A Grab Bag of Photo-Goodness

Holy Cow! This whole day went by without me taking a picture! And it really was a nice day! How in the world did that happen? The photo ops I missed: breakfast with the SonShine Club (I'm calling them a club, I don't care what you guys put in the bulletin), a visit to little J.R.'s office, Mutt & Jeff playing loggers, more stress-relieving pianer playing, b'day dinner with M,D,M&H, hanging at Haley's with JR, Katie, and everybody from dinner, and plenty o' landscapes et al. Oh well, luckily I have plenty of pics that haven't been filed away yet to share tonight. (My system is: upload from camera into Pics folder, go through for posting/sharing with others, post/share with others most appropriate ones, file away gone-through/posted/shared photos into date/event folders.) Most pics on this computer have been filed into folders. But there are still 124 in the top-level Pics folder that need to be looked through, posted/shared, and filed appropriately. Here are a few... yay, they can now be filed away!!!

	Jon in State College for his dissertation defense. Yeah, we packed for SAV weather... forgetting Central Pennsylvania was the ultimate destination. We got progressively colder on the way up... from 90 in Savannah to 60 in DC to 40 in Philly and SCE! Okay, so it wasn't that cold once the sun came out in SCE, but the piles of snow were still hanging around. (That was one of the most interesting things about living in SCE for those 5 years. They piled the snow up in parking lots into HUGE drifts. It took FOREVER... usually WELL into spring... for those snow piles to actually melt away!) This is outside the Penn Stater (our first-night hotel).
The girls (a.k.a. colleagues from the COR at SCE) at Jen's baby shower. Judy, Joyce, Kimmy, Jen, and Kristen. Evidently, you have to have a first name that starts with a J or a K to be part of the team. Well, then there's me... and Mary... but we're just crazy.
	One of the main reasons I love Forsythe... and JoRun... and Statesboro... and SE Georgia... and summer. ♥
A playful Mom & Dad at Holiday one of the nights they were with me in Statesboro a few weeks ago... over Easter... or something like that
	Naptime at Forsythe. Believe me, Dad, Cooper's eyes were shut too... until I start moving around to get the best angle for this pic. I actually have plenty of this pose, but it's my opinion that this one's the best.
Sunset from one of my fave spots in JoRun. Yes, again. You've seen this angle before. I love these two trees whose branches reach out and touch. And the sun is always perfectly positioned between 'em.
	Still don't know where that last pic was taken from (a.k.a. one of my fave spots in JoRun)? Hint #2... with acknowledgment of artistic imitation... it is the most sincere form of flattery, y'know.
Kona had a "scream"ing good time at ArtsFest '07. She insisted on having her portrait made here.
	Coop and I vamp for the camera a lot. You've seen such a small fraction of these photos, it's sad really. We snuggle and I take pictures. That's just what we do.
Okay, last one for now. The pic that goes along with the post from last week about mowing your neighbor's grass. Notice a few things in this pic: 1) First and foremost, the CROOKED line he mowed into our yard... c'mon, man, you were on a RIDING mower. Pay more attention! 2) The post marking our lot has a small pine tree planted just beside/on top of it (thanks Dad!). So, you can see that Mr. Neighbor was kind of in line with the property line when he started from front to back... but he just kinda arbitrarily decided to stop following that line when he got to the dirt patch that is his back yard. Bottom line... let's make a deal. I won't mow your grass/dirt, and you don't mow mine. Although... I simply must say... I had a pretty nice line blended between our yards until you came along on your big honking riding mower and created this S curve. Maybe my take-away lesson should be... wait for him to finish, THEN go fix it.