Manuscript Approved...

This is me, happy, happy, happy! (Yes, I know it's "This is I."  Somehow correct grammar doesn't go with a dancing dog.)

More info as I get it.

A Walk At The Lake Park...

I thought you'd like to go for a walk with me. This is the wooded part of the park. The other part is more "industrial-looking"--paved oval walking track around the lake with chain link fencing. And ducks. 

This is the beginning of the walk. I can hear assorted birdsong -- and a crow:

The trail winds deeper into the woods...

Something eye-catching to look at...

Keep walking...

This is the dark and shadowy, Red Riding Hood-slash-Hansel and Gretel part...

A blue flower (Look hard)....

A fork in the trail...

The "industrial-looking part of the park where a duck in nesting (far right) and her drake keeps watch--when he's awake...

The water feature. A branch (brook?) runs all the way through the wooded part of the park...

This concludes our exercise for the day. I hope you enjoyed it. Come back and walk again any time.

What the Writer Saw...

Writers see things--unless they're deep in a plot. In which case, they don't see anything.

That aside, today I'm encouraging you to see things, too.  Pay attention when you're out and about. There are all kinds of things going on. Some of them will even make you feel better, if you let it.



So what did I see?


A truck driver eating his lunch. He was in his big rig in the K-Mart parking lot. The window was rolled down despite the heat of the day. And while he was feeding himself, he was feeding the birds. It was...sweet.

Squirrels, At Least 20; Cheryl, 2.

Several weeks ago the squirrels stole all the tomatoes off my tomato plants. And I mean ALL the tomatoes. Who knew squirrels ate tomatoes? I didn't. They even carted off the neighbor's tomatoes, too, while they were at it.

So I gave up on that project -- these are the same squirrels that eat all the pecans off the pecan trees every fall, so I knew what I was dealing with. But look what the tomato plants did without me. TWO tomatoes. (These are heirloom tomatoes and heirloom tomatoes don't do "round.") There are a few more deep in the foliage. I hoping to harvest those, too, if the squirrels don't catch on.

I just wanted you to see them.

Guess who had a home grown tomato sandwich today?

(Two very fresh slices of white bread, two or more slices of peeled, garden fresh tomato, Hellman's or Duke's mayonnaise, black pepper to taste, a pinch of sugar.)