Talladega National Forest

Near one of the man-made dams that created the lake.

Spatter of Color

Just a little spatter of color from the woods...most of it is gone now.

Little Red Schoolhouse

Little Red Schoolhouse, Choccolocco (1885).  This is on the golf course at Pine Hill, I thought it was really cool. Can you imagine having gone to school in something this small??

Higher, PawPaw, Higher!!!

Shelby Dawn and her PawPaw Pat on the swings at Weaver Park. She had a case of the bossies (swing me HIGHER, PawPaw!) and started giggling so hard he had to stop her for a minute, we were afraid she would fall out because she was instructing with one hand instead of holding on... she is TOO cute...

Simple

Keeping it simple with a small burst of color in the flower garden, in the last grips of warm weather. The election didn't go with my choice, but hey---there's always 2008, right? I am extremely proud of the way our country got out and exercised their right to a voice. I am pretty much silent on other aspects of the election, keeping with the old addage "If you don't have anything nice to say...." Which I don't. Period.

Busy Day....

Sunset on Mountain View Road in Oxford, AL. Wow, what a busy day. First off, the Mother fell and broke her arm early this morning. She said her knees just gave out. Methinks it may be time for a walker...bummer. She INSISTED that we go by the poll to vote before going to the doctor, in case it took the normal 18.9 hours to be processed and seen at the local fixer upper doc-in-a-box.  That done, we went and had her arm put in a plaster splint until the swelling goes down, then the plaster cast will be fitted next Monday. ::::::sigh::::: She is happy on Darvocet, watching Hollywood Video's finest rentals...and I have been called into work due to lack of personnel. Such is life.

Happy news on my friend, CL. We got to Atlanta yesterday and a battery of tests were done. We have found a Georgia surgeon who is willing to take her case and try to fix her truama (a botched GP with added complications). So that was great news, since no one in Alabama would come near her case. We are ecstatic over that... Well, I am off to APD hell for a few hours....

Take advantage of your right to be heard...

                       November 2nd, 2004

 

The ability to choose who leads our nation is one of the most basic rights of our democracy. The power is given to us, the people. Make sure to take advantage of that opportunity today. No matter who you choose to back, make your voice heard. Every ballot counts...

                                                          

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