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Froggy Bottom Cafe
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It’s deadline day here at the cabin, but come on in and stay awhile…I’ll be back in time for Happy Hour!
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Please recommend (and unrecommend the Cafe/Lounge from yesterday)
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but it’s been pretty quiet, and I’m still trying to meet my deadline today!
What’s on your plate today?
You have my sympathies on the deadline crunch. Here, have a nice cup of tea and cookies for Inspirational Purposes.(and sending Good Productive Karma Waves your way to get your stuff done!).
I finally finished my project late last Sunday night and shipped it off to the editor — those last two weeks had me trying to convince my body it didn’t really need sleep …
Crunch away! (That goes for both the deadline and the cookies, of course!)
Broccoli, carrots, and pasta.
Good luck with your deadline, CG.
I just gave up and pulled out a previous iteration of the topic I’m working on, I’m so sick of this paper. I’ve written too many on the same subject now…hard to make it new and different!
Do you want this 2 pound loaf of banana bread a co-worker just gave me.
It’s sitting right here. Right in front of me if you’d like it.
(She cruelly said I could have it for dinner tonight)
Identifying keywords and subject categories for all the Crafts for Kids On This Page. So that we can produce more complete subject lists.
We’ve got all these fantastic crafts and recipes, but it’s very time consuming to keep all the associated pages up to date (and they aren’t). So, I’m moving the info about them into a database. That’s what I’m doing today.
Don’t worry about the Cafe, it’ll be fine!
Don’t know what I’ll have on the plate tonight..
Right now, a pile of contracts that are to be amended. Then some financial reporting.
Big fun! </sn>
Looking forward to Happy Hour.
I’m about halfway through my final polish on the beta draft of the new YA novel. Unfortunately, that puts me squarely in the bridging section where I have to make a lot of time pass smoothly without much happening. This one occurs over the course of a full school year. Getting the time-to-action ratio right in the lull sections is ugly, at least for me. I’m used to compressed time-lines. Most of my novels take place over the course of one to two weeks. The longest one before this was two months of page time.
Chai this morning, and several diet colas. I’m dragging.
The bunkhouse in background used to be located on another farmstead 1/2 mile south of present location. My father’s family spent the night there when their house burned to the ground in the very hot summer of 1936.
That’s a really nice photo — it really sets a mood.
What a lovely, lovely photo, NDD. An absolutely idyllic scene, to my mind — & how wonderful that you’ve framed it with a sense of your own history; it truly expands the frame beyond the immediate.
The trees are perfectly lovely. I suppose I should be able to recognize the species, but I’m generally quite lazy today. Can you help? They’re gorgeous, frankly — infusing the stillness of the landscape with motion. I love this effect of bare trees in winter.
Many compliments on the image!
Thanks for the compliments WW, (and everyone…)
I think the angle of the shot makes it difficult to tell tree variety. But from memory, the ctr in-your-face one should be Box Elder, then next to the right, growing more straight up, is Ash, then the two to the right of the corner of the building are both oaks, not shown off the photo to the right are two maples.
We also have birch, and one linden, one horse chestnut in other locations. Hmmm, now you’ve given me an idea for future shots.
I’m reviewing contracts that just “have” to be finished by the end of the year. And trying to work out a deal for a guy to buy his sister out of a family company — which is hard since they don’t speak and her husband is her lawyer. Sometimes when I meet people with a lot of money I think I was born into the wrong family — but when I see them feuding over something as silly as money I realize how much I love my family. I too cannot wait for happy hour.
Great graphic on top!
Woah. Just came from reading ghandi’s diary, Open Letter to America from a Canadian (Baltimore Chronicle). Quite the letter from one of my compatriots. I’m still a little shocked that the paper printed it.
Love the graphic on the bulletin board CG! I’m pulling from my archives for the photos, but some may not have been posted.
Mallow, taken 10.02.2005view large
and I remember yours from the FB Photo Fair being superb also. (Might someone throw a link up for the newcomers, I’ve got to run.)
I’m mesmerized by what you are able to do. Are you inclined to reveal what camera system you are using for these closeups.
Here are some links for those that didn’t catch the Fiar diaries the first go-round:
Froggy Bottom Photography Fair, Links to All Photo Diaries
My camera is an everyday Canon Elph — one of the tiny ones so I carry it with me everywhere — but it comes with a number of powerful features, like digital macro settings, light settings, etc.
This is my first dig camera, and now I’m yearning for something with more power. 🙂
Olivia, you’re doing truly beautiful work with the Elph — despite your perceptions of its limitations. Can’t say I don’t sympathize deeply, though.
I so appreciate the images of floral life you share with us — intimations of seasonal color to come that bring a cheerful warmth to my wintry abode. One can almost feel the sunshine in your images.
Thanks also for the link! Darn these chores ..
are all so thoughtful and descriptive. It makes me want to post photos just so I can see what you might say about them.
