Snap of the Day

I've been struggling to find time for photography,
time for blogging,
time for quilting, gardening, or even cleaning.
There just hasn't been time for me.

I get cranky when I there isn't time for me.
I need to time to create, recreation, and to re-create.
I don't need a LOT of time, just some time.
I have decided it is time to adjust and adapt to this current pace of life.

I don't like feeling cranky and I am pretty sure the kids don't like me
when I am cranky.

So I intend to modify my blog,
at least for a while until I can make more time for re-creating.
I am thinking about posting just a simple photo a day.
Nothing too fancy, just a quick snapshot with my iphone.
Perhaps with a short caption.
Or maybe no caption.
Or even better, let anyone who sees the snapshot give the photo a caption.
It could be interesting and
it might just be enough to feed my soul until I have more time.
So here is today's snapshot....

I am already looking forward to tomorrow.







Steppin' out with DWNTWN
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Living in the Middle

Today, July 14, 2011.
I am Halfway through this month,
Halfway through my summer,
Halfway through the year,
And, Hopefully, only halfway through my life.

I haven't had much time for steppin out lately.
I have missed time to explore, time for photography, and time to blog.
I seem to be right smack in the middle of everything.
Its not a bad place to be, in fact its been quite good.
But being right in the middle is a very busy place.

Our summer has been filled with lots of living in the middle of family life;
yard work, graduations, babies, beer brewing, building retaining walls,
vistors & vacations, backyard barbeques', beer bottling, and more kids moving,


The best part of living in the middle this year has been my new grandson, Gabe.

I am so thankful he is right here,
in the middle of my lap,
living here in the middle of the Pacific Northwest.

It is a luxury I didn't have with my first two grandsons, Cale & Zack.

I am also excited to spend more time in the middle of Portland where my sister has a new garden plot in the middle of a neighborhood community garden.

I like being in the middle of a garden.



On occasion I look back on my old blogs just to remember, reflect, and recall what I was in the middle of back when.


I found an old blog from 2007 when I was halfway through July,
halfway through the year,
feeling quite similar to the way I am feeling today.

http://jbrownflash.blogspot.com/2007/07/mid-year-already.html

While a lot has happened in the past 4 years,
a lot remains the same.

I don't mind being halfway.
I don't mind being in the middle of.
Especially when it means I can be in the middle of this very busy,
often times hectic,
and generally quite chaotic life of mine.

I wouldn't know what to do if my life was calm and I was out of the loop*.

So for now I will have to get by on less time for exploring,
less time for photography,
less time for blogging,
and less time for 'steppin out' because I am living in the middle.

* Kids,  that was for you!




Steppin' out with DWNTWN
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