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Pilfered Picture Project, Week 44: Season (Fall)

In Frankenmuth, and at the park, fall has come to Mid-Michigan. The leaves are nearly down now, thanks to the wind, and the skies are clear and bright. Seasons change, but people never do.

Bonus post: The Birds

So, I heard this huge ruckus outside. Stepping on to the back porch, I noticed there were thousands of birds in our trees, gathering for the long trip down south. While most clustered in the trees which still had leaves, a few were brave enough to try the barren elm tree.

Believe it or not, this was shot in color!

Pilfered Picture Project: Shadows

My favorite fountain

Steph - pouting over something Uncle Scott said

Diva - the day before I put her & Punkin down

Paige, Me, and Brooke

I admit, I am recycling for this week's post. But, these are some of my all-time favorites, and all evoke the idea of "shadow".

Pilfered Picture Project: My Day

My day begins very early. I get up with Husband, making him coffee, breakfast, and lunch.

I feed the outside cats, the horses, the inside cats, the fish, and the turtles. I try my best to muddle through my day, still having the vertigo and nausea of the inner ear disorder . . . it's been six months.

Given that the inner ear issue, vestibular neuronitis, also impacts my vision by making everything look as if it is constantly shifting, this is how my day typically looks:

Lather, rinse, repeat.

Pilfered Picture Project: tradition

Dogs are mystical, yet predictable, creatures.

Our girls are very loving and sweet. Well, mostly.

They both have a little possessive nature when it comes to the beach. It's bad enough that a seagull should land, but hundreds of Canadian Geese? Not allowed.

Tradition dictates that they must be shooed away. And, since birds can fly away faster than a dog can run, I let the girls chase them.

So, this is Haithco, a park near our home. The tiny spot between the ride-on whale and seal is Joey. The dark cloud hovering over her is the very large flock of Canadian Geese who had stopped on their long trip.

Joey only scared them to the center of the lake. As tradition also dictates, Allie patrolled the shoreline - ensuring none returned. Hence, the huge flock behind her, waterbound.