<blush> What a nice compliment, Andi. I like to say a bit more about a good photo than my typical ‘Wow!’ 😉
Just finished reading them, and you’re right Andi, WW writes such interesting comments and insights about the photos!
Thanks, olivia. Always happy to share thoughts about lovely things — as opposed to ugly things, which is more my general habit.
OK, now to the chores ..
Your flower photos are so pretty they hurt. What kind of camera do you have?
Thanks… I mentioned this above to NDD. My camera is a Canon Elph. I really like it. It’s really compact with a good size LCD and great features. Enough to learn and experiment!
Howdy to all! Uhh, on my plate is our rebuttal to objections on a recent court decision. Can’t wait til it’s done.
And now for all of you who are already sick to death of snow and ice and gloom and clouds and scraping the windshield and melting globs of snow on the kitchen floor from the kids’ boots…here are memories of summer and my favorite pastime.
I’ve never been much of a beach person; I prefer deserted beaches in the winter or just before a storm, but I do love to sit on the porch and put my feet up…
Delicious, SN. Truly delicious. Oh my. Thanks for sharing it!
I share your feelings about beach time, incidentally. One of my most enjoyable visits to the sea occurred some years ago, as a typical hurricane approached the southeastern Florida shore. I strode the beach as it came — quite a stunning experience. Left before impact, of course.
I’ve also found our northern beaches quite stunning in winter — so still & deserted, with the continual motion & sound of the waves to remind us of natural continuity.
I don’t want to talk about what is on my plate because it’s too damn boring.
Went out at lunch for another round of what-would-olivia-do and got the answer “not have dogs along” — and their noses were cold, too. However …
Melting snow on forest litter.
Larger version here
That ice reminds me of lace. Beautiful!
Thanks for saying that. I don’t think it comes anywhere close to what you can do but at least it was in focus so I felt I had achieved something.
… bending down to get close, remaining steady, bringing into focus . . . and then three wet noses rush over to see what you’re so focused on! And you did capture it! Now, that IS talent!
They know that if one of them stops and looks down at the ground intently, there’s something furry involved that they’ll all want to “play with” so of course they needed to see what I had.
That’s a lovely composition, Andi. Excellent, intricate detail & beautiful color, too!
Oddly enough, for me it inspires the sense of a smooth & sure path through unfriendly turbulence.
Quite lovely.
Thank you. I was taken with the texture of the leaf litter under and next to the ice.
And, I’ll admit, pleased I could get take the picture while trying to hold off three dogs.
Oh my. Having experienced the similar with cats, I can only commend you on the feat. Kudos!
‘Afternoon, all! Just stepping in briefly before heading out to chores in a relatively balmy 30 degrees — after a terrific ice storm & incredible winds overnight. Spring can’t be far behind, for sure! 😉
Did you see your photo in the last cafe last night? 🙂
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I’m off to put work on my plate. See youse later.
Yes, I did! Thank you for tending the fire last night for a bit longer than I was able to 🙂
I can hear your cat thinking “What is it with humans that they’d actually choose to go outside when it’s so cold out.”
LOL No kidding!
However, she’s also weighing the possibilities. Last year I nicknamed her ‘the Yeti’ — up to her hips in snow whenever possible, swimming happly along.
This year she’s a mom, so she’s definitely less adventurous. She may not want to chill her teat & offer the kitten ice-cream.
In the meantime, the kitten (born in October) looks up at her & thinks, ‘I wonder what’s so interesting out there .. ‘
Katiebird’s post in the last cafe about 2 cups and the pencil reminded me of a story. I’ll bet that you’ve all heard variations of this story from English speaking visitors to this country.
I was working as a TA, grading papers while sitting in those tiny office cubicles. There were at least 10-12 other people in their own cubicles, holding office hours, doing their work, chatting quietly, etc. I made a mistake while grading and yelled out: “Kevin, can I borrow your rubber for a minute please?” A sudden and total hush fell in the room. After a while, not Kevin, but Denise came to my cubicle, s-l-o-w-l-y. “Honey,” she asked, “why do you want a rubber?”
“Oh!” I responded, “I made a mistake and just need to rub it out.” Heard Denise take a big breath then let it out heavily. “Kevin,” she yelled, “its okay, she just needs an eraser!”
You were merely practicing safe grading!
Hahahaha!
(Slowly wipes soup off keyboard)
Is it vodka:30 yet??? Nevermind, I’ll just hand out 4s while I’m waiting…
somewhere in the world. Just pick a time zone. It’s 6:27 in Buenos Aires.
Congrats!
It’s way past that time now so you’ll need to drink extra to catch up.
YEAY!!! ::does Kermit the Frog dance::
That makes it happy hour by definition, right?
Totally…tonight’s lounge is a reflection of the stress that project was causing me! 🙂
Wow!
Check site meter. If current traffic holds up, we’ll see the 5th million page view before midnight.
C’mon over!