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Twisted ticket

My first day home in five days proved to be unexpectedly hectic. My first line of business was to make process in my book editing project that's due shortly. I was hoping to spend most of the day on that duty, but I was informed (late last night, of course) of a two-hour meeting this afternoon that I was required to attend. So much for planning ahead.

I woke up bright and early, just as the sun was making its way above the horizon. From that point on, even before most of the people in the neighborhood had stirred from their cozy nest-like beds, the day just evaporated. The result: I now feel much like these plants, all twisted and wilted.

Mother deer

As we made our way through the prairie, we stumbled upon this deer. At first we startled her, but then it was if she was posing for the camera. Periodically, she would look to the North as if trying to watch to see if we were going to bother her fawns. Never saw any other members of this family, but she certainly acted as if she was trying to protect the whereabouts of loved ones.



But occasionally, eating was the priority.

Here comes the sun...

After battling the rains and flood waters fore several days, we were finally able to get out and enjoy the sunshine. Looks like the flowers at Meadowbrook were liking the blue sky too...

Muddy waters and dead batteries

The weather has just not cooperated this week. Yesterday I was able to take a quick wog - one that was more walk than jog - that is until the black storm clouds rolled in. That was then it became a full "get out of the way I'm headed for the door" run.

Today, TB and I attempted to thwart the storms and head out of state for the day. Okay, we really had to spend a chunk of the day doing what the Ps do - hang out in the doctor's office - but that didn't last long. Stay the course seems to be the favorite sentiment of the doctors, which doesn't take long to say.

To "recover" from the appointments, we took a stroll through Meadowbrook Park. They too have had so much rain that even parts of the sidewalks were battling the overflow from what used to be little creeks. Here are a few shots from the day. The first set are in the muddy waters before my first set of batteries gave out. The second set are ones that I was able to snap just before my back-up set decided they were not fully/properly (probably due to human error).