Deep In The Forrest

Hello, my friend, hello Its good to need you so Its good to love you like I do And to feel this way When I hear you say Hello So Hello! :) As you can see, I made it back from my biking trip in one piece. We had a good time, although a 17 year old member of our posse was the only one who caught any incriminating evidence of debauchery due to the breaking of Mr. J's glasses, but that's another whole story. We started out way too early on Saturday morning because I thought we were supposed to meet the guys about 6 a.m., and he had said 7 a.m., so we woke up at 4 a.m. and could've slept longer, which I really wished I had in retrospect. So we ate breakfast at Shoney's, had coffee and waited for everyone else who was supposed to head out with us to arrive. Finally we were off to hit the trail. Early in the day clouds were still taunting us, and we encountered a few showers, nothing major. The scenery as we headed up through Tennessee and once we crossed over into Kentucky wa...

Late and short and to the point... It's WWC day. I have not been doing well at this because of lack of creative time. Things have been just too hectic and stressful with work and other issues. I am hanging in here though... Today's words are "8" and "Earth" (Thanks Tink!! WWC Now Brought To Us By Facebook) ;) Here goes: Mom, Cranking the Same Classic V-8 Truck She Used To Drive Me To Elementary School... Dig That! Peanut Butter and Jelly, a Down-To-Earth Snack! My Bike, "Jimi" Always Brings Me Down To Earth When I'm Upset Bonus Photo: "Tornado-Bound Sky"

Today is Weekly Words Challenge day! Normally, I link this over to the Mighty Tink's blog, but since she has deserted ship as it were, she has moved this over to Our Weekly Words Challenge Group on Facebook! So go there and check it out if you are on Facebook and would like to join in, why not add me as your friend if you haven't already... go ahead. Can you make the cut? haha. j/k At any rate the process of posting has changed slightly, but each blogger has decided what to do and how they want to go about it, I think many of us will continue to post the pics on our blogs, and then place a link to that in our WWC Facebook Group... seems like a plan. So here we go. This week's words were "H" and "Fade". I went rather minimalistic on this, rather than cop out completely. As usual, I don't think my photos merit much of an award, but here they are! "H" is for Hummingbird Summer Flowers Soon Fade What else can I say today? It's Tuesday, a...

There are certain special things in life, people too that fade away as beautifully as the bright light they shone upon their arrival. In a way, blogging has become somewhat of a dying art. It had it's "prime" like we all do... a bright, but short rise to, then fall from glory wherein many people did it because it was the latest cyber-fad, everyone else was doing it, or they loved it at first but for whatever reason, they lost their enthusiasm and decided to leave. We've lost many of our fellow bloggers here and there, when things in their life took more of their time and they weren't able to blog, or when they simply had other interests and just had no desire to do it anymore. Through blogging, we have met some wonderful, funny and inspirational people. One of those people, Tink of Pickled Beef , has decided to be the next one to fade away. This leaves me with a heavy heart... I have enjoyed so much her Weekly Words Challenge, and being a part of her comment comm...

Here we go. I actually made it eh? I'm quite proud, even though my photos are nothing special. I just can't seem to get into things and/or get time to devote to trying to be very creative. I hate that! Anyways, here's what I have... for what it's worth. I promise to make my full rounds as soon as I can... see you in a bit. -AJ Tink's Words For This Week: "Fear" and "Four" I have a terrible fear of wasps Fear Of Cleaning My Dirty Keyboard Four Pennies, all I have to my name... alms for the poor?? Am I Dialing 411? HTML 4 See Who Else Is Playing!!

