I'd like to leave you with something valuable, she said. You probablyalready have, I said, but we take most of our lives to remember that,even in the best of times ~ StoryPeople

I'd like to leave you with something valuable, she said. You probably already have, I said, but we take most of our lives to remember that, even in the best of times ~ StoryPeople, a photo by bford13 on Flickr.

Hurricane Irene....

Friday Aug. 26 2011 the kids and I prepare the yard for Irene. Putting away or tying down anything that could blow away. Hubby had stopped at the store for last minute things and I filled all water bottles I had around the house. I also gathered all my candles....I already knew the power would go.
Sat. Aug. 27 2011 we woke up to lots of rain and started watching the news. The kids played their games and watched movies. We charged our phones and waited. The winds started getting really strong...still we waited. The power started to flicker and then went out completely around 6pm. Hubby and kids never skipped a beat, they pulled out the board games and played by candle light.

The next morning I grab the camera and we went for a little drive. We needed ice.

This tree was blocking our way to my mother-in-laws home...so we went around and.....

This was blocking the other way. We did get around to her house only to find out she had gone out also.  :)

We still had our camping gear out from a recent trip.

Most people only remembered his hairy arms & never knew him well enough to learn about the tail. ~ StoryPeople

Most people only remembered his hairy arms & never knew him well enough to learn about the tail. ~ StoryPeople, a photo by bford13 on Flickr.

A lake is the landscape's most beautiful and expressive feature. It is earth's eye; looking into which the beholder measures the depth of his own nature. ~Henry David Thoreau

A lake is the landscape's most beautiful and expressive feature. It is earth's eye; looking into which the beholder measures the depth of his own nature. ~Henry David Thoreau, a photo by bford13 on Flickr.

Camp fire TTV

Camp fire, a photo by bford13 on Flickr.

Language... has created the word "loneliness" to express the pain of being alone. And it has created the word "solitude" to express the glory of being alone. ~Paul Johannes Tillich

Language... has created the word "loneliness" to express the pain of being alone. And it has created the word "solitude" to express the glory of being alone. ~Paul Johannes Tillich, a photo by bford13 on Flickr.

Though we travel the world over to find the beautiful, we must carry itwith us or we find it not. ~Ralph Waldo Emerson

Though we travel the world over to find the beautiful, we must carry it with us or we find it not. ~Ralph Waldo Emerson, a photo by bford13 on Flickr.

Reality leaves a lot to the imagination. ~John Lennon

Reality leaves a lot to the imagination. ~John Lennon, a photo by bford13 on Flickr.

What are you good at? I said & she said, Mainly life. I work best with stuff that has a high tolerance for mistakes. ~StoryPeople

What are you good at? I said & she said, Mainly life. I work best with stuff that has a high tolerance for mistakes. ~StoryPeople, a photo by bford13 on Flickr.

"making a thing of beauty without too much thought about what it means" ~StoryPeople , a photo by bford13 on Flickr.

I don’t care if no one likes it, she said, unless no one likes it.~ StoryPeople

I don’t care if no one likes it, she said, unless no one likes it.~ StoryPeople, a photo by bford13 on Flickr.

My daughter said, "Every time she flies away, her Heart breaks"....

My daughter said, "Every time she flies away, her Heart breaks"...., a photo by bford13 on Flickr.

My husband and I celebrated our 13th wedding anniversary

by getting away camping.