Photo Friendly Week for Cranky Cranes: Day 5

This is part of a Photo Friendly Week for Cranky Cranes. Because there ain't no reason to feel cranky when there are so many pretty things in the world to see.

I could not...

Would not...

Still can not...

Will never...

Get over the beautiful trees in Savannah, Georgia.

Photo Friendly Week for Cranky Cranes: Day 4

This is part of a Photo Friendly Week for Cranky Cranes. Because there ain't no reason to feel cranky when there are so many pretty things in the world to see.

I used to live in this apartment in Ithaca, NY when I was in college. It was a typical college apartment and when you sat on the orange and green striped couch, smoke and dust puffed out, reminding you just how old and used it was. I cringe thinking of that now. And yet, I miss it...

Towards the end of our senior year, when the weather finally got warm, my roomate Lynn had a brilliant idea. We dragged the television outside and watched the food network and the Golden Girls which we watched on Lifetime every day at 6pm.

But I took this photo years later when I went to visit. And it made me smile that the television was right where I wanted to remember it being :-)

Update: It has come to my attention that my dear friend Krista is responsible for the brilliant idea. I have no memory of my past (its true). And I must give credit where credit is due. Because it is rather genius to put a television outside.

Photo Friendly Week for Cranky Cranes: Day 3

This is part of a Photo Friendly Week for Cranky Cranes. Because there ain't no reason to feel cranky when there are so many pretty things in the world to see.

It was probably 20 degrees on a frigid December afternoon when I took this photo in Montauk, NY. The sky was grey. The town was empty. But there was color and life in the wet, rocky sand. For a moment, they waited and rested, before they were snatched up and taken back by the cold bay.

Photo Friendly Week for Cranky Cranes: Day 2

This is part of a Photo Friendly Week for Cranky Cranes. Because there ain't no reason to feel cranky when there are so many pretty things in the world to see.

These grapes were growing on the side of a rocky, residential road in Montauroux, France. Every time I see them, it fills me with so many possibilities. That things can grow where there is no one to care for them. That the past is quiet, but it whispers to you to remember. That just before the sun goes down the world becomes purple...

Photo Friendly Week for Cranky Cranes: Day 1

This is part of a Photo Friendly Week for Cranky Cranes. Because there ain't no reason to feel cranky when there are so many pretty things in the world to see.

I love this series of photos for several reasons:

Partly because Tyler's Uncle Mike is one of the jolliest people I know.

Partly because this pot is tremendous.

Partly because this delightful red kitchen is known for producing incredibly delicious food.

Partly because these lobsters are beautiful.

But mostly because there are few things better than lobster, cooold refreshing Prosecco and the company of great storytellers and all around good folks on a night when you look out the window and it's raining and it doesn't matter at all.

Cranky the Crane

Had to catch up on my Thomas and Friends this past week for a project at work and realized I am a bit like Cranky the Crane these days, except less useful. Heavy lifting makes for a cranky crane. And apparently, a cranky me.

There are a variety of things getting me down. The weather. My job. And not feeling motivated to write. So I've decided to reserve this Sunday afternoon for reading, relaxing, baking and trying to get some words out. I know that once they hit the page, I will feel better. I always feel better with a new story to keep my company.

I've also decided to intermittently unplug this week (when I'm not at work of course). I have a lot of things to figure out. And, I have a 4 day trip planned to visit Tyler's family down South. Of course, because I'm Cranky the Crane, the only thing I can think about right now is that it won't be warm enough to wear flip flops. Imagine that.

So...it's very clear to me that I need a week to regroup. To calm down. To take things a little easier. Sometimes the glow of the computer screen, the e-mails, the articles, the blogs, the endless information feels strangely overwhelming. And it shouldn't be. So it's time to free myself from that feeling.

But I'll have a few pre-planned posts. Photo Friendly Week for Cranky Cranes ;-) Because there are all kinds of pretty things in the world that cranky cranes need to see.