D and I went to the circus yesterday with his brothers, a sister-in-law, and our niece and nephews. I think we all agreed that it was waaaaayyy better when we were kids. I'm pretty sure I remember lions, a flaming hoop, and yes--a unicorn. We saw none of that yesterday and the two and a half hour performance was filled with lame skits wherein a clown stole the ringmaster's hat and, HOUSTON?! HOW CAN HE GET HIS HAT BACK?! And can I just tell you that it wasn't even a real top hat! Isn't the ringmaster supposed to wear a top hat?! And speaking of the ringmaster, when did he turn the circus into a musical? Because he didn't just speak his dialogue, he sang 90% of it.
I think maybe it's just a part of getting older. Lots of kids in the audience seemed to be having a good time, though I can't say the same for the four with us. I don't want to be completely negative, I really enjoyed the Rebel Riders, elephants...and wow! It's kind of hard to pick a third...oh wait--before it got started a clown took up a cell phone from an unsuspecting circus goer and that was pretty funny. Okay--now for some pictures!
I do want to point out a few things about the photos. That clown is not really smiling, the cotton candy cost $12, I like stilts, and my sweet niece K had the right idea. A nap mid-way through would've been really nice.
She's lucky she's so cute because this girl was NOT cooperative today! We started outside in the best green grass, in the cutest watermelon ensemble...and it went downhill from there. She did not like the grass at all and she really didn't want her picture taken unless she was holding on to her momma. Oh well, I guess we'll try again another day!
Well, I am currently experiencing some computer/network problems which explains why I have the extra time on my hands to play around on this site. Only I don't really have extra time because there a hundred other things I could be doing.
However, the real problem I'm talking about is the appearance of our unborn baby.
According to the morphed photos, this is what she'll look like. There's something very disturbing about those shady hairlines. Let's hope our actual DNA produces something a little cuter than the pictures I chose to upload!
Though it was a completely different shower, no water involved--unless you count the liquid in my cup.
Yesterday I attended a baby shower for my cousin K. It's hard to believe, but she'll be welcoming her little one in just over three weeks! I got to visit with some friends and family and consumed too much yummy food. Why is it when eating triangles from a sandwich tray, my total count always equals more than one sandwich?! It's like, they're tiny so I must eat twelve! Not really, but I was very full.I have just a couple of sessions scheduled in the coming weeks for family members and I've already started booking sessions for after the baby arrives and I start back to work. October is quickly filling up with a wedding and two family sessions, but November is wide open!
So expect lots of pug pictures with a few real sessions thrown in over the next couple of months. Of course there will be days of baby pictures after she arrives, I can't wait!
Unfortunately, I have no pictures...or proof that the bunnies are indeed carrying rabies. There's a large field directly behind our house and this summer we've been visited by little brown bunnies several times. They seem to be eating in our backyard, though I'm not sure what nourishment they're getting from the dead grass. And the dead grass? Well that's all part of D's plan for a stronger lawn next year. The front yard looks super fab though!
So I had seen a rabbit in the backyard last week, very small and brown with a white cotton tail. When I opened the door, it hopped back under the fence. The last few days, the bunny has been back...and it's added a friend.
On Wednesday, Deran was closing the blinds and saw the bunny and I was all, "We have to let the dogs out!" I just wanted to see how they would react, believe me, I wasn't putting the bunny in any danger. In fact, I hate to speak for the whole breed because it could just be my two, but pugs are not the most observant animals. Put something new in the house without showing them first and they freak out, but neither one even glanced in the direction of the rabbit. D and I stood on the patio watching it and I thought maybe something was wrong with it since it just sat there...like it was RABID. Because in my experience, any wild animal is rabid. I don't know if it's too much Old Yeller or a fear of bats, or the mad dog in To Kill A Mockingbird--but why wouldn't that rabbit move?!
We did what anyone would do when dealing with a rabid animal. We put our dogs back in the house, went back out and moved closer. It's like a horror movie, when there's a noise and they run outside. WHY?! Then the bunny took off under the fence. It looks like he wasn't rabid, just a little brave and why not, he was was really camouflaged in the patch of brown grass.
We walked up to the fence to see the area he slipped beneath and I told Deran where he'd slipped out when I had seen him before. We walked a few feet away to check out the fence and there was an ENORMOUS copperhead coiled there, head up, ready to strike! I did actually take a couple of pictures of the snake but my camera is in the kitchen and I'm in the office and yes, I am that lazy.
I won't go into details, but I don't believe the snake will be back. It's only the second snake we've seen this year, both copperheads. The first one was tiny and met the weedeater before D even saw it. But really, this one was HUGE!
Last night the bunny and a larger friend were back, hopping around the backyard. But I stayed in the house--I can't be getting rabies!