First off this fine Tuesday, I would like to extend a special thanks to the ultra-sweet Angela of 'No More Empty Fortune Cookies' for sending me a very inspirational reminder to stop neglecting my creative soul side. I am guilty of doing just that, I put other things before my own heart a lot of the time, and I have neglected my painting among other things so I appreciate that lovely note Angela! Thanks and I am going to really work on that. Strangely I am not late this week putting up my Weekly Words Challenge (WWC) photos, and I know you are all shocked! The Lovely Tink is our MC as always. This weeks words were "SOUTH" and the letter "O" . Although I never feel like I excel with these as much as I should (or would if I had plenty of creative time-my fault) I have them. Tires are shaped like the letter "O". nOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!! Face "O" Face When you see "Welcome To Mississippi" have no doubt, you're in the South! W...

This is "Weekly Words Challenge" day... it is. The enigmatic and fantastic Tink , our host, had set us up with "6" and "Look Up" for the words. You can click the WWC banner above to check out everyone else's work this week, but I am going to have to bow-out gracefully as I haven't had time to put any thought into photos, and I really don't want to cop out and use nothing but archived photos. I am ready for fresh new ideas and fresh thoughts. Therefore, I will try again next week... I promise. Soz!

Check out who's playing the: Host of the Weekly Words Challenge is the lovely Tink of Pickled Beef . This week's keywords are "C" and "Wood" . Quickly I will get these up, and sorry to admit I had to go archiving once again... sorry to disappoint. Just haven't felt up to shooting much lately and it's been so hot. Here goes. "Wood" "C" Yay.

That title rhymed... isn't that cool?? Ok, short one and to the point today ladies and gentlemen. I will be back later though for a story about "Uncle Richie" (a.k.a. Mr. J). For now, here's today's WWC (Weekly Words Challenge) brought to us by the very lean and lovely Tink of Pickled Beef. (Visit her if you'd like to join us and sacrifice your life lol)! The words for this week were "Lean" and "3" (three): Had to hit the archives a little as I have been super-duper busy... but still hope you like. Angel leaning on the tomb in which it guards Broken piece still appears to be leaning Mr. J leans on the escalator behind a (quite lean) wax figure of Sophia Loren (or is he in Front of her?) Wall mural of a 3-tier Fountain Three Siblings Three Very Different Personalities Three Silos in grassy green field There you go! Also note that I had 3 examples of each word... hehe I'm the clever one. ;) More issues beckon... will be back later!

Weekly Words Challenge 87 is now! Our Wicked MC, Tink has ruled that the words for this week were Yellow and " In My Purse/Wallet ". How did you interpret them? Here are mine, and sorry I didn't make up for last week like I thought I would try to, I'm doing well to get these in. Here we goooo! I'll be by to see what you did in a bit. Mississippi Mud surrounded by lovely Yellow wildflowers The inside of this bloom and some edges have a hint of Yellow Messy Yellow Networking Cables! This is a weird photo "happy accident" (with lots of yellow sparks) caused by toothpicks in the ceiling at "Huey's" restaurant! The entire unorganized contents Inside My Purse!!! My blackberry resides In My Purse, and as such so does my face ;) That's it for today I suppose. Remember, I am digging on this "Daily Blogging" phenomenon for my NaBloPoMo (National Blog Posting Month) group, so I'll be here every day dur...

I am struggling, but I am finally bringing my Weekly Words Challenge for this week. This fun lil game is hosted by our wonderful friend Tink (from Pickled Beef) . She challenged us this week with the keywords "K" and "Metal". I'll make this short and sweet, enjoy... Silhouette of "The King" "K" for the Hearing Impaired "K" is for Killians (Irish Red) "K" for Kolbe (back of a big trailer) Kudzu Runs Rampant in Mississippi Klassic (sic) Metal!!! "Melt Your Face" Metal Bonus Photo: I guess this to caution us on stray See-Saws...? Ok, anyway-I'll be back later with more in depth stuff. Don't forget, you can submit something for "Ask AJ" at any time and I'll tackle it when I am able, so don't forget to check in and see if I have featured your topic on the blog. Also, give a bit of feedback and let me know if you are liking the "Ask AJ" feature. Plenty has stressed me this week, so ...