i had a hard time today with the pic of the day. it's true. there are days that you don't feel like doing it, or you don't have one ready. i got home from work and i had nothing. so i walked to the park and started clicking. and the thing is i had so much fun taking the pictures, but when i got home and uploaded them, they all had this bleary spot from something foggy on the lens. and that ruined the cool barren tree pic that i took. and then i started playing with the cats and taking
lots of pictures of them, using macro and night flash. that was fun too. there's this cool one of archie jumping off of the chair but he jumped while i was taking it in night mode, which has a long exposure period so he is just barely a ghost in the picture. but the picture isn't framed well so it's not picture of the day material. i like this one of my baby's healthy eye. i like the detail of his eyelashes and his bandit cheek stripe.

elicia is out late tonight at meetings and it's so silent in here without her. she chatters to the cats and sings oscar meyer weiner or something such.

i've been listening to johnny cash and june carter cash duets for a couple of days. now all their songs are playing in my head in a continuous fashion. "never could, never would, never will, ever kill the love that's between us. so let's start again, and start a *desk*? between old friends..." try as i might desk is all that i hear in that song, yet i know it cannot be so.

we made butter tarts like i subtly foreshadowed yesterday. it was my first time making the patriotic tarts and i like making things for the first time. it's the making of something new that excites me. lots of people helped. i didn't actually do that much. just directed and participated as the situation called for. five different women all remembered to bring muffin tins (which is more than i would do. i'd promise and then forget). kaz rolled out and cut the pastry that i had made earlier and daniel chopped a whole pan full of pecans that we roasted and lisa m. did the filling. and then una of the beautiful eye came by to see how things were going. una always seems to show up on baking day. we made 7 dozen butter tarts and we had some filling and nuts left over. lisa m. was dipping whole pecans into the left over filling and that's when i came up with a wicked plan. i filled up spoon with the filling and then scooped it into the toasted chopped pecans. oh my gosh it was soooo good. everyone laughed and grabbed spoons. lisa m. uttered oinks as she did it. she's so funny. anyways, we'll see tomorrow if they are any good. i hope so. it's always such a downer when my expectations are high and the results mediocre or worse.

yesterday i was taking a member's order for lunch and he told me that he loved me. just "i love you." out of the blue. i told lisa and she said "well he's crazy." she has a point.

i love that gas is below a dollar. but it doesn't make up the fact that everywhere else it's been a lot lower for a lot longer. it's just not fair.

i have the feeling like something exciting is going to happen to me. i get this feeling sometimes. i have since i was a girl i think. i'm expecting something good, but i don't know what. it's a vague excitement that colours the air around me.

please see below the archie ghost picture and the runners up to the picture of the day. tell me which ones you like the best.