Back In Time (195/365)

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Rest is not idleness, and to lie sometimes on the grass under trees on a summer's day,
listening to the murmur of the water, or watching the clouds float across the sky,
is by no means a waste of time.
~ John Lubbock

TIME: 5:30 PM
PLACE: Podunk Illinois
SUBJECT: Back In Time

Some people claim country folk are backward and behind the times. I would argue they've found the best of times and continue to celebrate them!

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Spike Flower (194/365)

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“I ain't Martin Luther King. I don't need a dream. I have a plan.”
~ Spike Lee

TIME: 5:30 PM
PLACE: Forest Preserve
SUBJECT: Spike Flower

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High School (193/365)

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“The most unfair thing about life is the way it ends. I mean, life is tough. It takes up a lot of your time. What do you get at the end of it? A Death! What's that, a bonus? I think the life cycle is all backwards. You should die first, get it out of the way. Then you live in an old age home. You get kicked out when you're too young, you get a gold watch, you go to work. You work forty years until you're young enough to enjoy your retirement. You do drugs, alcohol, you party, you get ready for high school. You go to grade school, you become a kid, you play, you have no responsibilities, you become a little baby, you go back into the womb, you spend your last nine months floating...


...and you finish off as an orgasm.”
~ George Carlin

TIME: 6:00 PM
PLACE: Podunk Illinois
SUBJECT: High School

I had to visit the high school that Cam should be attending this fall. He had to be registered in his "home school" but will be attending classes - indefinitely - at a therapeutic day school. Having to go through the freshman registration process, knowing it was just an administrative requirement - was heartbreaking.

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Storm (192/365)

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“Serenity is not freedom from the storm, but peace amid the storm”
~ Unknown

TIME: 6:00 PM
PLACE: Podunk Illinois
SUBJECT: Storm

As I was getting into my car after taking this pic, the skies opened up.
Good thing I pulled over when I did!

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Summer Snowflake (191/365)

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“Begin doing what you want to do now. We are not living in eternity. We have only this moment, sparkling like a star in our hand-and melting like a snowflake...”
~ Francis Bacon, Sr.

TIME: 5:00 PM
PLACE: Podunk Illinois
SUBJECT: Summer Snowflake

I've discovered that I see more now that I'm participating in Project 365. Last week, Sujomi posted a pic she titled "Flower Fireworks" - it was the coolest flower I've ever seen! All of a sudden I started seeing the same flower everywhere and today took a photo of a summer snowflake!

Her's is much cooler!

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Silk (190/365)

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“If you put a silk dress on a goat he is a goat still.”
~ Irish Proverb

TIME: 7:00 PM
PLACE: Home Sweet Home
SUBJECT: Silk

Thank goodness I'm not a goat!

Got this silk scarf as a prize for a blogger contest. If you want to see what else was in the box you can watch a WAY too long vlog [HERE]

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Corn (189/365)

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“The President cannot make clouds to rain and cannot make the corn to grow, he cannot make business good; although when these things occur, political parties do claim some credit for the good things that have happened in this way”
~ William Howard Taft

TIME: 5:30 PM
PLACE: Podunk Illinois
SUBJECT: Corn

Just one month ago it looked like [THIS] Today? It towers above my head and will be ready to harvest soon!

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