My Sweet Abigail

An Inside Look

There is so very much (too much) on my mind lately and I hardly know where to begin.

This blog has become more of an assignment of sorts...to different photo challenges. Thank god for that too, or I might have let it go. But I feel as though I've stopped sharing about my life...the good, the bad, the ugly and the phenomenal stuff too.

I, like everyone else, am made up of so many different parts. I often want to share them ALL.

My photos are a part of me...a big part. But most of them have stories, or at least lots of feelings around them. I don't want this to "just" be a photography blog. I want it to be a Nancy Blog. I want it to be an outlet....a deeper expression of who I am. So I'm going to start that change. I'm going to begin by letting you know that this week has been brutal for me. Some Mother's Days are worse than others...that is, since I lost the most important person in my life 6 years ago.

And for some reason, this year is kicking me in the ass. Maybe it's because I've had a bunch of health problems that various tests have been trying to diagnose. When I'm hurting, or scared, I miss mom more than ever. Maybe it's because my job has stirred up a whole lot of new feelings in me that I often don't know how to process. She would have helped me with it all.

Maybe it's because I live in the most beautiful home in the most beautiful area I could have ever imagined, and I want so desperately to share it with her.

And maybe it's just because.

Anyway, here are some flowers for all the moms out there...and all the suffering souls without a mom to send flowers to.

Here are some flowers for you, mom.

See the Music

It's that time again...Carly's Round Robin challenge. The theme is "Music" this time. And I had two great photos in mind for this one...but for the life of me, can't find either. So I searched around and found a few that sure seemed to fit the theme. Don't be surprised if a few more pop up now and then. Music is big in our lives!

(Check out the other entries over here.)

Serenaded on a Jamaican Beach












Ms. Jewel

Me, being Tina Turner (dressed like Marilyn Monroe?)

My niece and SIL, dancing on a FL beach

Z Best for Last

It is time for the very last letter of the alphabet for Martha's A-Z Challenge. And I couldn't wait to post this!

A few months ago, we went to Jamaica and did a very daring, and exciting thing...a Zip Line!

We're not talking about the kind at a company picnic...we're talking about the real deal. We're talking being VERY high up....we're talking about mingling with the tree tops....speeding over rivers. It took a bit of hiking, and we got to do about 8 or 9 zip lines, but on this particular one, I bravely (stupidly?) brought my camera along. That left me with only one hand to hang on.

I warn you. You may want to turn your volume down...perhaps turn it off completely. Oh, and if there are any kids around, I do utter a curse word in there too.

Anyway, I give to you....my final letter....Z, for Zip line: (Don't say I didn't warn you!)

In Flight

This week's Round Robin Challenge came to us from Carly....it's called "In Flight". Although I chose the more obvious, you can check out the other entries here.

The following photos were taken just last week during our visit to family in Florida:

Another sighting

I find myself looking for angels in the sky rather frequently...and rather frequently, they are there.

You can see them for yourself...it's all about the looking.

Y Not

Well, it's almost the end of Martha's A-Z Challenge.

I have mixed feelings about that. First, I'm so very grateful to Martha for hosting this and cheering us all on. Truthfully, I'm proud of myself for sticking with it!

But second, I'm almost relieved that it's over so that I can start to post more random photos that I like, without trying to make them "fit" into some assignment. Don't get me wrong...I'll still do some challenges, but without the heavy-duty commitment.

Stay tuned though, cuz I think you guys will get a real kick out of my "Z" next time!

So, without further ado, here are the Y's. (Y? Because I LIKE you!)

Yawn

(He's not vicious...he just has good teeth!)

Holy cow! I just realized that his name IS a "Y"!

Meet our cat, Yogi:

Yellow Bird

Yuk-Yuk

Youth
(Had to sneak in a picture of Abby!)