Valentine's Day Just a Few Days Late . . .

On Tuesday (Valentine's Day)  I awoke to candy and flowers and a beautiful card waiting for me in the kitchen.  Thank you, my love.  : )  After I dropped Megan off at school I drove home wishing that I had my camera with me.  I haven't been taking many photos lately and I start to get a feeling of withdrawal when this happens.  The light was so pretty so my camera and I took a ride around town to see what caught our eye.  As usual, I wasn't disappointed.  We live in such a beautiful town and I took over 150 photos.  I went down by the river and into some little neighborhoods that I haven't been in before.  I thought I'd share a few of the hearts that I found scattered about.  My honey called me from work to ask if it was okay that he worked a few extra hours so that his co-worker that was coming in for the overnight shift could take his girlfriend out to dinner and score some points with her.  I remember those days of wanting to make the special occasions extra special.  We've been together for 11 years now. He makes me feel special and appreciated most every other day of the year.  He also knows I'm pretty much a sure thing.  No dinner and alcohol needed.  : )

~ Wendy

this morning . . .

I drove around our local state park this morning in search of a heart ~ today's prompt for my "photo a day" challenge.  The new prompts for the month of August have just been posted and I'm pretty excited about them!!  I'm not very good at sticking with routines but I've been having so much fun every day with this challenge that it hasn't even crossed my mind NOT to do each day's challenge.  : )  So back to my looking for a heart story . . .

I was planning to drive to the beautiful little cemetery that is located inside the park to take a photo of one of the headstones that has a heart on it.  I love to take photos in cemeteries probably more than almost any place else.  Don't know why.  I just do.  As I got closer, I noticed a funeral procession making the turn into the cemetery so I knew it was not to be.  I said a prayer and kept driving.

Not far past the cemetery is a pond that is separate from the large lake in the park.  Today it was covered with so much algae.  A definite feast for the wildlife that lives in and around it but I honestly didn't know how these little babies were even able to swim thru it.

It was thick as pea soup!!  They didn't seem to mind though!!

A turtle on a log. 

Geese flying overhead.

Somebody lost their shoe.  : (

 I was a little disappointed that I didn't get to capture the cemetery photo.  However, I am a very strong believer in things happening for a reason.  When I got home, I took out my Spirit Guide deck of cards and pulled my morning ritual of three.  Wouldn't you know it . . .  two out of the three cards had hearts on them.  : )

Many blessings for a Wednesday filled with love ~ Wendy