Muchas Gracias!!!

.....to all of you who stopped by and sent greetings to my hubby for his birthday; I can tell you he was delighted, surprised and happy! Thus, this heart is for all y'all!!! Bless you much for extending your kindness to my DH. :-)
A short post as-- and yes, this is going to sound odd --I am miserable and can barely breathe; the soybean harvesting has begun and for those of you never around it, I can assure you it is like the sulphurous emissions from Hades. Except they don't have minuscule barbs that stick in the lungs and mucus membranes.......eeewwwwww. Keep trying to hide from it; the studio is fairly air tight but my runs outside in the nightclothes to take photos don't help the situation. What can I say....
The picture I missed:
(and I should start this as a daily thing...)
Driving to town as the sun was sinking into the west, I looked up at a telephone wire and saw, on both sides of the pole, both wires, up and down, so many doves it was impossible to count. The silhouette of the birds against a bright and lightly clouded sky was exceptional. Absolutely EXCEPTIONAL. It was a moment of peaceful epiphany, a divine glance.
And of course, the camera was at home......
I'm serious on the heart---this one's for YOU! Click, save, print, keep, collage with......I did a few of these tiny things and almost lost my mind (from the ant biting session in yesterdays post) so someone might as well enjoy it! (if you use it in commercial art, please give a bit of credit....okay? thanks!)
Now, to work.
My heart milagro, I give to you. You deserve it.

Pax.

Happy Birthday Dear Hubby!!!!

Today my Sweetie turns 52. He doesn't act like it. Now, wait....that's meant as a complement! Gary is so active he makes me look like a big banana slug. (which are fascinating creatures in their own right, just slow....) The above pic says it all----the consummate Ramones fan he is! A staunch supporter of change and seeing the country get better for all. Wicked quick sense of humor! Ornery as all get out, especially when he has worked too long...... Years ago, there was a local wrestling group, the LWF---they referred to it as *professional* wrestling, I always thought it was humorous mass bedlam!---and he did announcing and was a *manager*. I was, well, the manager's WHATEVER! That's Johnny and Ramona DeVille above. He was the "Cadillac of Wrestling Managers", culling the best wrestlers into Team Deville! We had a blast! Words truly do not describe........ :-) .......truly!!!!

The good supportive husband at one of my gallery shows....they had great wine at this one! He stayed a while, then went out in search of a record store, to add to his collection of vinyl and cd's. And I might add, that collection is large and covers much music, as he was a DJ for many years. Any musical trivia or tidbit you want to know? Ask DH!!!

Outrunning the young kids in the annual fitness test. No joke. Only one guy who runs marathons beat him. I'm not sure how I CAUGHT him! Go Sweetie Go!!!!! (the military, being what it is, has the people run outside in November in this area.....okay, no logic in that one.....thus, the layers and layers of clothing)

This was from the one and ONLY outdoor show I will ever do as I had ants in my underwear biting me. Hubby provided comic relief for the longest, most miserable day in my life......

There he was, *commenting*, being laid back and cool......and eventually asking, "Is it over yet?"

Happy Birthday my Dear!!!! May you have many more; may there be more adventures down the road and remember "Someone could get HURT with that bat!!!!" (wrestling 'in joke'....)

Love.....

Anne