Project 365 part 2

Updating a few more days so I can catch up.. the only bad part about vacation is the catching up.

Aug 5th: This is "Stubbs" He is a duck that we rescued last year while at the Lake Resort. While on the lake last year we noticed this duck huddling up in the rocks.. fishing line with hook in its mouth, wrapped around its beak and its body and the one of his legs all wrapped up and tied up. So my Dad took the duck.. we cut all the line off of him and let him go.. ( more like he flew) His poor leg was black and we had doubts it would be ok. Well it turns out we were right, at some point his leg either fell off or got eaten by the fish and now you have a one legged duck. He gets around pretty good. In fact he can even stand on one foot. I wondered that since I had mostly seen him in the water but one morning I woke up and he was standing on the doc. Its a catch 22 fishing in a lake.. you use hooks to catch fish but when the lines break the other animals get into them. Stubbs isnt too learned on avoiding hooks since my daughter "caught" him while fishing.. He went after the bait on her hook when she was reeling it in. He got off but not before losing a part of his gum. I hope Stubbs will make it another year.

Aug 6th: Still at the lake resort of course and running out of things that are different to photograph.. alas the challenge of the project 365. Today I brought the camera out right before dusk, my favorite time to take pictures. You have the golden hue of sunset making the lighting just perfect for pictures. This picture, which I realize now I needed a fill flash, is of two of the many things I love.. My daughter "D" and my country. The great thing about the lake resort is there is no TV and even though there is wireless I had no access to the computer so I get a lot of time to just sit quietly and reflect on those things that are most important to me.. My God, my family and my country. I also get to do a lot of reading. I am currently reading a book Redeeming Love by Francine Rivers. It was part of a book study back in June that I unfortunately got side tracked on when my grandma passed.. but finally getting into it during the week I am enthralled by this book. Its a great read and a real testiment to what it means to be married. The sacrifices we make for our spouses as well as the love that runs so deep that the mere mention of their name or their touch makes you shudder. If you get a chance to read it I highly reccommend it.



And finally Aug 7th:There were a lot of great photos I could use for today as I was finally remembering to take them not only for our vacation scrapbook but for my new project. But this one is going to be my choice for this day. Its of my youngest "Chay" and words cant describe how much I LoVE this kid. I love all my kids of course but she is special. Maybe its because she is my baby, or because she was a total gift from God. What ever it is, she never ceases to amaze me with her personality and intellect. Like a typical mom I could bran about all the things she can do but I wont do that. I will say that I believe she is destined for great things. She is going to be something that I can only dream about. And seeing her sit there in such a reflective state, I wonder what she thinks about.

That's good for now. A extra tomorrow and I should be caught up.. now I just have to get creative with the pictures. =>