Enjoying a warm fall afternoon

Blue Jay – October 27, 2007

Slowly Dying

Roberts, Wisconsin – October 2007

Lady in Red

I have no idea what these flowers are called…

Botanical display – Mall of America – March 2007

IMG_1768_1, originally uploaded by Terri Terri.

If only you could stay

Lake Elmo Park Reserve – October 2007

Summer has faded away

It was stifling that day.  The temperatures must have reached a hundred degrees.  Sitting under a tree, trying to stay cool and failing miserably, I couldn’t wait for the game to end so I could climb back into the comfort of the air conditioned car.  I’m not sure how the girls managed to keep playing as they did, getting hit after hit and running the bases as fast as their legs would carry them.  I remember taking ice from the cooler and running it across my arms and neck, the cubes melting almost instantly against my hot skin.  I remember the sun rising higher in the sky and moving my precious shade away from my chair.  I remember moving to a place in the shade where I couldn’t see the game as well.  I remember cursing the heat.

Today, as every glance out the window was met with overcast skies and rain, I miss that day.

Gotta get this into storage!

Upper Cullen Resort, Nisswa, Minnesota – July 2007

Gotta get this into storage!, originally uploaded by Terri Terri.

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Fat Cat in a Little Box

Leave me alone, originally uploaded by Terri Terri.

It doesn’t matter to Holly whether or not she’ll actually fit in any container left unattended in this house! She’ll MAKE herself fit!

Wherever I May Roam

 

…And the earth becomes my throne

I adapt to the unknown

Under wandering stars I’ve grown

By myself but not alone

Solitude

 

The warmth of summer has quietly faded away.  The chilly autumn air has taken its place.  Today found me strolling through the Lake Elmo Park Reserve, virtually alone.  As I wandered the paths of the park, fallen leaves crunched beneath my feet.  Not another soul was in sight, the only sounds those of birds chirping and squirrels scampering through the underbrush of the trees.  The solitude allowed me to clear the cobwebs from my brain and breathe a sigh of calm relief.