Floor Lamp

I picked up this floor

lamp years and years

ago at a yard sale. 

Never crazy about the brass

gold color and thought I 

would always paint it.

HAHA....I have good intentions 

anyway.

This evening I got around to 

spray painting that floor lamp.

Lavador Brown. 

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Eclipse 2

Yesterday while playing around

waiting on the main event...

I played with my shadow!

Looks like I am short and dumpy!

lol

or dumpier!

These were the crescents that appeared

on the road while the moon moved

over the sun and shot through the

trees.

The news was calling them

shadow snakes.

They appeared when you saw

the crescent in part of the 

sun shining through. 

After the event while on the 

drive home I looked

up and saw this

heart. 

My mom was concerned how

animals would react.

I had already asked for

Dakota to visit while I was

gone (I never leave him 

at home for long periods). But mom

felt maybe Lily needed to come

also. 

When she keeps my brothers cat

Zuzu stays in the spare room.

I left Lily with a kiss on the

button nose and the door shut.

When I picked up the fur babies, 

I walked in and the door to the

spare room was open. 

Lily was just waking up, stretching

while on the bed. 

I looked at mom and asked why 

her door was open. 

I was then told that Lily had

the run of the house!!

haha

She ran and played with 

moms three dogs.

Such a great personality. 

She don't even know she is

a cat.

Dakota got upset once and 

grabbed her by the ear pulling

her away from the two 

dogs she was playing with....

JEALOUS!

Anyway, this was them last

night.

I love and am still amazed

at how she has to be laying

next to him and touching

him!

What a great day.

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TOTAL Eclipse

I left my last post with this

pic.

Letting you all know that I was

ready for what was taking

place today.

A friend and I drove a bit

up the road, 1.5 hours to 

Granville TN

for the actual

TOTAL Eclipse. 

We got there early since

we had NO CLUE

what we would be facing

with traffic and people.

It was smooth sailing....

driving!

Walked around Granville

which is a historical 

town and has 

less then 2000 folks

in it. 

Only place I know that you 

can actually stand in the

middle of the street and 

not get run over.

Nope....we did not check out the 

saloon....a bit early for a drink!

haha

However we did walk to the park

that sets on the river.

What a beautiful place.

Fall comes I think I am coming back..

the reflection of the trees on that

water was amazing...

I can just see the fall colors bouncing

off that water!

While sitting there in some chairs I

kept seeing some really

BIG 

fish jumping out of the 

water.

Although my trigger

snapping finger

is a bit to slow to catch 

them!

Local church in the center

of town had a guest 

speaker.

There is a cool museum that 

tells the story of the town.

I stepped in to catch this shot.

Flowers all over town.

Flags on all the telephone polls.

The General Store.

Signs on and around the General Store.

About 11 we headed to the local

diner for lunch.

After lunch we 

picked our spot and 

Theresa got set up with 

her cameras. And I took 

a seat on the bench with my

camera in hand.

Issue being....neither her or I thought

about the cameras and needing 

a special filter for our Nikons.

By the time we thought of it,

it was to late to locate a filter. 

Although Apple said the Iphones were

good to go.

With that said, mine would not

catch anything!

Anyway....the wait began!

T and two mins counting.

And it begins.

It was fun watching 

everyone else.

  

Played around with my Iphone

and got this shot...

Only when the moon covered

the sun could you look

up without glasses....

and use the Nikon without

a filter.

This is the shot I got.

I thought it was going to get

dark in steps, but it did not

work that way. It got dark

all at once, when the moon

covered the sun.

Strange, dusk at 1:30 in

the afternoon.

The aftermath on I40

on the way home.

Went through Wilson Co. and 

the fair is going on.

A special event for the 

eclipse took place there

and we got caught up in 

that traffic.

After getting home and 

picking up the fur babies

at mom's I got home to

remove my hat.

HAT HAIR...

and kind of liking this 

look!

haha 

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