DAY 161: WHAT ABOUT ME!!!

In deciding what to post today, I filed through a cache of photos I took on election night of the recent May Primary; I happened upon a couple of shots that are kind of funny, though unintentionally so.

I was at St. Joe Community Center where the Jimmy Clements for Sheriff victory party was in full swing, and paused to get a picture of two of Jimmy's wife's sisters - Laura & Kathy...I didn't notice at the time, but another sister - Mary - was in the background and seemingly rushing toward the camera with a look on her face that said, "What about MEEEEE!!!!?"

  

 Fortunately, I got a good photo of the three sisters all together, with Mary front and center!

DAY 160: Roll With It

Day 160 in this crazy journey...

That translates to June 10, 2010. TODAY.

Life intervened on my photo-a-day project, and I've missed almost a whole month of posting!

At first, when I was only a couple of weeks behind and was in the midst of that life intervening thing,  I thought I would just shuck the whole project. It's one of those things that really seemed like a great idea at the time.

But now I have decided to continue on, and fill in the blanks later.

Sometimes you just have to roll with it.

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With that said, here's a guy who knows how to roll with it: Andrew January Grundy, III.

Andy is an intelligent guy. He was editor of the local high school's newspaper, then went on to continue in the field of journalism after his graduation, and he even almost single-handedly revived a defunct Lebanon KY newspaper for almost a year.  But a strange thing happened on the way to the printer when he lived "away from here".

Seriously!

He was working for a distant newspaper when something he cannot even explain to this very day came over him and prompted him to change the entire front page layout of the paper just as it was on the way to the printer! (Is that exciting or what?) I remember him mentioning that he arranged the text in a cross configuration. He also substituted some articles for others. I have never seen the result of his spontaneous handiwork that night, but sure would love to.

The management did not appreciate his freelance hijack of their newspaper, and Andy was promptly fired. Not only was he fired, but he was institutionalized for a time. And the rest is history.

Andy is now a spokesperson of sorts for the mentally disabled. He goes to conferences for that, and I believe he was once president of an advocacy group for the cause.

He has authored a book called "Kentucky Fried Fiction" which is about to go into its second printing.

He occasionally writes freelance articles that turn up in newspapers near and far.

He loves finding a good bargain at a yard sale.

He  has been taken in by internet thieves who lure him in with pictures of pretty girls who say they're in love with him and can't wait to meet him.

He suffers from COPD and is in a constant battle with himself to stop smoking.

He once made a video back when almost nobody made videos. It had high rental value at our local movie rental place. It began with Andy combing his hair with music from The Beatles playing in the background, after which Andy pontificated on a variety of topics.

He loves his family, and lives in a trailer at his parents' back door. He is a bit famous among family and friends for his Christmas Newsletter. The picture here is one I took of him that he used for the most recent newsletter. Once you are on Andy's Christmas Newsletter mailing list, you never want off of it. Christmas just wouldn't be the same without that update from Andy.

Roll with it.

DAY 128: MOTHER'S DAY!

Happy Mother's Day!

The picture for today's entry is of my mother-in-law's beloved cats on Mother's Day 2004. We'd given her a peach tree for her gift, and she and my father-in-law had quite an animated debate over exactly where that peach tree should be planted. I couldn't believe all the commotion!

Dorothy won, after a hard fought battle!

The next year, this picture became the subject of our Mother's Day card to her, with captions added. These felines truly were the Charles & Dorothy of the Cat World.

At ease!!!

DAY 121: BEST MOTHER of the BRIDE EVER

My friend Bernadette was "Wedding Nazi" for many many brides before her own experience as Mother of the Bride.

She has a special gift for keeping things in line. She can be bossy when the situation calls for bossiness - and that's a good thing! She is just great.

I was so happy to attend her daughter's wedding. When I arrived, the croud was overflowing in front of Myrtledene and I was just lucky to get a place to stand outside the perimeter. But Bernadette was simply beaming. I could pick her out from the crowd in like two seconds.

She was simply beautiful. 

DAY 120: THE DERBY & the WALTER JACOBS Connection...

I've been excited all week because a horse born and bred at Summer Wind Farm made its way into the Kentucky Derby! That's a big deal! Yay, Mission Impazible!

I have a fondness for Summer Wind Farm because they took in my best/worst pet EVER...Walter Jacobs.

Walter was a tiny baby raccoon that my husband found just as he was about to cross the busy street from our yard onto West Main. Stephen snatched him up from certain death, then brought him in to me.

I took one look at that little fellow and I just started crying!

I said, "What are we going to do with him?!"

Stephen said, "We're going to raise him!

I was so SO SAD.

I was sad because I knew right then and there that I was in for it!

I knew that I could not raise this little animal without becoming very attached. I fell in love with Walter Jacobs, as I knew I would.

I knew it would be terribly hard to give up an animal I'd raised from birth, and that's exactly what was involved.

Some might not understand my feelings, but I don't think I will ever get over Walter Jacobs. 

He truly was the best/worst pet ever.