• Life In General

    Remembering

    Patricia Jean Floyd November 9, 1952 – August 20, 2011 You told me once…. …..that I was your hero and had given you the courage to do what needed to be done. …..how excited you were to become a grandmother. …..how scared you were when you had your heart attack. …..how much fun you had creating your miniatures. …..that you never regretted your decision. …..to go after my dreams and don’t let anyone stand in my way. …..how much you loved to go out dancing again. …..that he wasn’t the one for me ~ and you were right. …..how happy you were with him and how much it broke your…

  • Outside My Window

    Outside My Window ~ 11.6.2011

    Outside my window…is the first evening after daylight savings time ended.  It is about ten minutes until eight but it feels much later than that.  It has been dark forever….how can it not even be 8:00 yet?!?!  It is currently 48°F with calm winds.  Calm winds were not the norm around here this past weekend.  The last nor’easter that visited and quickly pulled away on Friday left a path of heavy winds all day Saturday.  Today wasn’t as bad but still breezy….especially near the James River late this afternoon.  We warmed up to about 60°F today which is close to average for the area.  Looks like we will stay in…

  • Friday Flashback

    Friday Flashback

    We came from Colorado…. ….a few came from Philadelphia…. ….to see the ones that were already there… ….and we got together where it all started. We met in Virginia Beach all those years ago….early twenties. And life was good. Taken in our hotel room the summer we visited  Virginia Beach, Virginia. The way we were….. I wish I had dated this photograph….but I didn’t…late 1970/early 1980’s I would say. ** Update On The Date ~ I found the negatives for this ~ July 1983 **