Typical fall day....

We are at Sarah's house....as you can see I am at blogger!  They got a router, and I brought my net book so here I am.  For how long I don't know.  The toot is napping...it is late...we don't know if she will just sleep through the night or if she will wake up and then want to stay up all night.

It has been a typical fall day--beautiful weather to be outside in.  We sat for an hour or two out back...laughing at Lorelei and Otto...

Roger and I went for a drive yesterday...didn't really see much...except a lot of buzzards.  We went over into Illinois and then back north of Danville to that Eagle and Heron viewing station, that we went to a while back.  And it just this second dawned on me that I forgot to take a picture of the viewing platform...again.  For someone who likes to take photos as a way to document things now, I can sure ignore the obvious sometimes.
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I wonder...what are your reasons for taking photographs?  It is hard to explain how I feel about photography.  I like to take pictures to show the beauty of things as I see them...to capture a moment in time.

But more than that, I feel this need to document things as they are now.  Yet I don't do enough of the actual documenting.  The little town I live in has changed so much in the past 35 years....you just would not believe the changes.  It is hardly recognizable in some ways.  The main business area is only  about three blocks long....one side of the street hardly has any buildings left that was there when I moved here.  The other side has several buildings missing...and I don't have a single photograph from back then.

Then there is photographing people.  I just don't take people's photographs.   Or very, very seldom.  Oh, I don't mind Lorelei and Sarah and Roger...cause I know they don't mind.  Nor would Jeremy if he were there when I had the camera...but other than them...I don't have the nerve.  I think because I always hated my own being taken.  Though I did not mind so much if someone snapped a photo while I was doing something and did not ask me to pose.

Yet I love looking back at old photographs of people....and places and things.  They are a way of connecting with our past.

Yesterday was my birthday, but due to weather and Jeremy working, we met the kids Wednesday to have lunch together.

Yesterday I returned ALL the books to the library...and I did not even go inside.  I figure I will be pretty busy with my kindle for a while to come.  I know the newness will probably wear off, but right now I would just as soon not have to worry about getting books back down there.

Anyway, have been looking and looking at books on Amazon...still haven't spent a dime.  And really, as much as I have on there...I won't actually need to buy anything for a long time to come.  Still, I looked at some of the books I already have in actual book form to see if they were available for the kindle...some were and some weren't.

Anyway, while I was sitting at the computer, I had a notice that Sarah had posted to my face book wall...this is what she had posted.  Be sure and have your volume turned up and listen closely at the end!  I have smiled and laughed at this over and over.

Have you thought about the fact that Christmas is less than two months away?  I used to get an early start sometimes, then the longer I worked at the orchard, the less it happened.  Partly because I aged and was just too tired. Apple picking started at the end of August and ended the last of October, or first week of November, but there was still grading to be done. Part of it was that more trees matured and there was actually more work to do, so I had a reason to be tired.

I have been looking at things for the toot....got one thing picked out but cannot decide about what else.  I have no idea what I am getting for anyone else, either.

I did see something for my older daughter, but on closer inspection it was one of those special care deals....so I didn't get it.  Does anyone else get tired of those items of clothing that say hand wash and lay flat to dry...or even just the lay flat to dry part.  Who has room to lay everything out flat to dry anyway?

So, what is on your Christmas wish list?