it has feathery feet. Not too sure if the feeling is mutual though...

And speaking of chickens, this is Ernie. My loud and demanding Sun Conure. She normally does not enjoy getting wet. (Probably due to the fact that when she was a baby, I stuck her in the shower thinking she would like it, and she looked like a drowned rat when I finally gave up and pulled her out. That was the first time she bit me- just to let me know I was to never again do that to her. Anyway, here she is, enjoying a spray from the hose while resting outside in the warm spring sun. She sneezed every time she got wet...probably re-living those childhood memories.

And last but not least, this is one of the hundreds of roses that have bloomed in the backyard. I had been picking them every day and enjoying the bouquets of fresh roses on the table, until I saw that they had little insects crawling in them and around the vase. I have since decided to enjoy their beauty through the window instead of in the house.

And with that, I promise from here on out, I will tote my camera wherever I go and take incredibly stunning photos of every adventure I have. If I can find it that is... Believe me? Naw- I don't either.