An inaugural event

So I went to the inauguration of Rick Scott as Florida's 45th governor yesterday and if you missed it, don't worry about it. Thank goodness for the bands. THE BANDS! The bands really turned this day around and made it fun. 

WARNING: This post is SUPER heavy with photos. Enjoy!

1. Elephants in downtown Tally. 2. But the circus followed the MASS MEDIA. 3. Renamed the streets. 4. El Governor 5. La Lt. Governor 6. THE people. 7. Walking the route in stilletos. Actually she rode in a car until she almost reached the grandstand. Ha. 8. Rick Scott Way aka Porta Potty Place.

I have to say that it was really cool to see the tactical teams on the roofs and agents with earwigs in the crowd. MEDIA EVERYWHERE. The photographers. With big lenses and fannypacks. Gotta get me one of those. And then there were those just trying to make a buck... newsboy, buttonman, and cotton candy vendor.

The little tyke was riding in one of the family cars that brought officials to the grandstand. 

Finally, the PARADE! Music, dancing, and loud DRUMMING. 

Then LEON came on scene.

 Caught them on the walk back to the school too!

All in all, good photos made it a good day.

at the pond #34912

Chance begged and begged to go fishing today. He guilted me into because it's the last day of his Christmas break. It's cold, I said. He quickly stated that I could sit in the car. Oh fun, I thought.

It really was an absolutely, beautiful day even if it was a little chilly. And I did sit in the car for a little bit. But then I realized that we were probably going to be there for a while so I got my camera and headed to the water. So here are the required photos of Chance fishing.

One day, I'm going to post a recap of the last six years he has spent at this pond. But not today.

So, then  I'm all, like, now what? Looking around, all I can see are dead plants, bushes and tree things. I tell myself to look hard. Try to see something that you might normally overlook. And lookey what I found. Knockout Roses... only there are no blooms. Just the bush. And what's left of the flowery part looks like a star. And, of course, the thorns are still there. I'm pretty sure that this is not a new discovery, but I was pretty darn pleased with myself. Ha ha. Beautiful color amongst all that dead brown-ness.

And. Does anyone know what kind of duck this is? It swims underwater. At first I thought it was one of those snake birds. But they have longer beaks and narrower heads. I figure I could spend hours on the internet trying to figure it out, but I have stuff in my reader that needs to be read. Can you help?

Let me know. It's the coolest, freakiest duck I've ever seen.

published

I can't believe that I forgot to share this very cool news with everyone. I guess with the holidays and all, I just plain forgot. BUT... luckily I found this in the car today...

 The photo editor at Leon sent me a message and asked could they use some of the photos that I took during the PAWS concerts in the paper and of course, I said ABSOLUTELY!! The paper was distributed the last day of classes before the break and it is also online at Leon High Life.

Happy New Year!

TODAY
January 1, 2011
the first day of the new year
a great year
always a better year than the last year.


Kids happy and healthy. Check.
Dog happy and healthy. Check Check.
Couple of goals set. Check Check Check.


I did make the deadline that I set for myself of getting the website up and running by today {9:33pm is still today, thank you very much!} And I realized that after five days of going through all my files that I took a BUNCH of photos last year! And I'm looking forward to taking a bunch more this year.

Thanks to my friend, Cindy, I finally left the house last night to celebrate and ring in the new year in a proper manner. You know what I mean... football, food, and fireworks. Oh and fun. And firepit.

Watching the ball drop ....

Midnight noise from the boys...

Party friends...

Happy 2011 ya'll... hope it's all you want it to be.

Thanks to all those who read this blog. It's still new and in a constant state of remodel lately, but I really appreciate all those who stop by now & then. 

I have a dotcom!

That's what Tyler gave to me!!

Ok, so maybe it's not the same as the other dotcoms, but that's what makes SPECIAL!! And we've spent the last week putting a really cool flash website together so that all the photo biz info and galleries are in one place. Oh, I still have the blog too. But am sooooo thrilled to have a great site where I can send clients and friends who want to know more about what I do . Check it out!

sapysnaps.com

Let me know what you think!