Family Portrait

I took my children...my two labradoodles, who I have noticed since being a little more conscious around my roommates I talk to constantly.   Not in that baby talk kind of way you hear people do and instantly want to kick in their teeth, or politely ignore them....but in a "I think you are on my intellectual level and I am going to talk to you like a peer", except I don't often talk to my peers about their breath and fuzzy ears (that would be weird).  I digress...anyway, I took my dogs with me to take some pictures of a oil derrick on the trinity river - I was scared to go alone since i tend to get into "shooting mode" and pay NO attention to what is going on around me...which I have been told over and over and over and over again is a cardinal sin for a young woman, I would never be able to fend off an attacker (again I digress).  Anyway while waiting for the sun to sink a little lower behind the horizon I took some photos of my family...and I quickly learned that when your family has four legs, a nose million times more sensitive than my own and thinks it is sooo exciting that mom is standing OUTSIDE of the car instead of sitting in it with us it is hard to get them to sit still. I guess I was wrong to think a long run down the river would wear them out.  Well this is as close to a family portrait as was obtainable tonight...

Here are some portraits of the pooches as well...

Bradie Girl

and the ever mellow boy O.P.

October

I don't know what it is about the month of October, but I like it.  I like the way every day feels like a Sunday when I was a kid.  I don't know how to explain it but it feels good.  It's like the air feels different, like nothing can go wrong.  There is a warmth in the air even when the wind leaves your nose with a hint of the biting cold which will come in the near future. 


With the month of October comes Holiday scented candles, Orange vanilla being the favorite of the moment, pumpkins, weird little corn husks and FOOTBALL - GO HORNED FROGS!  But the thing I might like the most about October is the plethora of  scary movies that are on t.v.  I like sitting in a dark room and watching scary movies, not the kind where small children are possessed by the devil but the kind where babysitters get murdered, the ones that could actually come true (When a Stranger Calls...hands down the best scary movie EVER and pretty much ruined my teenage years with the fear of a creepy ventriloquist who undoubtedly was waiting behind every knock on the front door - but that is beside the point.)I am scaring myself just thinking about it..... and I like it, I guess it is the adrenaline.


October also presents wonderful photography opportunities...although I have not had the chance to take advantage of them it seems like the light of each fading day is tempting my lens to take advantage of the show it is putting on.   There are festivals all over town, whether celebrating the arts, trying to find a cure for cancer or my favorite event Barktoberfest.  Yes this is a dog festival at the dog park and yes people humiliate their dogs, which I DO NOT, and dress them up in ridiculous outfits and yes I go every year.  It's fun and I think the dogs like it.  Speaking of which,  even they seem to be different, the are extra excited when I walk in the front door and seem extra frisky on Monday night when I take them to run on the golf course.  By the way, O.P. taught himself to swim...yay!


Today was the perfect October day too... I worked a little, preparing for P.J. O'Rourke to come on Tuesday...hurry up Wednesday and lets keep our fingers crossed for a disaster free Tuesday.  Went to a movie with Rachael, my roommate, and washed my car.  And it felt like a Sunday when I was a kid.  Like love and family and hope and bliss.  So, thank you God for another October Sunday - I hope everyone enjoyed it as much as I did! 

No more staples

I think you know your stressed when your stapler runs out of staples and you not only cuss under your breath but begin to cry...in your office, alone, pretty hard....for quite a long time.  I hate staplers today.  That is all I have time for - October 13 could not come soon enough.