Recently Kept

(Already boring...)

Things that have made it on my wall recently.

A gift from an author, 

a bookmark my boss brought back from Italy, 

and the site token from my Queen's Prize.

I Now Have a Work Blog

Come check me out there:

http://www.grit.com/blogs/blog.aspx?blogid=188

More chickens

A fuzzy photo of a silky hen and some chicks that a coworker brought in. It's evidently time to order chicks. We've had several groups (including a group of quail!) arrive at the office recently. I love the sound they make, but it's really better in smaller doses.

My new phone does some things better (see below for some actual close-ups of flowers), but it's less forgiving, and the button isn't as easy to push! :)

Office fun...

Taken during a FOUR HOUR planning meeting... You certainly can't say that my workplace is too staid...

Another Beginning

The first photo taken with my new phone. ;-) (The old one was dying regularly due to battery issues. :( )

Editors Understand...

As an editor, you need a pen that isn't black or blue to have contrast from the printed word. Red sends all kinds of "red flags" to people's brains because of all the lovely teachers we've had. (I've been paid to edit for 13 years, and I still react to red marks.) So, special colored pens are an editor's joy. My job has been especially emotional lately. Thus, colored pens to the rescue. It's really crazy how a "sunset orange," "fandago pink," "margarita green," or "hot aqua" pen can make all the difference.

Something Green!

There are three clumps just like this down the side of my house. OK, gardener-types, what should I do? Leave the mulchiness to keep them warmer for now, right?

And this is the bullseye pothole from the parking lot. Water has such amazing properties... :o)

Color Palette Hell...

Where I've been for the last few days... (It's a *special* hell...) ;-)

To get to the gallery in my phone (from whence I email my photos to myself), you have to pass through the "take photo" option. This is why so many of my photos seem to be taken from my point of view at my desk... Sometimes, what shows up on the way by catches my eye.

In Memoriam...

Vicki died a year ago today. These are the ribbons we wore to her funeral.

Through the White and Drifted Snow

I was lamenting yesterday that I hadn't gotten any good snow pictures yet this year, so, the weather complied. :) I work with a lot of photographers, and one of them signs his emails, "May the light be with you." This morning, it was. I'm not sure there would be a more perfect time to take these than when I took them...

(By evening these were totally obliterated by the wind...)

The Forest of OP

Snow in the deep dark forest, aka the parking lot.

It was pretty at first, but now it's just blowing about.

Happy Trials!

One of my coworkers is moving on to a new position closer to home (she was commuting from KC), and, well, we ordered an ice cream cake. It was supposed to say, "Happy TrAils!" in reference to her leaving and going off to have a happy life. Instead, we got the above cake, "Happy TrIals!" We're all editors. It's hIlarious... And I bet that ice cream worker thought that she'd never use spelling class, "Bleh, I hate this class! That's what spellchecker is for..."

Plus, my new favorite mug that Rozsa sent me from Colorado! It's SO red on the inside. :)

The Ogden Beach

This is what happens when you have a few ice storms, then some snow, and then it all melts--a sandbar appears in the parking lot.

This seedpod was gorgeous with the frost and slanted morning rays.

All Official-like

Got my nameplate today. :)

Welcome to Who-ville...

Our decorating scheme.

My coworkers are special...
and they have such cute button noses, too...

Finally Sunshine!

When the sun finally came out this morning, our entire staff went outside to bow before the bringer of light and happiness and listen as the ice fell in chunks from the powerlines. :) Then I took some photos. :)

A sparkling bush.

Luminous ice...

Daring?

Handmade boots and stripey socks . . . at work!

Tree, Requiescat In Pace

Remember my tree? The one that I was going to take pictures of throughout the year? It's been pretty much supplanted in this blog by the mimosa in my yard, but I still drive by it every day on my way to and from work. I was just thinking either this morning or yesterday morning that I should probably get some photos soon. Well, on my way to lunch I found, this:
On the way back, it was totally down and they were waiting for the clean-up crew.
So, rest in peace, Tree...

Happening Too Often

Baby Craze

Adele visits the office.

Just out of the picture to the left is my desk,
where I was trying to *work.* :)