Back to daily life...

In case you haven't noticed, I have been absent from blogging for a few days.  We headed to Tennessee last Thursday  and got back Monday evening late.  I have no one to take care of the kitties, so don't like to stay gone any longer.

On the way down, we took a scenic route and went over the Ohio River at Madison, Indiana.  We definitely want to return there when we can spend a night or two.

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Since being back, I have been trying to get things caught up.  Doing laundry is the main thing.  And I have been sewing just a tiny bit.  Plus, we went to the Covered Bridge Festival yesterday.  I really would love to have a nice little P&S camera to take with me to things like that because I don't feel like carrying my DSLR around with so many people.  And yesterday was not bad crowded till late in the afternoon.

I go to stuff like that, see so much stuff, and then bring home very little or nothing.  It is just too much for me to see and pick and choose...unless I go with something definite in mind.  Roger wanted to talk to this guy that makes black powder rifles.  They had a nice visit and took each others names, phone numbers....the gentlemen would like for Roger to teach/tell him how to case harden metals.  And Roger wanted to know where he got some of his supplies for making/working on black powder rifles.

Anyway, will try to start visiting again, but I may be slow to get caught up with everyone....

Tipped in red....

This is another from our drive...

I was out taking photos of it when Roger got my attention and pointed to my left.  I looked and this is what I saw coming.

I messed around till he got to me...he was an old, old doggy.  A Siberian husky I assume since his eyes were blue.  He walked stiffly...but at least I got to give him a pet.  I miss having a dog, and always enjoy chance encounters with them.  I have got to get some doggy snacks back in my car...though he did not try to get in with me.  I have only had that happen once when taking pictures...and it was a big Great Dane...he was huge and would have jumped in in a heartbeat if given the chance.  I was so glad to have something to distract him with.

So far, I have been fortunate to only have nice dogs to deal with...though there have  been one or two in the distance that I was glad I didn't have to decide if they were bluffing or not.  One time I paused to pet this one dog and didn't pay attention....took a few more photos, and looked down and I was engulfed in mess of them...well, 4 or 5 were surrounding me and waiting their turn for a kind word.

Feeling their age....

A couple photos from yesterday...one of the best days I have had for photography in a while.

I am not sure about the tractors...I always assume a green tractor is a John Deere....did not know till sometime not too far back that the Oliver tractors were green also.  I did a quick glance at google pics and am pretty sure these are John Deere but if you know different, feel free to correct me.

I would love to have this old truck and have the know-how to fix it up.  There is just something about old trucks.  Well, even though I drive a Rav4, a truck is my choice of vehicles.  We have the Rav for convenience.  I really like the new Camaros and the Chargers, but if I had the chance to choose between either one of those and a truck, I would pick a truck any day of the week and six times of Sunday.
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Do you ever go to a blog post and just cannot find anything nice to say...I am talking more about when I join memes....I like to visit EVERYONE that joins....I know I sometimes honestly miss a few.  I only join two simply because I don't have the time to visit a big long list everyday.  Well, I have the time most days but have other things I like to do as well.

I generally cannot lie and say I love a picture if I don't...have a hard time saying nice if I don't think it is nice.  So wondered what your phrase is if the picture does not appeal to you in any way?  Usually I can find something to like about almost any photo...it is just every now and then,  probably when I am in a mood, I just don't have any words, so rather than asked why in the world they chose to post that particular photo, I don't say anything.

Sometimes blogging gets to be a chore...but then there are the people that make it so worthwhile...I have met a quilting buddy through blogging....plus she is a nature lover....she lives in southern Indiana and we both wish we lived closer to each other.  Then there is another that just slays me sometimes with her humor.  Well, there are a couple that do that....used to be a third but she no longer posts and I miss her humor so much.  Her humor reminded me of my older daughter's type of humor. 

And then there are the ones whose appeal is their photographs.  There are a couple people that even if I have been absent from blogging for weeks, I will go back and look at every photo they have posted...
Edited to add:
I really don't mean to offend anyone, and heaven knows I have posted my share of photos that are not all that great...and some that only I would like.   I do agree with Mildred that blogging is about liking people...and also like Lois, making a comment is a way of acknowledging someone's time and effort....and to encourage them.  The thing of just not having anything to say very seldom happens, even in memes.  In fact, I am sure there are two or three  bloggers that might wish I would limit my comments sometimes.