A-Z 1st and 2nd

April is A-Z blogging month.  Let's give it a go, shall we?  April 1st and 2nd now.





A

Alternate A:  autonomy.  In light of our current social distancing reality, maybe better to call it anti autonomy.








B

Only yesterday I was wandering around in the mist deciding which bush needed pruning.  This Korean Lilac has lots of deadwood.

Adventures of the Updating Profile Pic, Part 2

Clearly, my visage isn't the star of the show.  Never was.  My mother took a pictures of me every year on my birthday.  Alas, there were probably two pretty good pics out of fifty.  My high school pictures had to be retaken because none of the shots were any good the first time around.  And that involved a professional photographer.  History paints a bleak picture.

What does all this mean for the future of my profile picture?  Well...

We could try random things that are pretty.

We could try random things that are disturbing.

Perhaps random things that have little meaning.

Speaking of disturbing and of little meaning.  Consider my "art".

Wait.  How about this? Self portrait without mirror.

Maybe this?  Self portrait with mirror.

Unfinished.  The result of trauma.  You'd be traumatized too if you discovered at such a late date that you had a WC Fields nose.

Maybe this would better.  Portrait of Malcom without mirror.

Time for an Updated Photo

 Help me decide on a new profile picture.  Cast your vote now!  Vote early and often!

I rather like this one.  You can't see my wrinkles or my big butt.  Unfortunately, you can't see Clover either.

Lily looks good in this one.  Come to think of it, maybe she should write this blog too.

How about this one?     I call it:   Lynn, Armed with only a Sawzall, Bags her Limit.

Awards are Sweet

The original intended recipient of the Irresistibly Sweet Award declined- too busy waiting for the sugar coating to dry or something.  Thus, I step in as Honorable Mention or Second Tier or perhaps Semi Sweet to accept an Irresistibly Sweet Blogger Award.  Thank you Eve of The Desert Rocks.

It is a curious thing how differently we are perceived by others than how we perceive ourselves.  Me?  Sweet?  My writing?  Sweet?  I don't see it.  But some critters are sweet so maybe this makes me sweet by association.

In trying to understand this sweet business, let us consider two dear friends of mine.  Carla was not what I would call sweet.  She was a sort of smart alack.  For instance, when my husband, The Handsome One, would leave the room for a brief time, Carla would get up and take his chair.  She did this, I believe, not because it was the best seat in the house but because it caused THO to good naturedly bellow,  GET OUT OF MY CHAIR YOU BAD DOG YOU!

On the other hand, Wilma was sweet.  She was the kind of gal who put her head in your lap not because she wanted to be petted, but because she noticed you were a bit downcast so she figured you needed a little petting.

Let's return to Irresistibly Sweet Bloggers.  The Award rules say recipients are to offer 7 personal facts or tidbits and give 5 other bloggers a Sweet Award.  Non compliance is one of the subsets of my sweetness.  These rules are like chain letter rules or backyard croquet rules- acknowledge their existence then do what you want.


Here's some tidbits about me:

1.  From the age of ten through the age of thirty, I played softball with ferocious enthusiasm.

2.  Grape Nuts is my favorite cereal even though it is only edible when allowed to soak in milk for a minimum of twenty minutes.

3.  I am far more graceful on ice skates than I am in ballet slippers.

4.  The pond in my backyard has more frogs than flowers.  This is how it ought to be.



Now,  let's give some awards away!

To bettyl of incidental imagery.  She takes really cool photos and pairs them with pithy sayings.

To Erin of Nuka vs the Land Walrus.  She offers tales of her dogs with heart and humor.


Thanks again Eve.  You are sweet.



please visit:
http://www.thedesertrocks.blogspot.com/
http://www.incidentalimagery.blogspot.com/
http://www.nukavsthelandwalrus.blogspot.com/
http://www.sambirdandme.blogspot.com/

Look! A Cute Critter!

This is a Macaroni Penguin. Notice the fabulous pink feet. See more penguins at the Detroit Zoo Penguinarium. Now that I have your attention- special thanks to Christina of the Blog Entourage for featuring Pets and Other Critters on March 25th's Feature Friday !


http://www.detroitzoo.org/ http://www.theblogentourage.blogspot.com/

Aw shucks

As a proud recipient of the Stylish Blogger Award, it is fitting that I say a few words. Well, write a few words. Blog a few words. OK, I'll get on with it.

Thank you Rena for this honor. It would seem that I am to follow a bunch of rules now. For these rules, see Unruly Comment: http://www.renajtraxel.blogspot.com/ Blog Award.

Now that we've all read the rules, I will comply, somewhat.

Some facts about me:

1. I live with my husband THO (The Handsome One) and naturally, a slew of pets. Among them are dogs, of course, including Lois who appears with me in my profile picture. We were both younger then.

2. My favorite color is pink. Cotton candy pink to be precise.

3. I have written two unpublished novels.

4. I walk dogs for a living while shamelessly using my experiences as fodder for my current literary effort: A Dog Walker's Tale.

5. It is difficult for me to sit still for long due to an inclination toward puttering.